Straw polls for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries explained

See main article: Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012.

Election Name:	2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
Country:	United States
Type:	primary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
Previous Year:	2008
Next Election:	2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
Next Year:	2016
Election Date:	January 3 to July 14, 2012
Party Name:	no
Image1:	File:Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 8.jpg
Candidate1:	Mitt Romney
Color1:	FF6600
Home State1:	Massachusetts
States Carried1:	42^[1]
Delegate Count1:	1,575
Popular Vote1:	10,048,134^[2]
Percentage1:	52.1%
Candidate2:	Rick Santorum
Color2:	008000
Home State2:	Pennsylvania
States Carried2:	11
Delegate Count2:	245
Popular Vote2:	3,938,527
Percentage2:	20.4%
Image4:	Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 (crop 2).jpg
Candidate4:	Ron Paul
Color4:	fed105
Home State4:	Texas
States Carried4:	4
Delegate Count4:	177
Popular Vote4:	2,099,441
Percentage4:	10.9%
Image5:	Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg
Candidate5:	Newt Gingrich
Color5:	800080
Home State5:	Georgia
States Carried5:	2
Delegate Count5:	138
Popular Vote5:	2,737,442
Percentage5:	14.2%
Republican nominee
Before Election:	John McCain
After Election:	Mitt Romney

This is a list of straw polls that have been conducted relating to the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries.

Total Straw Poll Victories (Updated March 20, 2012)

Total Straw Poll Victories is as follows:

Rank	Potential candidate	Victories
1		28
2		17
3		8
4		3
5		2
6		2
7		2
8		4

Straw Poll Victories After Voting Started (Updated March 20, 2012)

The number of Straw Poll victories after voting started is as follows:

Rank	Potential candidate	Victories
1		5 (55.6%)
2		3 (33.3%)
3		0 (0%)

January 22, 2011, Derry, New Hampshire – New Hampshire Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 New Hampshire Straw Poll were as follows:^[3]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage
1		35%
2		11%
3		8%
4		7%
5		5%
6		5%
7		4%
8		3%
9		3%
10		3%
11		3%
12		3%
13		3%
14		2%
15		2%
16		1%
17		1%
18		1%
19		0%
20		0%
	Total	100%	273

February 10–12, 2011, Washington, D.C. – CPAC Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 CPAC Straw Poll were as follows:^[4]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		30%
2		23%
3		6%
4		6%
5		5%
6		4%
7		4%
8		4%
9		3%
10		2%
11		2%
12		2%
13		2%
14		1%
15		1%
	Other	5%
	Total	100%	3,742

February 27, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona – Tea Party Straw Polls

Results from the 2011 Tea Party Straw Poll were as follows:

Onsite Poll

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		22%
2		16%
3		15%
4		10%
5		6.5%
6		5.6%
	Other	24.9%	620

Online Poll

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		49%
2		12%
3		8.7%
?		4.4%
	Other	25.8%	996

Combined Polls

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		36%	581
2		16%	256
3		9.2%	149
4		8.8%	143
	Other	30.1%	1616

March 6, 2011, Seaside, Oregon – Dorchester Conference Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 Dorchester Conference Straw Poll were as follows:^[5]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		29.33%	66
2		22.67%	51
3		18.22%	41
4		10.22%	23
5		6.22%	14
6		4.89%	11
7		3.56%	8
8		2.67%	6
9		1.78%	4
10		0.44%	1

March 15, 2011, Washington, D.C. – National League of Cities Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 National League of Cities Straw Poll were as follows:^[6]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage
1		53%
2		9%
3		6%
4		6%
5		3%
6		3%
7		3%
8		3%
9		3%
10		3%
11		3%
12		3%

The "50 or so votes" referenced in all articles on this ballot can only mean that there were either 32 or 64 votes given the percentages above (i.e. 3% of the vote is either 1 vote or 2 votes). Human estimation tendencies would lean towards the real answer being 64 votes.

March 20, 2011, Sacramento, California – Republican Liberty Caucus of California Presidential Straw Poll

Republican Liberty Caucus straw poll at the 2011 California Republican convention:^[7]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		17.8%	36
2		10.9%	22
3		7.9%	16
4		6.9%	14
5		6.4%	13
6		5.4%	11
6		5.4%	11
6		5.4%	11
9		5.0%	10
9	Undecided	5.0%	10

Finishing with less than ten votes were, in order, John R. Bolton (8), Gary Johnson (7), Herman Cain (5), Haley Barbour (4), Rick Santorum (4), Jon Huntsman, Jr. (3), Donald Trump (3), Chris Christie (2), Jim DeMint (2), Marco Rubio (2), Scott Walker (2), Paul Ryan (1), Colin Powell (1), Allen West (1), Tom McClintock (1), Dana Perino (1), and None of the Above (1).^[7]

March 31, 2011, Goffstown, New Hampshire - St. Anselm College Republicans Straw Poll

Karger wins St. Anselm straw poll

Finish	Potential candidate	Votes	Percentage
1		79	24.6%
2		74	23.0%
3		26	8.1%
4		24	7.4%
4		24	7.4%
6		22	6.8%
7		20	6.2%
8		9	2.8%
9		8	2.5%
9		8	2.5%
9		8	2.5%
10		7	2.2%
11		3	0.9%
12		2	0.6%
13		1	0.3%
13		1	0.3%
	Other	6	1.9%
	TOTAL	322	100.0%

April 3, 2011, York County, South Carolina - South Carolina Straw Poll

South Carolina straw poll as part of the Grassroots SC campaign:^[8]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		23%
2		11%
3		10%
4		8%
5		7%
6		7%
-	Total	100%	152

Also appearing on the ballot but failing to get more than 5% were, in alphabetical order, Haley Barbour, John R. Bolton, Herman Cain, Mitch Daniels, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Gary Johnson, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum.

April 15, 2011, Charleston County - Republican Party Straw Poll

Source of results: CNN^[9]

Place	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1	Haley Barbour	22%
2	Mitt Romney	12%
3	Rick Santorum	11%
3	Donald Trump	10%
5	Michele Bachmann	9%
5	Mike Huckabee	9%
7	Ron Paul	6%
7	Herman Cain	6%
9	Tim Pawlenty	5%
10	Newt Gingrich
10	Sarah Palin
12	Mitch Daniels
13	John Bolton
	Gingrich, Palin, Daniels, Bolton	10%
	Total	100%	148

April 16, 2011, Georgia's 3rd congressional district - Georgia 3rd District Convention Straw Poll

Georgia straw poll as part of the 3rd District Republican convention:^[10]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		17.3%	39
2		17.3%	39
3		15.6%	35
4		13.8%	31
5		8.9%	20
6		6.7%	15
7		4.4%	10
8		3.6%	8
8		3.6%	8
10		3.1%	7
	Other	5.8%	13

May 5–6, 2011, Columbia, South Carolina – South Carolina Republican Party Convention presidential straw poll

Finish	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
1	Santorum	150	37.5%
2	Romney	61	15.25%
3	Cain	44	11%
4	Trump	29	7.25%
5	Bachmann	22	5.5%
6	Christie	22	5.5%
7	Gingrich	16	4%
8	Huckabee	16	4%
9	Daniels	15	3.75%
10	Paul	8	2%
11	Pawlenty	7	1.75%
12	Palin	6	1.5%
13	Huntsman	4	1%

^[11]

May 6, 2011, Washington state – Washington GOP 29th Annual Spring Gala straw poll

Finish	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
1	Cain	54	16%
2	Romney	52	15%
3	Daniels	51	15%
4	Christie	39	12%
5	Pawlenty	28	9%
6	Ryan	22	7%
7	Gingrich	14	4%
8	Huckabee	14	4%
9	Giuliani	12	4%
10	Paul	10	3%
11	Trump	10	3%
12	Bachmann	9	3%
13	J. Bush	8	2%
14	Santorum	7	2%
	TOTAL	330	100%

^[12]

May 15, 2011, Kauai County, Hawaii – Hawaii GOP Presidential straw poll

Finish	Candidate	Percent
1	Cain	20.3%
2	Romney	13.6%
3	Gingrich	11.9%
3	Pawlenty	11.9%
3	Palin	11.9%
6	Bachmann	6.8%
7	Paul	3.4%
7	Giuliani	3.4%
7	Huckabee	3.4%
7	Trump	3.4%
11	Roemer	1.7%
11	Santorum	1.7%
11	Bolton	1.7%
11	Daniels	1.7%
11	Christie	1.7%

^[13] Arithmetic shows 59 votes were canvassed in the straw poll (all rounded-percentages above are multiples of 1.69%).

June 16–18, 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana – Republican Leadership Conference Straw Poll

Source of results: Republican Leadership Conference^[14]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		40.77%	612
2		25.45%	382
3		12.72%	191
4		6.93%	104
5		4.93%	74
6		4.60%	69
7		2.00%	30
8		1.20%	18
9		0.67%	10
10		0.60%	9
11		0.13%	2

June 19, 2011, Clay County, Iowa - Republican Party Straw Poll

Finish	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
1		15	25%
2		9	15%
3		8	14%
4		6	10%
5		5	8%
6		4	7%
6		4	7%
6		4	7%
9		2	3%
9		2	3%

^[15]

July 22, 2011, Ohio Republican Party - Ohio Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll

Source of results: Politico^[16]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		25%
2		16%
3		15%
4	(write-in)	14%
5		9%
6		5%
6		5%
8		3%
9		2%
-	Other write-in	6%
-	Total	100%	264

July 31, 2011, Denver, Colorado - Western Conservative Summit

Source of results:^[17]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		48%	246
2		13%	67
3		10%	50
4		10%	49
5		9%	44
6		4%	20
7		2%	12
8		1%	7
9		1%	5
10		1%	3
11		0%	2
12		0%	1
13		0%	1
14		0%	1
15		0%	0
-	Total	100%	508

August 4, 2011, Harrington, Delaware - Delaware State Fair GOP Straw Poll

Source of results:^[18]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage
1		18%
2		15%
2		15%
4		12%
-	Total	100%

August 13, 2011, Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa - Iowa Straw Poll

Source of results: Washington Examiner and National Journal^{[19] [20]}

Place	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
1	Michele Bachmann	4,823	28.6%
2	Ron Paul	4,671	27.7%
3	Tim Pawlenty	2,293	13.6%
4	Rick Santorum	1,657	9.8%
5	Herman Cain	1,456	8.6%
6	Rick Perry (write-in)	718	4.3%
7	Mitt Romney	567	3.4%
8	Newt Gingrich	385	2.3%
9	Jon Huntsman	69	0.4%
10	Thaddeus McCotter	35	0.2%
—	Scattering	218	1.30%
Total		16,892	100%

The day after the poll, on August 14, Tim Pawlenty announced his withdrawal from the race after his third-place finish.^[21]

Rick Perry, who was not on the poll ballot and only appeared as a write-in candidate, formally announced his candidacy while in South Carolina on the same day that the poll took place.^[22]

In June, two months before the poll, presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who had won the 2007 Ames Straw Poll, announced that he would skip the 2011 Ames Straw Poll.^[23]

August 15, 2011, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Wisconsin State Fair straw poll

Source of results:^[24]

Place	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1	Rick Perry	36%
2	Ron Paul	23%
3	Michele Bachmann	18%
4	Sarah Palin	13%
5	Herman Cain	8%
6	Mitt Romney	2%
7	Jon Huntsman	0%
8	Rick Santorum	0%
Total		100%

August 20, 2011, New Hampshire - New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll

Source of results: Hampton-NorthHamptonPatch^[25]

Place	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1	Ron Paul	45%
2	Mitt Romney	10%
3	Thaddeus McCotter	8%
3	Rick Perry	8%
5	Gary Johnson	6%
6	Michele Bachmann	5%
6	Herman Cain	5%
8	Rick Santorum	3%
8	Buddy Roemer	3%
8	Jon Huntsman	3%
11	Newt Gingrich	1%
11	Paul Ryan	1%
11	Rudy Giuliani	1%
14	Fred Karger	0%
—	Scattering	1%
Total		100%	302

August 27, 2011, Georgia - Georgia State GOP Straw Poll

Source of results: Politico^[26]

Place	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1	Herman Cain	26%	232
2	Ron Paul	25.7%	229
3	Rick Perry	20%	179
4	Newt Gingrich	18%	162
5	Mitt Romney	6%	51
6	Michele Bachmann	3%	29
7	Rick Santorum	.4%	4
8	Jon Huntsman	.3%	3
9	Thad McCotter	.1%	1
10	Buddy Roemer	0%	0
10	Gary Johnson	0%	0
	Total	100%	890

September 9, 2011, Maryland - Maryland GOP Straw Poll

Source of results: Republican Party of Maryland^[27]

Place	Candidate	Percentage
1	Rick Perry	25.8%
2	Mitt Romney	21.2%
3	Ron Paul	16.8%
4	Michele Bachmann	12.5%
5	Sarah Palin	7.2%
6	Herman Cain	5.0%
7	Other/Write-in	4.4%
8	Newt Gingrich	2.3%
9	Jon Huntsman	2.2%
10	Buddy Roemer	0.5%
11	Gary Johnson	0.3%
11	Thad McCotter	0.3%
	Total	100%

September 12, 2011 Cincinnati Tea Party Straw Poll

A straw poll was held at the September 12 Republican debate, to find out who the debate audience thought were the front runners, both before and after the debate. Before the debate, Ron Paul came first, Rick Perry came second, and Michele Bachmann came third. After the debate, Ron Paul was still first, Michele Bachmann came second, and Herman Cain came third.^[28] CNN have not released the full results of this poll, instead holding an online poll which omitted Ron Paul from the choices. The winner of the online poll was Mitt Romney.

Pre-Debate Poll

Finish	Candidate
1
2
3

Post-Debate Poll

Finish	Candidate
1
2
3

September 16, 2011 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania straw poll

Former senator Rick Santorum won first place in a straw poll among Pennsylvania Republicans, winning 36% of the vote. Governor Mitt Romney won 25%, and Governor Rick Perry won 18%.^[29]

September 17 California GOP Straw Poll

The California Republican Party held a straw poll in mid-September 2011, which was won by Ron Paul. The full results were:

Source of results: Politico^[30]

Place	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1	Ron Paul	44.9%	374
2	Rick Perry	29.3%	244
3	Mitt Romney	8.8%	74
4	Michele Bachmann	7.7%	64
5	Jon Huntsman	2.0%	17
6	Herman Cain	1.8%	15
7	Newt Gingrich	1.7%	14
8	Thad McCotter	0.8%	7
9	Rick Santorum	0.8%	7
10	Gary Johnson	0.2%	2
11	Fred Karger	0.1%	1
	Write-ins	1.8%	15

September 24 Florida GOP Presidency 5 Straw Poll

The Florida Republican Party held a straw poll at the end of September 2011,^[31] which was won by Herman Cain. Political analysts attributed Cain's win to Perry's poor debate performances, but others pointed to the fact that Cain won the Florida straw poll after campaigning in-person throughout the state more than Perry.^[32]

The full results were:

Source of results:^[33]

Place	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1	Herman Cain	37.11%	986
2	Rick Perry	15.43%	410
3	Mitt Romney	14.00%	372
4	Rick Santorum	10.88%	289
5	Ron Paul	10.39%	276
6	Newt Gingrich	8.43%	224
7	Jon Huntsman, Jr.	2.26%	60
8	Michele Bachmann	1.51%	40

September 23–25, 2011, Michigan Republican Party Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference Straw Poll

Source of results:^{[34] [35]}

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		50.81%	346
2		16.74%	114
3		8.5%	58
4		7.7%	52
5		4%	27
6		3.5%	24
7		3.4%	23
8		2%	13
9		0.73%	5
	Other	2.82%	19
	Total	100%	681

October 1, 2011, National Federation of Republican Women Straw Poll

Source of results:^{[36] [37]}

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		48.9%
2		14.1%
3		13.3%
4		12.5%
5		6.9%
6		1.4%
7		0.6%
8		0.4%
9		0.2%
	Undecided	1.8%
	Total	100%	505

October 1, 2011, TeaCon Midwest Straw Poll

Source of results:^[38]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		77.5%	379
2		9.4%	46
3		3.8%	19
4		3.0%	15
5		2.6%	13
6		1.6%	9
7		1.4%	7
8		0.2%	1
9		0.0%	0
10		0.0%	0
	Total	100%	489

The vote for Obama was attributed to a vote by one of the media members present for the event by the announcer.^[39]

October 3–9, 2011, South Carolina - Orangeburg County Fair Straw Poll

Source of results:

Finish	Potential candidate	Votes	Percentage
1		2438	38.4%
2		2292	36.1%
3		728	11.5%
4		337	5.3%
5		194	3.1%
6		137	2.2%
7		107	1.7%
8		54	0.9%
9		53	0.8%
10		5	0.1%
11		2	0.0%
	Total	6,347	100%

Source of results:

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		36.9%	732
2		22.5%	447
3		16.3%	323
4		8.4%	167
5		7.9%	157
6		4.4%	88
7		2.7%	54
8	Undecided	0.7%	13
9		0.1%	2
	Total	100%	1,983

October 8, 2011, Saint Paul, Minnesota - Republican Midwest Leadership Conference Straw Poll

Source of results:

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		52.6%	237
2		12.2%	55
3		11.1%	50
4		10.7%	48
5		4.0%	18
6		3.3%	15
7		2.0%	9
8		0.9%	4
9		0.2%	1
	Total	100%	450

October 13, 2011, Los Angeles County, California - RPLAC Straw Poll

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		53.4%	55
2		14.6%	15
3		12.6%	13
4		5.8%	6
5		4.9%	5
6		3.9%	4
7		3.9%	4
8		1.0%	1
9		0.0%	0
	Total	100%	103

October 15, 2011, Columbia, South Carolina - Tea Party Straw Poll

Source of results:

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		55%	110
2		14.5%	29
3		8%	16
4		3%	6
5		2%	4
6		1%	2
	Total	100%	200

Note: the percentages only add to 83.5% because results for 3 contenders (likely Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and Gary Johnson) are unknown, but they polled somewhere in between Romney and Bachmann.

October 15, 2011, Bismarck, North Dakota - Tea Party Straw Poll

Source of results:^[40]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage
1		55.5%
2		9%
3		8%
	Total	100%

October 18, 2011, Charleston, South Carolina - Charleston County Republican Party

Source of results:

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		51%	35
2		17%	12
3		12%	8
4		8%	5
5		5%	3
6		3%	2
7		2%	2
8		0%	0
		1%	1
	Total	100%	68

October 18, 2011, Mississippi College Straw poll

Source of results:

Finish	Candidate	Percentage
1		55%
2		30%
3		19%
4		17%
5		6%
6		6%
7		4%
8	Other	3%
	Total	100%

October 21, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada - Nevada GOP Straw Poll

Source of results:

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage (approx.)	Votes
1		31%
2		29%
3		21%
4		10%
5		4%
		1%
		< 5%
	Total		> 550

October 22, 2011, Columbus, Ohio - Ohio GOP Swing State Straw Poll

Source of results:

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		53.50%	229
2		25.47%	109
3		8.88%	38
4		5.37%	23
5		2.80%	12
6		2.10%	9
7		0.93%	4
8		0.47%	2
	Write-in	0.47%	2
	Total	100%	428

October 25, 2011, Anderson County, Tennessee - East Tennessee GOP straw poll

Source of results:^[41]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage
1		59%
2		16%
3		11%
4		5%
5		4%
6		3%
7		1%
8		1%
	Total	100%

October 29, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa - National Federation of Republican Assemblies Presidential Straw Poll

Source of results:^[42]

Tally 1 (Iowa voters only):

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		82%	353
2		14.7%	63
3		1%	5
4		0.9%	4
5		0.5%	2
5		0.5%	2
7		0.2%	1
8		0.0%	0
8		0.0%	0
	Total	100%	430

Tally 2 (non-Iowa voters)

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		26%	26
2		25%	25
3		16%	16
3		16%	16
5		11%	11
6		6%	6
7		1%	1
8		0%	0
8		0%	0
	Total	100%	101

October 29, 2011, Tuscaloosa, Alabama - West Alabama Straw Poll

Source of results:^[43]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		50.7%	176
2		45%	156
3		1.4%	5
3		1.4%	5
5		0.9%	3
6		0.3%	1
6		0.3%	1
8		0%	0
8		0%	0
	Total	100%	347

November 5, 2011, Illinois - Illinois Straw Poll

Source of results:^[44]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		52%	1,907
2		18%	670
3		14%	515
4		9%	332
5		2.5%	87
6		1.5%	54
7		1.2%	43
8		1.1%	41
	Total	100%	3,649

November 5, 2011, Sioux Falls, South Dakota - South Dakota Straw Poll

Source of results:^[45]
According to KSFY/ABC "dozens" of people participated in this straw poll. No definitive number was given.^[46]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage
1		35%
2		23%
3		20%
4		7%
5		5%
6		4%
7		3%
8		3%
	Total	100%

November 14, 2011, North Charleston, South Carolina - Charleston County Republican Party Straw Poll

Source of results:^[47]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		38.26%	44
2		28.70%	33
3		13.04%	15
4		7.83%	9
5		4.35%	5
6		3.48%	4
7		1.74%	2
8	Other	1.74%	2
9		0.87%	1
	Total	100%	115

November 14, 2011, San Diego, California - San Diego GOP Straw poll

Source of results:^[48]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		30.5%	112
2		22.6%	83
3		17.4%	64
4		16.1%	59
5		5.7%	21
6		3.5%	13
7		2.2%	8
8		1.9%	7
9		0%	0
	Total	100%	367

November 19, 2011, Springfield, Missouri - Missouri Tea Party Straw poll

Source of results:^[49]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		32%	320
2		28%	282
3		28%	276
4		3%	32
5		3%	31
6		3%	30
7		1%	13
	Other	2%	11
	Total	100%	995

November 19, 2011, North Carolina - North Carolina Republican straw poll

Source of results:^[50]

Finish	Potential candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		52.2%	329
2		22.1%	139
3		13.3%	84
4		3.6%	23
5		2.8%	18
6		1.9%	12
6		1.9%	12
7		0.6%	4
8		0.3%	2
9		1.3%	7
	Total	100%	630

November 19, 2011, Rockford, Illinois - Winnebago County GOP straw poll

Source of results:^[51]

Finish	Potential candidate	Votes	Percentage
1		32	32.7%
2		20	20.4%
3		17	17.3%
4		15	15.3%
5		8	8.2%
6		4	4.1%
7		1	1.0%
7		1	1.0%
	Total	98	100.0%

December 1, 2011, Dubuque, Iowa - Dubuque Tea Party straw poll

Source of results:^[52]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		71%	59
2		29%	24
	Total	100%	83

Note: This was an unusual straw poll in which voter's preferences were matched against each other for five rounds, with the less popular candidate being removed at each stage. There were initially 6 available choices, which were whittled down to two, with the final result being as shown above.

December 5, 2011, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Oklahoma GOP straw poll

Source of results:^[53]

Finish	Candidate	Percent
1		46%
2		25%
3		17%
4		6%
5		3%
6		2%
7		1%
8		<1%
	Total	100%

December 8, 2011, Chattanooga, Tennessee - Hamilton County Young Republican straw poll

Source of results:^[54]

Finish	Candidate	Percent
1		50%
2		20%
3		12%
4		10%
5		4%
6		3%
7		1%
	Total	100%

December 10, 2011, Des Moines, IA – Drake University Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 Drake University Straw Poll were as follows:^{[55] [56]}

Finish	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		35%	429
2		25%	311
3		10%	128
4		8%	98
5	Other	8%	98
6		5%	63
7		3%	37
8		2%	29
9		1%	12
10		1%	11
11		1%	7
	Total	100%	1,223

The poll was distributed to Drake students via email to coincide with the December 10 Republican presidential debate, held on campus.

December 13, 2011, Pasco County, Florida – Pasco County GOP straw poll

Results:^[57]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		68%	171
2		20%	51
3		12%	30
	Total	100%	252

December 13, 2011, Cedar Valley, Iowa – Cedar Falls Tea Party Straw Poll

Results:^[58]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		72%	60
2		11%	9
3		6%	5
4		4%	3
5		4%	3
6		2%	2
7		1%	1
	Total	100%	83

January 2–4, 2012, Online - Idaho Straw Poll

Results:^[59]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage
1		73.53%
2		8.09%
3		7.35%
4		5.15%
5		3.68%
6		1.47%
7		0.74%
8		0.00%
9		0.00%
	Total	100%

January 6, 2012, Boise, Idaho – Idaho Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll

Results:^[60]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		43%	173
2		34%	135
3		12%	47
4		10%	40
5		1%	4
	Total	100%	399

Note: Rick Perry's campaign asked not to be included on Straw Poll Ballot.

January 14, 2012: Saddle Up Texas straw poll

Results:^[61]

Paper ballots:

Finish	Candidate	Percentage
1		27.9%
2		23.8%
3		21.2%
4		19.4%
5		6.6%
6		1.1%
	Total	707

Text message voting:

Finish	Candidate	Percentage
1		54.4%
2		15.6%
4		13.3%
3		11.9%
5		4.2%
6		0.5%
	Total	3300

January 20, 2012: Connecticut GOP straw poll

Results:^[62]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage
1		29%
2		28%
3		26%
4		11%
5		6%
	Total	100%

January 28, 2012, Arizona Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll

Results:^[63]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		85%	256
2		6.6%	20
3		5.6%	17
4		2.7%	8
	Total	100%	301

February 2–4, 2012, Online – Idaho Straw Poll II

Results:^[64]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage
1		45.39%
2		42.70%
3		4.49%
4		3.82%
5		3.15%
6		0.45%
	Total	100%

February 10–12, 2012, Washington, D.C. – CPAC Straw Poll

Results:^{[65] [66] [67]}

Finish	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		38%	~1295
2		31%	~1056
3		15%	~511
4		12%	~409
	Total	100%	3408

February 18, 2012, Coweta County Republican Presidential Straw Poll

Results:^[68]

Finish	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		40.0%	38
2		27.4%	26
3		17.9%	17
4		5.3%	5
5		1.1%	1
6		1.1%	1
7	Other	4.2%	4
8	Undecided	3.2%	3
	Total	100%	95

March 1–3, 2012, Online - Idaho Straw Poll III

Results:^[69]

Candidate Totals

Finish	Candidate	Percentage	Votes
1		51.37%	525
2		35.03%	358
3		3.91%	40
4		3.23%	33
5		2.84%	29
6		1.96%	20
7		0.98%	10
8		0.49%	5
9		0.2%	2
	Total	100%	1022

Zip Code Totals

Zip Code									Other	Total
83201	90	20	21	1	13	9	0	1	1	156
83642	11	46	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	58
83709	21	24	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	51
83440	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	40
83401	7	26	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	40
83202	15	3	9	0	8	2	0	0	0	37
83705	10	14	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	27
83646	5	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	27
83704	18	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26
83714	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
83713	16	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	21
83706	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21
83350	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21
83702	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
83402	0	16	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	18
83204	12	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	17
83203	9	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	17
83406	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
83616	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
83814	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14
Zip Code									Other	Total
83815	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13
83205	8	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	13
83318	2	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13
83654	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
83835	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	12
83687	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
83301	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
83206	5	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	11
83843	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10
83686	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10
83651	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10
83605	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10
83607	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
83404	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10
83703	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
83712	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
83634	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
83274	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
83221	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
83648	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Zip Code									Other	Total
83858	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
83716	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
83501	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
83544	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
83701	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4
83801	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
83861	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
83435	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
83200	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
83655	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
83669	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
83254	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
83263	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83316	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83338	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83434	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83638	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83639	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83876	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83226	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Zip Code									Other	Total
83837	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
83220	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83442	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83241	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83451	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83619	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
83210	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83229	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83237	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83278	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83420	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83546	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83647	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83846	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83854	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83864	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83873	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83211	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83617	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83223	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Zip Code									Other	Total
83336	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
83213	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83234	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83261	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83262	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83281	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83340	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83452	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83455	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83460	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83530	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83549	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83604	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83611	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83612	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83628	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83629	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83631	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83660	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83676	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Zip Code									Other	Total
83680	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83707	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83850	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83857	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83869	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83870	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83877	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83335	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
83346	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83427	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83448	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83462	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
83632	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	525	358	40	33	29	20	10	5	2	1022

City Totals

City									Other	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

See also

• Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012
• Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012
• Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2012
• Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primaries
• Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2012

External links

• Republican Primary 17-poll average from The Wall Street Journal

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 Republican Delegates . Real Clear Politics. April 29, 2012.
2. Web site: Republican Convention . The Green Papers . May 8, 2012.
3. Web site: Results: WMUR, ABC News, NH GOP 2012 Straw Poll . Politicalscoop.wmur.com . 2011-01-22 . 2011-03-28 . dead . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120825091329/http%3A//politicalscoop.wmur.com/results%2Dwmur%2Dabc%2Dnews%2Dnh%2Dgop%2D2012%2Dstraw%2Dpoll . 2012-08-25 .
4. Web site: PAC 2011 Straw Poll . 2011-09-25.
5. News: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels wins GOP presidential straw poll in Oregon. The Oregonian. Jeff. Mapes. March 6, 2011.
6. Web site: Political Cornflakes: Romney tops local officials poll | Out of Context | The Salt Lake Tribune . Sltrib.com . 2011-03-28.
7. Web site: California straw poll.
8. News: SC straw poll . CNN.
9. News: Barbour nabs straw poll victory in South Carolina . CNN.
10. Web site: Cain, Gingrich win west Ga. GOP straw poll. 21 April 2011.
11. Santorum Wins Straw Poll; Huntsmania Comes to Columbia (Although Not to Where the Republicans Are). Slate . 7 May 2011 . Weigel . David .
12. News: Herman Cain wins GOP straw poll in Washington state . Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Joel . Connelly . May 9, 2011.
13. Web site: RESULTS: Cain tops Hawaii GOP Presidential Straw Poll > Hawaii Free Press.
14. Web site: Republican Leadership Conference Blog . RLC 2011 Straw Poll Results . 2011-09-25 . June 18, 2011.
15. Web site: A Perry victory in Iowa. Politico. 20 July 2011 .
16. Web site: Romney wins, Perry strong write-in at Ohio GOP straw poll. Politico. 2011-09-25. July 22, 2011.
17. Web site: Herman Cain wins Western Conservative Summit Straw Poll; Rick Perry Second. ABC News.
18. Web site: Web Page Under Construction .
19. http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/bachmann-wins-ames-straw-poll Bachmann wins Ames straw poll
20. Web site: Iowa Straw Poll: Complete Results - Hotline on Call . 2011-09-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111104095309/http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/08/iowa-straw-poll.php . 2011-11-04 .
21. News: Tim Pawlenty Quits: Former Governor Drops Out Of Presidential Race. Huffington Post. 2011-08-14. 2011-08-14. Alana. Horowitz.
22. News: Promising Better Direction, Perry Enters Race. Parker. Ashley. The New York Times. 2011-08-13. 2011-08-14.
23. News: Romney to skip Iowa GOP, Florida straw polls. CBS News. 2011-06-09. 2011-06-09.
24. http://milwaukee.wisgop.info/2011/08/15/state-fair-straw-poll-results-entire-fair/
25. Web site: Stucker. Kyle. N.H. Primary Elections: Ron Paul Wins NH Straw Poll. 20 August 2011 . Hampton - Northhampton Patch.
26. Web site: Burns. Alexander. Georgia GOP votes for native son Herman Cain. Politico. 2011-08-27.
27. Web site: MDGOP Announces State Fair Presidential Straw Poll Results . Republican Party of Maryland . 2011-11-06 . 2011-09-09 .
28. Web site: Local Tea Party featured in GOP debate. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110913175148/http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/region_east_cincinnati/symmes_township/local-tea-party-featured-in-gop-debate. 2011-09-13.
29. Web site: Santorum wins Pa. GOP straw poll - POLITICO. Politico. 16 September 2011.
30. Web site: Ron Paul wins California straw poll. Politico. September 17, 2011.
31. Web site: Kevin Derby's blog . GOP 2012 Candidates Will Take Part in Florida Straw Poll . Sunshine State News . 2011-03-08 . 2011-03-28.
32. News: Herman Cain Wins Florida Straw Poll, Should Not Be Underestimated . Human Events . 2011-09-27.
33. News: Herman Cain Wins Florida Straw Poll Ahead Of 2012. September 24, 2011 . Huffington Post. Elyse. Siegel.
34. Web site: Michigan native Romney wins state GOP straw poll. Deseret News.
35. News: Romney captures Michigan straw poll. 25 September 2011. Kevin. Bohn . CNN.
36. Web site: Cain Wins GOP Women Straw Poll. My Fox New York. 2 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003081701/http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/cain-wins-gop-women-straw-poll-dpgonc-km-20111002_15296668. 3 October 2011.
37. Web site: Straw Poll. National Federation of Republican Women . The Palladian View. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130619143400/http://www.nfrw.org/documents/convention/2011/pollresults.pdf. 19 June 2013 .
38. Web site: Herman Cain Wins TeaCon Midwest Straw Poll . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612105659/http://www.560wind.com/pages/strawpoll . 2012-06-12.
39. Web site: Tea Party "Racists" cheer for Herman Cain. YouTube. October 2011 .
40. Web site: Herman Cain, Bette Grande, Rick Berg And Jack Dalrymple Win ND Tea Party Straw Poll Plains Daily . plainsdaily.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120501213609/http://plainsdaily.com/entry/herman-cain-bette-grande-rick-berg-and-jack-dalrymple-win-nd-tea-party-straw-poll/ . 2012-05-01.
41. Web site: Herman Cain Wins Republican Presidential Straw Poll with 59%. 25 October 2011. Moseley. Alex. Anderson County Republican Party. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810054547/http://andersoncountyrepublican.com/?p=1223. 10 August 2012.
42. News: Ron Paul wins both tallies at GOP straw poll in Iowa  - CNN Political Ticker. CNN .
43. Web site: Herman Cain wins West Alabama Straw Poll after appearance in Tuscaloosa. AL.com. Pow. Chris. 29 October 2011.
44. News: Illinois GOP fundraising straw poll goes to Ron Paul. Chicago Tribune . 5 November 2011. Pearson. Rick.
45. http://madvilletimes.com/2011/11/herman-cain-wins-south-dakota-straw-poll-sdgop-wants-to-raise-your-taxes/ Herman Cain Wins South Dakota Straw Poll; SDGOP Wants to Raise Your Taxes?
46. http://www.ksfy.com/story/15968587/dozens-turn-out-for-south-dakota-straw-poll Herman Cain wins South Dakota Straw Poll
47. Web site: Support the GOP – CharlestonGOP .
48. Web site: Big wins: Ron Paul takes Charleston County, NC 38% and San Diego Straw Poll 30% . www.allvoices.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111117010147/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/10873364-ron-paul-wins-san-diego-straw-poll . 2011-11-17.
49. Web site: Cain wins state poll of Tea Party members . 20 November 2011 .
50. Web site: Netfirms, Free Web Hosting, Domain Names for Small Business . www.thecarolinapatriot.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110202113952/http://thecarolinapatriot.com/ . 2011-02-02.
51. Web site: Good night, Posterous .
52. http://www.thonline.com/news/tri-state/article_84983910-1c90-11e1-93d9-001a4bcf6878.html
53. Web site: Oklahoma Straw Poll Results Oklahoma GOPOklahoma GOP . okgop.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111206184316/http://okgop.com/oklahoma-straw-poll-results/ . 2011-12-06.
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55. Web site: Drake University Straw Poll Results; Oskaloosa News . 11 December 2011 . oskynews.org . 2011-12-11.
56. Web site: Drake University Straw Poll Results; Drake Student Senate . facebook.com . 2011-12-11.
57. Web site: Fervent followers lift Paul to straw poll win TBO.com . www2.tbo.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120108045204/http://www2.tbo.com/news/pasco-news/2011/dec/14/menewso3-fervent-followers-lift-paul-to-straw-poll-ar-334587 . 2012-01-08.
58. Web site: Ron Paul Wins Cedar Falls Tea Party Straw Poll - Ankeny, IA Patch . ankeny.patch.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120108023708/http://ankeny.patch.com/articles/wins-cedar-falls-tea-party-straw-poll . 2012-01-08.
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