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Straw polls for the Republican Party presidential
primaries, 2012
January 22, 2011, Derry, New
Hampshire – New Hampshire
Straw Poll
Results from the 2011 New Hampshire Straw Poll were as
follows:[1]
February 10–12, 2011, Washing-
Graphic representation of the latest straw poll wins in a respec- ton, D.C. – CPAC Straw Poll
tive state. Pink denotes states won by Bachmann, Turquoise Results from the 2011 CPAC Straw Poll were as follows:[2]
denotes those won by Cain, Gold denotes those won by Paul,
Dark blue denotes those won by Perry, Orange denotes those
won by Romney, and Green denotes those won by Santorum. February 27, 2011, Phoenix,
Arizona – Tea Party Straw Polls
Results from the 2011 Tea Party Straw Poll were as fol-
lows:[3]
Onsite Poll
Online Poll
Combined Polls
Onsite voters paid up to $125 to register for the one day
conference where this straw poll was held. Online voters
A line graph showing the current top 5 frontrunners of the 2012 paid up to $10 to view this conference and take part in
Republican Primaries based on straw poll results. the straw poll.
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Democratic candidates · 3rd-party / Ind. candidates Poll
Results from the 2011 Dorchester Conference Straw Poll
Republican primaries · candidates · debates were as follows:[4]
national polling · statewide · straw
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Additional races:: House · Senate · gubernatorial
D.C. – National League of Cities
This article is a collection of straw polls that have been
conducted relating to the Republican presidential pri-
Straw Poll
maries, 2012
2012. Results from the 2011 National League of Cities Straw Poll
were as follows:[5]
The "50 or so votes" referenced in all articles on this bal-
lot 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.
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage
1 Romney, MittMitt Romney 35%
2 Paul, RonRon Paul 11%
3 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 8%
4 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 7%
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 5%
6 DeMint, JimJim DeMint 5%
7 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 4%
8 Christie, ChrisChris Christie 3%
9 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 3%
10 Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels 3%
11 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 3%
12 Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee 3%
13 Pence, MikeMike Pence 3%
14 Giuliani, RudyRudy Giuliani 2%
15 Gregg, JuddJudd Gregg 2%
16 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 1%
17 Trump, DonaldDonald Trump 1%
18 Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour 1%
19 Huntsman Jr., JonJon Huntsman Jr. 0%
20 Thune, JohnJohn Thune 0%
Total 100% 273
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 30%
2 Romney, MittMitt Romney 23%
3 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 6%
4 Christie, ChrisChris Christie 6%
5 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 5%
6 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 4%
7 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 4%
8 Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels 4%
9 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 3%
10 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 2%
11 Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee 2%
12 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 2%
13 Thune, JohnJohn Thune 2%
14 Huntsman, Jr., JonJon Huntsman, Jr. 1%
15 Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour 1%
Other 5%
Total 100% 3,742
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 22%
2 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 16%
3 Paul, RonRon Paul 15%
4 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 10%
5 Romney, MittMitt Romney 6.5%
6 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 5.6%
Other 24.9% 620
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 49%
2 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 12%
3 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 8.7%
? Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 4.4%
Other 25.8% 996
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 36% 581
2 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 16% 256
3 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 9.2% 149
4 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 8.8% 143
Other 30.1% 1616
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels 29.33% 66
2 Romney, MittMitt Romney 22.67% 51
3 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 18.22% 41
4 Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee 10.22% 23
5 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 6.22% 14
6 Paul, RonRon Paul 4.89% 11
7 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 3.56% 8
8 Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour 2.67% 6
9 Trump, DonaldDonald Trump 1.78% 4
10 Obama, BarackBarack Obama 0.44% 1
March 20, 2011, Sacramento, Finishing with less than ten votes were, in order, John R.
Bolton (8), Gary Johnson (7), Herman Cain (5), Haley Bar-
California – Republican Liberty bour (4), Rick Santorum (4), Jon Huntsman, Jr. (3), Donald
Trump (3), Chris Christie (2), Jim DeMint (2), Marco Rubio
Caucus of California Presiden- (2), Scott Walker (2), Paul Ryan (1), Colin Powell (1), Allen
tial Straw Poll West (1), Tom McClintock (1), Dana Perino (1), and None
of the Above (1).[6]
Republican Liberty Caucus straw poll at the 2011 Califor-
nia Republican convention:[6]
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage
1 Romney, MittMitt Romney 53%
2 Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee 9%
3 Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels 6%
4 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 6%
5 Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour 3%
6 Trump, DonaldDonald Trump 3%
7 Christie, ChrisChris Christie 3%
8 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 3%
9 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 3%
10 Ryan, PaulPaul Ryan 3%
11 Turner, TedTed Turner 3%
12 Wilson, JoeJoe Wilson 3%
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 17.8% 36
2 Romney, MittMitt Romney 10.9% 22
3 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 7.9% 16
4 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 6.9% 14
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 6.4% 13
6 Giuliani, RudyRudy Giuliani 5.4% 11
6 Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee 5.4% 11
6 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 5.4% 11
9 Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels 5.0% 10
9 Undecided 5.0% 10
March 31, 2011, Manchester, April 9, 2011, Camp Hill (Har-
New Hampshire - St. Anselm risburg), Pennsylvania – Penn-
College Republicans Straw Poll sylvania Leadership Confer-
Karger wins St. Anselm straw poll ence straw poll
[8]
April 3, 2011, York County,
South Carolina - South Carolina April 15, 2011 Charleston Coun-
Straw Poll ty Republican Party Straw Poll
South Carolina straw poll as part of the Grassroots SC Source of results: CNN[9]
campaign:[7]
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.
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Finish Potential candidate Votes
1 Karger, FredFred Karger 79
2 Romney, MittMitt Romney 74
3 Trump, DonaldDonald Trump 26
4 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 24
4 Paul, RonRon Paul 24
6 Giuliani, RudyRudy Giuliani 22
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 20
8 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 9
9 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 8
9 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 8
9 Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee 8
10 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 7
11 Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour 3
12 Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels 2
13 Bolton, JohnJohn Bolton 1
13 Paul, RandRand Paul 1
Other 6
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee 23%
2 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 11%
3 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 10%
4 Romney, MittMitt Romney 8%
5 Trump, DonaldDonald Trump 7%
6 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 7%
- Total 100% 152
Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 13.69 46
2 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 12.50 42
2 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 12.50 42
4 Trump, DonaldDonald Trump 08.93 30
5 Paul, RonRon Paul 06.85 23
5 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 06.85 23
7 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 06.55 22
7 Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels 06.55 22
9 Romney, MittMitt Romney 05.95 20
9 Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee 05.95 20
April 16, 2011, Georgia’s 3rd
congressional district - Georgia
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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
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 17.33% 39
2 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 17.33% 39
3 Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee 15.56% 35
4 Trump, DonaldDonald Trump 13.78% 31
5 Christie, ChrisChris Christie 8.89% 20
6 Romney, MittMitt Romney 6.67% 15
7 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 4.44% 10
8 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 3.56% 8
8 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 3.56% 8
10 Paul, RonRon Paul 3.11% 7
Other 5.78% 13
3rd District Convention Straw May 6, 2011, Washington state
Poll – Washington GOP 29th Annual
Georgia straw poll as part of the of the 3rd District Repub- Spring Gala straw poll
lican convention:[10]
[12]
May 5–6, 2011, Columbia, South May 15, 2011, Kauai County,
Carolina – South Carolina Hawaii – Hawaii GOP Presiden-
Republican Party Convention tial straw poll
presidential straw poll [13]
[11]
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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%
Finish Candidate Votes
1 Cain 54
2 Romney 52
3 Daniels 51
4 Christie 39
5 Pawlenty 28
6 Ryan 22
7 Gingrich 14
8 Huckabee 14
9 Giuliani 12
10 Paul 10
11 Trump 10
12 Bachmann 9
13 J. Bush 8
14 Santorum 7
June 16–18, 2011, New Orleans, July 22, 2011, Ohio Republican
Louisiana – Republican Leader- Party - Ohio Republican Party
ship Conference Straw Poll Presidential Straw Poll
Source of results: Republican Leadership Conference[14] Source of results: Politico[16]
June 19, 2011, Clay County, July 31, 2011, Denver, Colorado
Iowa Republican Party Straw - Western Conservative Sum-
Poll mit
[15] Source of results: [17]
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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%
Finish Candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 40.77% 612
2 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 25.45% 382
3 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 12.72% 191
4 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 6.93% 104
5 Romney, MittMitt Romney 4.93% 74
6 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 4.60% 69
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 2.00% 30
8 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 1.20% 18
9 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 0.67% 10
10 Roemer, BuddyBuddy Roemer 0.60% 9
11 McCotter, ThadThad McCotter 0.13% 2
Finish Candidate Votes Percentage
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 15 25%
2 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 9 15%
3 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 8 14%
4 Perry, RickRick Perry 6 10%
5 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 5 8%
6 McCotter, ThaddeusThaddeus McCotter 4 7%
6 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 4 7%
6 Romney, MittMitt Romney 4 7%
9 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 2 3%
9 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 2 3%
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Romney, MittMitt Romney 25%
2 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 16%
3 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 15%
4 Perry, RickRick Perry (write-in) 14%
5 Paul, RonRon Paul 9%
6 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 5%
6 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 5%
8 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 3%
9 Huntsman Jr., JonJon Huntsman Jr. 2%
- Other write-in 6%
- Total 100% 264
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 48% 246
2 Perry, RickRick Perry 13% 67
3 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 10% 50
4 Romney, MittMitt Romney 10% 49
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 9% 44
6 Bolton, JohnJohn Bolton 4% 20
7 Paul, RonRon Paul 2% 12
8 Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty 1% 7
9 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 1% 5
10 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 1% 3
11 McCotter, ThaddeusThaddeus McCotter 0% 2
12 Huntsman Jr., JonJon Huntsman Jr. 0% 1
13 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 0% 1
14 Ryan, PaulPaul Ryan 0% 1
15 Giuliani, RudyRudy Giuliani 0% 0
- Total 100% 508
Finish Potential candidate Percentage
1 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 18%
2 Perry, RickRick Perry 15%
2 Romney, MittMitt Romney 15%
4 Christie, ChrisChris Christie 12%
- Total 100%
August 4, 2011, Harrington,
Delaware - Delaware State Fair
GOP Straw Poll
Source of results: [18]
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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%
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 13, 2011 Iowa Straw August 15, 2011 - Milwaukee,
Poll, Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Wisconsin - Wisconsin State
Iowa. Fair straw poll
Source of results: Washington Examiner and National Jour- Source of results: [24]
nal[19][20]
^1 The day after the poll, on August 14, Tim Pawlenty
announced his withdrawal from the race after his third
August 20, 2011 New Hamp-
place finish.[21] shire Young Republicans Straw
^2 Rick Perry, who was not on the poll ballot and only
appeared as a write-in candidate, formally announced his Poll
candidacy while in South Carolina on the same day that Source of results: Hampton-NorthHamptonPatch[25]
the poll took place.[22]
^3 In June, two months before the poll, presidential
candidate Mitt Romney, who had won the 2007 Ames August 27, 2011 Georgia State
Straw Poll, announced that he would skip the 2011 Ames
Straw Poll.[23]
GOP Straw Poll
Source of results: Politico[26]
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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
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 ond, and Michele Bachmann came third. After the de-
bate, Ron Paul was still first, Michele Bachmann came
GOP Straw Poll second, and Herman Cain came third.[28] CNN have not
released the full results of this poll, instead holding an
Source of results: Republican Party of Maryland[27]
online poll which omitted Ron Paul from the choices. [29]
September 12, 2011 Cincinnati September 16, 2011 Harrisburg,
Tea Party Straw Poll Pennsylvania straw poll
A straw poll was held at the September 12 Republican de-
Senator Rick Santorum won first place in a straw poll
bate, to find out who the debate audience thought were
among Pennsylvania Republicans, winning 36% of the
the front runners, both before and after the debate. Be-
vote. Governor Mitt Romney won 25%, and Governor Rick
fore the debate, Ron Paul came first, Rick Perry came sec-
Perry won 18%.[30]
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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%
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 17 California GOP Cain won the Florida straw poll after campaigning in-per-
son throughout the state more than Perry.[33]
Straw Poll The full results were:
Source of results: [34]
The California Republican Party held a straw poll in mid-
September 2011, which was won by Ron Paul. The full re-
sults were: September 23–25, 2011, Michi-
Source of results: Politico[31]
gan Republican Party Mackinac
September 24 Florida GOP Republican Leadership Confer-
Presidency 5 Straw Poll ence Straw Poll
The Florida Republican Party held a straw poll at the end Source of results:[35] [36]
of September 2011,[32] which was won by Herman Cain.
Political analysts attributed Cain’s win to Perry’s poor de-
bate performances, but others pointed to the fact that
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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
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Romney, MittMitt Romney 50.81% 346
2 Perry, RickRick Perry 16.74% 114
3 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 8.5% 58
4 Paul, RonRon Paul 7.7% 52
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 4% 27
6 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 3.5% 24
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 3.4% 23
8 Huntsman, Jr., JonJon Huntsman, Jr. 2% 13
9 McCotter, ThaddeusThaddeus McCotter 0.73% 5
Other 2.82% 19
Total 100% 681
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 48.9%
2 Perry, RickRick Perry 14.1%
3 Romney, MittMitt Romney 13.3%
4 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 12.5%
5 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 6.9%
6 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 1.4%
7 Paul, RonRon Paul 0.6%
8 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 0.4%
9 Huntsman, Jr., JonJon Huntsman, Jr. 0.2%
Undecided 1.8%
Total 100% 505
October 1, 2011, National Fed- October 1, 2011, TeaCon Mid-
eration of Republican Women west Straw Poll
Straw Poll Source of results:[39]
The vote for Obama was attributed to a vote by one of the
Source of results:[37] [38] media members present for the event by the announc-
er.[40]
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 77.5% 379
2 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 9.4% 46
3 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 3.8% 19
4 Perry, RickRick Perry 3.0% 15
5 Romney, MittMitt Romney 2.6% 13
6 Paul, RonRon Paul 1.6% 9
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 1.4% 7
8 Obama, BarackBarack Obama 0.2% 1
9 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 0.0% 0
10 Huntsman, Jr., JonJon Huntsman, Jr. 0.0% 0
Total 100% 489
Finish Potential candidate Votes Percentage
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 2438 38.4%
2 Perry, RickRick Perry 2292 36.1%
3 Romney, MittMitt Romney 728 11.5%
4 Paul, RonRon Paul 337 5.3%
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 194 3.1%
6 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 137 2.2%
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 107 1.7%
8 Palin, SarahSarah Palin 54 0.9%
9 Trump, DonaldDonald Trump 53 0.8%
10 Huntsman Jr., JonJon Huntsman Jr. 5 0.1%
11 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 2 0.0%
Total 6,347 100%
October 3-9, 2011, South Caroli- October 8, 2011, Saint Paul,
na - Orangeburg County Fair Minnesota - Republican Mid-
Straw Poll west Leadership Conference
Source of results:[41] Straw Poll
Source of results:[43]
October 7–9, 2011, Washington,
D.C. – Values Voter Straw Poll
Source of results:[42]
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 36.9% 732
2 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 22.5% 447
3 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 16.3% 323
4 Perry, RickRick Perry 8.4% 167
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 7.9% 157
6 Romney, MittMitt Romney 4.4% 88
7 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 2.7% 54
8 Undecided 0.7% 13
9 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 0.1% 2
Total 100% 1,983
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 52.6% 237
2 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 12.2% 55
3 Romney, MittMitt Romney 11.1% 50
4 Paul, RonRon Paul 10.7% 48
5 Perry, RickRick Perry 4.0% 18
6 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 3.3% 15
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 2.0% 9
8 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 0.9% 4
9 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 0.2% 1
Total 100% 450
October 13, 2011, Los Angeles October 21, 2011, Las Vegas,
County, California - RPLAC Nevada - Nevada GOP Straw
Straw Poll Poll
Source of results:[46][47]
October 15, 2011, Columbia,
South Carolina - Tea Party October 22, 2011, Columbus,
Straw Poll Ohio - Ohio GOP Swing State
Source of results:[44] Straw Poll
Note: the percentages only add to 83.5% This is because Source of results:[48]
results for 3 contenders (likely Ron Paul, Rick Santorum
and Gary Johnson) are unknown, though they polled
somewhere in between Romney and Bachmann. October 25, 2011, Anderson
County, Tennessee - East Ten-
October 18, 2011, Charleston, nessee GOP straw poll
South Carolina - Charleston Source of results:[49]
County Republican Party
Source of results:[45]
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 53.4% 55
2 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 14.6% 15
3 Romney, MittMitt Romney 12.6% 13
4 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 5.8% 6
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 4.9% 5
6 Perry, RickRick Perry 3.9% 4
7 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 3.9% 4
8 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 1.0% 1
9 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 0.0% 0
Total 100% 103
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 55% 110
2 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 14.5% 29
3 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 8% 16
4 Romney, MittMitt Romney 3% 6
5 Perry , RickRick Perry 2% 4
6 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 1% 2
Total 100% 200
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 51% 35
2 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 17% 12
3 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 12% 8
4 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 8% 5
5 Romney, MittMitt Romney 5% 3
6 Bachmann , MicheleMichele Bachmann 3% 2
7 Perry, RickRick Perry 2% 2
8 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 0% 0
* Giuliani, RudyRudy Giuliani 1% 1
Total 100% 68
Finish Potential candidate Percentage (approx.) Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 31%
2 Romney, MittMitt Romney 29%
3 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 21%
4 Paul, RonRon Paul 10%
5 Perry, RickRick Perry 4%
Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 1%
Santorum, RickRick Santorum 550
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 53.50% 229
2 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 25.47% 109
3 Romney, MittMitt Romney 8.88% 38
4 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 5.37% 23
5 Perry, RickRick Perry 2.80% 12
6 Huntsman, Jr, JonJon Huntsman, Jr 2.10% 9
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 0.93% 4
8 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 0.47% 2
Write-in 0.47% 2
Total 100% 428
Finish Potential candidate Percentage
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 59%
2 Paul, RonRon Paul 16%
3 Romney, MittMitt Romney 11%
4 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 5%
5 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 4%
6 Perry, RickRick Perry 3%
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 1%
8 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 1%
Total 100%
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 82% 353
2 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 14.7% 63
3 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 1% 5
4 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 0.9% 4
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 0.5% 2
5 Perry, RickRick Perry 0.5% 2
7 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 0.2% 1
8 Romney, MittMitt Romney 0.0% 0
8 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 0.0% 0
Total 100% 430
October 29, 2011, Des Moines, October 29, 2011, Tuscaloosa,
Iowa - National Federation of Alabama - West Alabama Straw
Republican Assemblies Presi- Poll
dential Straw Poll Source of results: [51]
Source of results: [50]
Tally 1 (Iowa voters only):
Tally 2 (non-Iowa voters)
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 26% 26
2 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 25% 25
3 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 16% 16
3 Perry, RickRick Perry 16% 16
5 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 11% 11
6 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 6% 6
7 Romney, MittMitt Romney 1% 1
8 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 0% 0
8 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 0% 0
Total 100% 101
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 50.7% 176
2 Paul, RonRon Paul 45% 156
3 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 1.4% 5
3 Perry, RickRick Perry 1.4% 5
5 Romney, MittMitt Romney 0.9% 3
6 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 0.3% 1
6 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 0.3% 1
8 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 0% 0
8 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 0% 0
Total 100% 347
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 52% 1,907
2 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 18% 670
3 Romney, MittMitt Romney 14% 515
4 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 9% 332
5 Perry, RickRick Perry 2.5% 87
6 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 1.5% 54
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 1.2% 43
8 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 1.1% 41
Total 100% 3,649
November 5, 2011, Illinois - Illi- November 5, 2011, Sioux Falls,
nois Straw Poll South Dakota - South Dakota
Source of results: [52] Straw Poll
Source of results: [53]
According to KSFY/ABC "dozens" of people participated
in this straw poll. No definitive number was given. [54]
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 35%
2 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 23%
3 Romney, MittMitt Romney 20%
4 Perry, RickRick Perry 7%
5 Paul, RonRon Paul 5%
6 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 4%
7 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 3%
8 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 3%
Total 100%
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 38.26% 44
2 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 28.70% 33
3 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 13.04% 15
4 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 7.83% 9
5 Perry, RickRick Perry 4.35% 5
6 Romney, MittMitt Romney 3.48% 4
7 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 1.74% 2
8 Other 1.74% 2
9 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 0.87% 1
Total 100% 115
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 30.5% 112
2 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 22.6% 83
3 Romney, MittMitt Romney 17.4% 64
4 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 16.1% 59
5 Perry, RickRick Perry 5.7% 21
6 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 3.5% 13
7 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 2.2% 8
8 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 1.9% 7
9 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 0% 0
Total 100% 367
November 14, 2011, North November 14, 2011, San Diego,
Charleston, South Carolina - California - San Diego GOP
Charleston County Republican Straw poll
Party Straw Poll Source of results: [56]
Source of results: [55]
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Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 32 320
2 Paul, RonRon Paul 28 282
3 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 28 276
4 Romney, MittMitt Romney 3 32
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 3 31
6 Perry, RickRick Perry 3 30
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 1 13
Other 2 11
Total 100 995
Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes
1 Paul, RonRon Paul 52.2% 329
2 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 22.1% 139
3 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 13.3% 84
4 Romney, MittMitt Romney 3.6% 23
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 2.8% 18
6 Perry, RickRick Perry 1.9% 12
6 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 1.9% 12
7 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 0.6% 4
8 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 0.3% 2
9 (Unspecified), OtherOther (Unspecified) 1.3% 7
Total 100% 630
November 19, 2011, Spring- Upcoming straw polls
field, Missouri - Missouri Tea December 5, 2011, Oklahoma - Oklahoma Republican
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Party[61]
Party Straw poll January 6, 2012, Boise, Idaho – Idaho Republican
Source of results: [57]
62]
Party[62]
November 19, 2011, North See also
• Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party
Carolina - North Carolina (United States) presidential primaries, 2012
Republican straw poll • Nationwide opinion polling for the United States
presidential election, 2012
Source of results: [58] • Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party
2012 presidential primaries
November 19, 2011, Rockford, • Statewide opinion polling for the United States
presidential election, 2012
Illinois - Winnebago County
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Finish Potential candidate Votes
1 Gingrich, NewtNewt Gingrich 32
2 Paul, RonRon Paul 20
3 Cain, HermanHerman Cain 17
4 Romney, MittMitt Romney 15
5 Bachmann, MicheleMichele Bachmann 8
6 Perry, RickRick Perry 4
7 Huntsman, JonJon Huntsman 1
7 Santorum, RickRick Santorum 1
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