Election Name: | 2008 Utah Republican presidential primary |
Country: | Utah |
Flag Year: | 1922 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2004 Utah Republican presidential primary |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2012 United States presidential election in Utah#Republican primary |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Candidate1: | Mitt Romney |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Colour1: | 85bb65 |
Home State1: | Massachusetts |
Delegate Count1: | 36 |
Popular Vote1: | 264,956 |
Percentage1: | 89.49% |
Candidate2: | John McCain |
Colour2: | ce5c17 |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Arizona |
Delegate Count2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 15,931 |
Percentage2: | 5.38% |
Elected Members: | LA |
Outgoing Members: | TN |
Map Size: | 204px |
The 2008 Utah Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 36 national delegates.[1] Polls showed Mitt Romney leading at up to 85% of the vote.[2]
On August 23, 2008 the Utah Republican Party adopted a standing rule effectively binding the delegates to John McCain for the first ballot at the National Convention (as Romney had withdrawn).[3]
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mitt Romney | 264,956 | 89.49% | 36 | |
15,931 | 5.38% | 0 | ||
8,846 | 2.99% | 0 | ||
4,252 | 1.44% | 0 | ||
988 | 0.33% | 0 | ||
613 | 0.21% | 0 | ||
261 | 0.09% | 0 | ||
211 | 0.07% | 0 | ||
3 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Total | 296,061 | 100% | 36 |