Straw polls for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

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

2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

January 3 to July 14, 2012
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Delegate count 1,575 245
Contests won 42[1] 11[1]
Popular vote 10,048,134[2] 3,938,527[2]
Percentage 52.14% 20.44%

 
Candidate Ron Paul Newt Gingrich
Home state Texas Georgia
Delegate count 177 138
Contests won 1[1] 2[1]
Popular vote 2,099,441[2] 2,737,442[2]
Percentage 10.89% 14.20%


Previous Republican nominee

John McCain

Republican nominee

Mitt Romney

A line graph showing the top 5 frontrunners in 2011 based on straw poll results

Total Straw Poll Victories (Updated March 20, 2012)

Total Straw Poll Victories is as follows:

RankPotential candidateVictories
1Ron Paul28
2Herman Cain17
3Mitt Romney8
4Rick Santorum3
5Michele Bachmann2
6Rick Perry2
7Newt Gingrich2
8Other 4

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

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

RankPotential candidateVictories
1Ron Paul5 (55.6%)
2Mitt Romney3 (33.3%)
3Newt Gingrich0 (0%)

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

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

FinishPotential candidatePercentage
1Mitt Romney35%
2Ron Paul11%
3Tim Pawlenty8%
4Sarah Palin7%
5Michele Bachmann5%
6Jim DeMint5%
7Herman Cain4%
8Chris Christie3%
9Rick Santorum3%
10Mitch Daniels3%
11Newt Gingrich3%
12Mike Huckabee3%
13Mike Pence3%
14Rudy Giuliani2%
15Judd Gregg2%
16Gary Johnson1%
17Donald Trump1%
18Haley Barbour1%
19Jon Huntsman Jr.0%
20John Thune0%
Total100%273

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

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

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul30%
2Mitt Romney23%
3Gary Johnson6%
4Chris Christie6%
5Newt Gingrich5%
6Tim Pawlenty4%
7Michele Bachmann4%
8Mitch Daniels4%
9Sarah Palin3%
10Herman Cain2%
11Mike Huckabee2%
12Rick Santorum2%
13John Thune2%
14Jon Huntsman, Jr.1%
15Haley Barbour1%
Other5%
Total100%3,742

February 27, 2011, Phoenix, ArizonaTea Party Straw Polls

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

Onsite Poll

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain22%
2Tim Pawlenty16%
3Ron Paul15%
4Sarah Palin10%
5Mitt Romney6.5%
6Michele Bachmann5.6%
Other24.9%620

Online Poll

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul49%
2Herman Cain12%
3Sarah Palin8.7%
?Tim Pawlenty4.4%
Other25.8%996

Combined Polls

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul36%581
2Herman Cain16%256
3Sarah Palin9.2%149
4Tim Pawlenty8.8%143
Other30.1%1616

March 6, 2011, Seaside, OregonDorchester Conference Straw Poll

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

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Mitch Daniels29.33%66
2Mitt Romney22.67%51
3Sarah Palin18.22%41
4Mike Huckabee10.22%23
5Newt Gingrich6.22%14
6Ron Paul4.89%11
7Tim Pawlenty3.56%8
8Haley Barbour2.67%6
9Donald Trump1.78%4
10Barack Obama0.44%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]

FinishPotential candidatePercentage
1Mitt Romney53%
2Mike Huckabee9%
3Mitch Daniels6%
4Newt Gingrich6%
5Haley Barbour3%
6Donald Trump3%
7Chris Christie3%
8Jon Huntsman3%
9Sarah Palin3%
10Paul Ryan3%
11Ted Turner3%
12Joe Wilson3%

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]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul17.8%36
2Mitt Romney10.9%22
3Sarah Palin7.9%16
4Newt Gingrich6.9%14
5Michele Bachmann6.4%13
6Rudy Giuliani5.4%11
6Mike Huckabee5.4%11
6Tim Pawlenty5.4%11
9Mitch Daniels5.0%10
9Undecided5.0%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

FinishPotential candidateVotesPercentage
1Fred Karger7924.6%
2Mitt Romney7423.0%
3Donald Trump268.1%
4Ron Paul247.4%
4Tim Pawlenty247.4%
6Rudy Giuliani226.8%
7Rick Santorum206.2%
8Sarah Palin92.8%
9Herman Cain82.5%
9Gary Johnson82.5%
9Mike Huckabee82.5%
10Newt Gingrich72.2%
11Haley Barbour30.9%
12Mitch Daniels20.6%
13John Bolton10.3%
13Rand Paul10.3%
Other61.9%
TOTAL322100.0%

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

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

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Mike Huckabee23%
2Newt Gingrich11%
3Michele Bachmann10%
4Mitt Romney8%
5Donald Trump7%
6Tim Pawlenty7%
-Total100%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]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain17.3%39
2Newt Gingrich17.3%39
3Mike Huckabee15.6%35
4Donald Trump13.8%31
5Chris Christie8.9%20
6Mitt Romney6.7%15
7Sarah Palin4.4%10
8Michele Bachmann3.6%8
8Tim Pawlenty3.6%8
10Ron Paul3.1%7
Other5.8%13

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

FinishCandidateVotesPercentage
1Santorum15037.5%
2Romney6115.25%
3Cain4411%
4Trump297.25%
5Bachmann225.5%
6Christie225.5%
7Gingrich164%
8Huckabee164%
9Daniels153.75%
10Paul82%
11Pawlenty71.75%
12Palin61.5%
13Huntsman41%

[11]

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

FinishCandidateVotesPercentage
1Cain5416%
2Romney5215%
3Daniels5115%
4Christie3912%
5Pawlenty289%
6Ryan227%
7Gingrich144%
8Huckabee144%
9Giuliani124%
10Paul103%
11Trump103%
12Bachmann93%
13J. Bush82%
14Santorum72%
TOTAL330100%

[12]

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

FinishCandidatePercent
1Cain20.3%
2Romney13.6%
3Gingrich11.9%
3Pawlenty11.9%
3Palin11.9%
6Bachmann6.8%
7Paul3.4%
7Giuliani3.4%
7Huckabee3.4%
7Trump3.4%
11Roemer1.7%
11Santorum1.7%
11Bolton1.7%
11Daniels1.7%
11Christie1.7%

[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, LouisianaRepublican Leadership Conference Straw Poll

Source of results: Republican Leadership Conference[14]

FinishCandidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul40.77%612
2Jon Huntsman25.45%382
3Michele Bachmann12.72%191
4Herman Cain6.93%104
5Mitt Romney4.93%74
6Newt Gingrich4.60%69
7Rick Santorum2.00%30
8Tim Pawlenty1.20%18
9Gary Johnson0.67%10
10Buddy Roemer0.60%9
11Thad McCotter0.13%2

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

FinishCandidateVotesPercentage
1Ron Paul1525%
2Michele Bachmann915%
3Rick Santorum814%
4Rick Perry610%
5Herman Cain58%
6Thaddeus McCotter47%
6Tim Pawlenty47%
6Mitt Romney47%
9Newt Gingrich23%
9Sarah Palin23%

[15]

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

Source of results: Politico[16]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Mitt Romney25%
2Tim Pawlenty16%
3Michele Bachmann15%
4Rick Perry (write-in)14%
5Ron Paul9%
6Herman Cain5%
6Rick Santorum5%
8Newt Gingrich3%
9Jon Huntsman Jr.2%
-Other write-in6%
-Total100%264

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

Source of results:[17]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain48%246
2Rick Perry13%67
3Rick Santorum10%50
4Mitt Romney10%49
5Michele Bachmann9%44
6John Bolton4%20
7Ron Paul2%12
8Tim Pawlenty1%7
9Sarah Palin1%5
10Newt Gingrich1%3
11Thaddeus McCotter0%2
12Jon Huntsman Jr.0%1
13Gary Johnson0%1
14Paul Ryan0%1
15Rudy Giuliani0%0
-Total100%508

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

Source of results:[18]

FinishPotential candidatePercentage
1Michele Bachmann18%
2Rick Perry15%
2Mitt Romney15%
4Chris Christie12%
-Total100%

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%1
4 Rick Santorum 1,657 9.8%
5 Herman Cain 1,456 8.6%
6 Rick Perry (write-in)2 718 4.3%
7 Mitt Romney3 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%

^1 The day after the poll, on August 14, Tim Pawlenty announced his withdrawal from the race after his third-place finish.[21]

^2 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]

^3 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 Santorum3 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

FinishCandidate
1Ron Paul
2Rick Perry
3Michele Bachmann

Post-Debate Poll

FinishCandidate
1Ron Paul
2Michele Bachmann
3Herman Cain

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]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Mitt Romney50.81%346
2Rick Perry16.74%114
3Herman Cain8.5%58
4Ron Paul7.7%52
5Michele Bachmann4%27
6Newt Gingrich3.5%24
7Rick Santorum3.4%23
8Jon Huntsman, Jr.2%13
9Thaddeus McCotter0.73%5
Other2.82%19
Total100%681

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

Source of results:[36][37]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain48.9%
2Rick Perry14.1%
3Mitt Romney13.3%
4Newt Gingrich12.5%
5Rick Santorum6.9%
6Michele Bachmann1.4%
7Ron Paul0.6%
8Gary Johnson0.4%
9Jon Huntsman, Jr.0.2%
Undecided1.8%
Total100%505

October 1, 2011, TeaCon Midwest Straw Poll

Source of results:[38]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain77.5%379
2Michele Bachmann9.4%46
3Newt Gingrich3.8%19
4Rick Perry3.0%15
5Mitt Romney2.6%13
6Ron Paul1.6%9
7Rick Santorum1.4%7
8Barack Obama0.2%1
9Gary Johnson0.0%0
10Jon Huntsman, Jr.0.0%0
Total100%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:[40]

FinishPotential candidateVotesPercentage
1Herman Cain243838.4%
2Rick Perry229236.1%
3Mitt Romney72811.5%
4Ron Paul3375.3%
5Michele Bachmann1943.1%
6Newt Gingrich1372.2%
7Rick Santorum1071.7%
8Sarah Palin540.9%
9Donald Trump530.8%
10Jon Huntsman Jr.50.1%
11Gary Johnson20.0%
Total6,347100%

October 7–9, 2011, Washington, D.C.Values Voter Straw Poll

Source of results:[41]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul36.9%732
2Herman Cain22.5%447
3Rick Santorum16.3%323
4Rick Perry8.4%167
5Michele Bachmann7.9%157
6Mitt Romney4.4%88
7Newt Gingrich2.7%54
8Undecided0.7%13
9Jon Huntsman0.1%2
Total100%1,983

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

Source of results:[42]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain52.6%237
2Michele Bachmann12.2%55
3Mitt Romney11.1%50
4Ron Paul10.7%48
5Rick Perry4.0%18
6Newt Gingrich3.3%15
7Rick Santorum2.0%9
8Jon Huntsman0.9%4
9Gary Johnson0.2%1
Total100%450

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

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul53.4%55
2Herman Cain14.6%15
3Mitt Romney12.6%13
4Newt Gingrich5.8%6
5Michele Bachmann4.9%5
6Rick Perry3.9%4
7Gary Johnson3.9%4
8Rick Santorum1.0%1
9Jon Huntsman0.0%0
Total100%103

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

Source of results:[43]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain55%110
2Newt Gingrich14.5%29
3Michele Bachmann8%16
4Mitt Romney3%6
5Rick Perry 2%4
6Jon Huntsman1%2
Total100%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:[44]

FinishCandidatePercentage
1Herman Cain55.5%
2Ron Paul9%
3Rick Perry8%
Total100%

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

Source of results:[45]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul51%35
2Rick Santorum17%12
3Newt Gingrich12%8
4Herman Cain8%5
5Mitt Romney5%3
6Michele Bachmann 3%2
7Rick Perry2%2
8Jon Huntsman0%0
*Rudy Giuliani1%1
Total100%68

October 18, 2011, Mississippi College Straw poll

Source of results:[46]

FinishCandidatePercentage
1Ron Paul55%
2Rick Perry30%
3Herman Cain19%
4Mitt Romney17%
5Michele Bachmann6%
6Gary Johnson6%
7Newt Gingrich4%
8Other3%
Total100%

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

Source of results:[47][48]

FinishPotential candidatePercentage (approx.)Votes
1Herman Cain31%
2Mitt Romney29%
3Newt Gingrich21%
4Ron Paul10%
5Rick Perry4%
Michele Bachmann1%
Rick Santorum< 5%
Total> 550

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

Source of results:[49]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul53.50%229
2Herman Cain25.47%109
3Mitt Romney8.88%38
4Newt Gingrich5.37%23
5Rick Perry2.80%12
6Jon Huntsman, Jr2.10%9
7Rick Santorum0.93%4
8Michele Bachmann0.47%2
Write-in0.47%2
Total100%428

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

Source of results:[50]

FinishPotential candidatePercentage
1Herman Cain59%
2Ron Paul16%
3Mitt Romney11%
4Michele Bachmann5%
5Newt Gingrich4%
6Rick Perry3%
7Rick Santorum1%
8Jon Huntsman1%
Total100%

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

Source of results:[51]

Tally 1 (Iowa voters only):

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul82%353
2Herman Cain14.7%63
3Rick Santorum1%5
4Newt Gingrich0.9%4
5Michele Bachmann0.5%2
5Rick Perry0.5%2
7Gary Johnson0.2%1
8Mitt Romney0.0%0
8Jon Huntsman0.0%0
Total100%430

Tally 2 (non-Iowa voters)

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul26%26
2Herman Cain25%25
3Rick Santorum16%16
3Rick Perry16%16
5Newt Gingrich11%11
6Michele Bachmann6%6
7Mitt Romney1%1
8Jon Huntsman0%0
8Gary Johnson0%0
Total100%101

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

Source of results:[52]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain50.7%176
2Ron Paul45%156
3Newt Gingrich1.4%5
3Rick Perry1.4%5
5Mitt Romney0.9%3
6Gary Johnson0.3%1
6Rick Santorum0.3%1
8Michele Bachmann0%0
8Jon Huntsman0%0
Total100%347

November 5, 2011, Illinois - Illinois Straw Poll

Source of results:[53]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul52%1,907
2Herman Cain18%670
3Mitt Romney14%515
4Newt Gingrich9%332
5Rick Perry2.5%87
6Jon Huntsman1.5%54
7Rick Santorum1.2%43
8Michele Bachmann1.1%41
Total100%3,649

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

Source of results:[54]
According to KSFY/ABC "dozens" of people participated in this straw poll. No definitive number was given.[55]

FinishPotential candidatePercentage
1Herman Cain35%
2Newt Gingrich23%
3Mitt Romney20%
4Rick Perry7%
5Ron Paul5%
6Michele Bachmann4%
7Jon Huntsman3%
8Rick Santorum3%
Total100%

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

Source of results:[56]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul38.26%44
2Newt Gingrich28.70%33
3Herman Cain13.04%15
4Rick Santorum7.83%9
5Rick Perry4.35%5
6Mitt Romney3.48%4
7Michele Bachmann1.74%2
8Other1.74%2
9Jon Huntsman0.87%1
Total100%115

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

Source of results:[57]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul30.5%112
2Newt Gingrich22.6%83
3Mitt Romney17.4%64
4Herman Cain16.1%59
5Rick Perry5.7%21
6Gary Johnson3.5%13
7Jon Huntsman2.2%8
8Michele Bachmann1.9%7
9Rick Santorum0%0
Total100%367

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

Source of results:[58]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Herman Cain32%320
2Ron Paul28%282
3Newt Gingrich28%276
4Mitt Romney3%32
5Michele Bachmann3%31
6Rick Perry3%30
7Rick Santorum1%13
Other2%11
Total100%995

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

Source of results:[59]

FinishPotential candidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul52.2%329
2Newt Gingrich22.1%139
3Herman Cain13.3%84
4Mitt Romney3.6%23
5Michele Bachmann2.8%18
6Rick Perry1.9%12
6Rick Santorum1.9%12
7Jon Huntsman0.6%4
8Gary Johnson0.3%2
9Other 1.3%7
Total100%630

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

Source of results:[60]

FinishPotential candidateVotesPercentage
1Newt Gingrich3232.7%
2Ron Paul2020.4%
3Herman Cain1717.3%
4Mitt Romney1515.3%
5Michele Bachmann88.2%
6Rick Perry44.1%
7Jon Huntsman11.0%
7Rick Santorum11.0%
Total98100.0%

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

Source of results:[61]

FinishCandidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul71%59
2Newt Gingrich29%24
Total100%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:[62]

FinishCandidatePercent
1Ron Paul46%
2Herman Cain25%
3Newt Gingrich17%
4Mitt Romney6%
5Rick Perry3%
6Michele Bachmann2%
7Rick Santorum1%
8Gary Johnson<1%
Total100%

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

Source of results:[63]

FinishCandidatePercent
1Newt Gingrich50%
2Ron Paul20%
3Mitt Romney12%
4Rick Perry10%
5Michele Bachmann4%
6Jon Huntsman3%
7Rick Santorum1%
Total100%

December 10, 2011, Des Moines, IADrake University Straw Poll

Results from the 2011 Drake University Straw Poll were as follows:[64][65]

FinishCandidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul35%429
2Mitt Romney25%311
3Newt Gingrich10%128
4Jon Huntsman8%98
5Other8%98
6Rick Perry5%63
7Michele Bachmann3%37
8Rick Santorum2%29
9Fred Karger1%12
10Gary Johnson1%11
11Buddy Roemer1%7
Total100%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:[66]

FinishCandidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul68%171
2Newt Gingrich20%51
3Mitt Romney12%30
Total100%252

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

Results:[67]

FinishCandidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul72%60
2Rick Santorum11%9
3Newt Gingrich6%5
4Michele Bachmann4%3
5Jon Huntsman4%3
6Mitt Romney2%2
7Rick Perry1%1
Total100%83

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

Results:[68]

FinishCandidatePercentage
1Ron Paul73.53%
2Rick Santorum8.09%
3Newt Gingrich7.35%
4Mitt Romney5.15%
5Barack Obama3.68%
6Gary Johnson1.47%
7Rick Perry0.74%
8Jon Huntsman0.00%
9Michele Bachmann0.00%
Total100%

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

Results:[69]

FinishCandidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul43%173
2Mitt Romney34%135
3Newt Gingrich12%47
4Rick Santorum10%40
5Jon Huntsman1%4
Total100%399

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

January 14, 2012: Saddle Up Texas straw poll

Results:[70]

Paper ballots:

FinishCandidatePercentage
1Ron Paul27.9%
2Newt Gingrich23.8%
3Rick Santorum21.2%
4Rick Perry19.4%
5Mitt Romney6.6%
6Jon Huntsman1.1%
Total707

Text message voting:

FinishCandidatePercentage
1Ron Paul54.4%
2Rick Santorum15.6%
4Rick Perry13.3%
3Newt Gingrich11.9%
5Mitt Romney4.2%
6Jon Huntsman0.5%
Total3300

January 20, 2012: Connecticut GOP straw poll

Results:[71]

FinishCandidatePercentage
1Mitt Romney29%
2Newt Gingrich28%
3Ron Paul26%
4Rick Santorum11%
5Other 6%
Total100%

January 28, 2012, Arizona Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll

Results:[72]

FinishCandidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul85%256
2Newt Gingrich6.6%20
3Mitt Romney5.6%17
4Rick Santorum2.7%8
Total100%301

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

Results:[73]

FinishCandidatePercentage
1Mitt Romney45.39%
2Ron Paul42.70%
3Rick Santorum4.49%
4Newt Gingrich3.82%
5Barack Obama3.15%
6Other 0.45%
Total100%

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

Results:[74][75][76]

FinishCandidatePercentageVotes
1Mitt Romney38%~1295
2Rick Santorum31%~1056
3Newt Gingrich15%~511
4Ron Paul12%~409
Total100%3408

February 18, 2012, Coweta County Republican Presidential Straw Poll

Results:[77]

FinishCandidatePercentageVotes
1Rick Santorum40.0%38
2Newt Gingrich27.4%26
3Ron Paul17.9%17
4Mitt Romney5.3%5
5Jeb Bush1.1%1
6Sarah Palin1.1%1
7Other4.2%4
8Undecided3.2%3
Total100%95

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

Results:[78]

Candidate Totals

FinishCandidatePercentageVotes
1Ron Paul51.37%525
2Mitt Romney35.03%358
3Gary Johnson3.91%40
4Rick Santorum3.23%33
5Virgil Goode2.84%29
6Buddy Roemer1.96%20
7Newt Gingrich0.98%10
8Barack Obama0.49%5
9Other 0.2%2
Total100%1022

Zip Code Totals

Zip CodeRon PaulMitt RomneyGary JohnsonRick SantorumVirgil GoodeBuddy RoemerNewt GingrichBarack ObamaOtherTotal
832019020211139011156
836421146010000058
837092124060000051
834402019010000040
83401726060010040
83202153908200037
837051014010002027
83646519030000027
83704186000020026
83714149000000023
83713163020000021
837061010010000021
83350020010000021
83702145000000019
83402016010010018
83204120001400017
8320390403100017
83406411000000015
83616411000000015
83814112010000014
Zip CodeRon PaulMitt RomneyGary JohnsonRick SantorumVirgil GoodeBuddy RoemerNewt GingrichBarack ObamaOtherTotal
83815111010000013
8320580401000013
83318210010000013
83654120000000012
83835100010000112
8368757000000012
83301101000000011
8320650103200011
8384390010000010
8368681000010010
8365163000001010
8360563010000010
8360764000000010
8340409000010010
837037200000009
837125300000008
836342501000008
832740800000008
832214300000007
836485001000006
Zip CodeRon PaulMitt RomneyGary JohnsonRick SantorumVirgil GoodeBuddy RoemerNewt GingrichBarack ObamaOtherTotal
838585000000005
837163200000005
835014000000004
835444000000004
837014000003004
838014000000004
838614000000004
834353100000004
832002000020004
836552001001004
836691300000004
832540400000004
832633000000003
833163000000003
833383000000003
834343000000003
836383000000003
836393000000003
838763000000003
832262010000003
Zip CodeRon PaulMitt RomneyGary JohnsonRick SantorumVirgil GoodeBuddy RoemerNewt GingrichBarack ObamaOtherTotal
838372000000103
832201200000003
834421200000003
832410300000003
834510300000003
836190300000003
832102000000002
832292000000002
832372000000002
832782000000002
834202000000002
835462000000002
836472000000002
838462000000002
838542000000002
838642000000002
838732000000002
832111100000002
836171100000002
832230200000002
Zip CodeRon PaulMitt RomneyGary JohnsonRick SantorumVirgil GoodeBuddy RoemerNewt GingrichBarack ObamaOtherTotal
833360200000002
832131000000001
832341000000001
832611000000001
832621000000001
832811000000001
833401000000001
834521000000001
834551000000001
834601000000001
835301000000001
835491000000001
836041000000001
836111000000001
836121000000001
836281000000001
836291000000001
836311000000001
836601000000001
836761000000001
Zip CodeRon PaulMitt RomneyGary JohnsonRick SantorumVirgil GoodeBuddy RoemerNewt GingrichBarack ObamaOtherTotal
836801000000001
837071000000001
838501000000001
838571000000001
838691000000001
838701000000001
838771000000001
833350001000001
833460100000001
834270100000001
834480100000001
834620100000001
836320100000001
Totals5253584033292010521022

City Totals

CityRon PaulMitt RomneyGary JohnsonRick SantorumVirgil GoodeBuddy RoemerNewt GingrichBarack ObamaOtherTotal
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