2008 New Jersey Republican presidential primary

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2008 New Jersey Republican presidential primary
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 2004February 5, 2008 2012  
  MO
NY  
  John McCain official portrait 2009.jpg Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 6.jpg Mike Huckabee, speaking to a gathering at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.jpg
Nominee John McCain Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee
Home state Arizona Massachusetts Arkansas
Delegate count5200
Popular vote313,459160,38846,284
Percentage55.36%28.33%8.17%

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Election results by county.
  John McCain

The 2008 New Jersey Republican presidential primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 52 national delegates. [1]

Contents

Sample ballot for the presidential primary. NJPresidentialPrimary2008SampleBallot.jpg
Sample ballot for the presidential primary.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
John McCain
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
Fred Thompson
Others
Undecided
ResultFebruary 5, 20082.6%8.2%55.4%4.8%28.4%0.6%N/AN/A
Reuters/CSPAN/Zogby [2] February 3–4, 2008862±3.4%5%53%4%24%4%10%
Survey USA [3] February 2–3, 2008467±4.6%7%54%6%253%6%
Strategic Vision [4] February 1–3, 2008600±4.5%10%55%4%25%6%
Quinnipiac University [5] January 30 – February 3, 2008350±5.2%6%52%6%30%1%5%
McClatchy/MSNBC/Mason Dixon [6] January 30–February 1, 2008400±5.0%5%46%4%31%12%
Monmouth University/Gannett [7] January 30–February 1, 2008555±4.0%7%55%3%23%12%
Survey USA [8] January 30–31, 2008456±4.7%7%48%7%25%7%5%
Rasmussen Reports [9] January 30, 20087857%43%6%29%9%5%
Quinnipiac University [10] January 15–22, 2008398±4.9%26%9%29%7%14%9%4%
Rasmussen Reports [11] January 15, 2008616±4.0%27%10%29%10%5%6%5%8%
Monmouth University/Gannett [12] January 9–13, 2008400±4.9%25%11%29%5%9%5%16%
Research 2000/The Record [13] January 9–10, 2008400±5.0%34%8%18%8%11%17%
Quinnipiac University [14] December 5–9, 2007320±5.5%38%8%12%2%7%4%4% [a] 23%
Quinnipiac University [15] October 9–15, 200748%1%12%2%7%12%3% [b] 13%
Monmouth University/Gannett [16] September 27–30, 200744%2%12%1%8%10%1% [c] 20%
Strategic Vision [17] September 28–30, 200753%2%7%3%7%11%3% [d] 14%
Quinnipiac University [18] September 18–23, 200745%2%8%3%6%12%6% [e] 14%
Strategic Vision [19] August 24–26, 200751%2%7%3%9%12%6% [f] 10%
Strategic Vision [20] July 13–15, 200748%1%10%2%5%15%9% [g] 10%
Quinnipiac University [21] June 26–July 2, 200746%1%11%1%7%9%9% [h] 14%
Strategic Vision [22] April 25–27, 200749%1%15%1%6%7%11% [i] 11%
Monmouth University [23] April 11–16, 200749%1%19%6%1% [j] 3% [k] 21%
American Research Group [24] March 29–April 2, 200738%0%23%0%8%8%3% [l] 9%
Quinnipiac University [25] January 16–22, 200739%1%21%5%21% [m] 13%
  1. "Not voting" with 2%, Duncan Hunter and "other" each with 1%, and Tom Tancredo with 0%.
  2. Sam Brownback, Tancredo, and "other" each with 1% and Hunter with 0%.
  3. Tancredo with 1% and Brownback and Hunter each with 0%.
  4. Tancredo with 2% and Hunter with 1%.
  5. Newt Gingrich with 4%, "other" with 2%, and Brownback, Hunter and Tancredo each with 0%.
  6. Gingrich with 3%, Tancredo with 2%, and Hunter with 1%.
  7. Gingrich with 4%, Tancredo with 2%, and Tommy Thompson, Jim Gilmore, and Duncan Hunter each with 1%.
  8. Gingrich with 6%, Brownback, Tommy Thompson, and "other" each with 1%, and Gilmore, Hunter and Tancredo each with 0%.
  9. Gingrich with 4%, Tancredo with 2%, and Gilmore, Chuck Hagel, Hunter, Tommy Thompson and Brownback each with 1%.
  10. Voluntarily provided.
  11. Tommy Thompson with 2%, Brownback with 1%, and Gilmore with 0%.
  12. George Pataki with 3% and Brownback, Gilmore, Hagel, Hunter, Tommy Thompson and Tancredo each with 0%.
  13. Gingrich with 11%, Pataki and "wouldn't vote" each with 3%, and Brownback, Gilmore, Hunter and "someone else" each with 1%.

Results

Official Results [26]
CandidateVotesPercentageDelegates
John McCain 313,45955.36%52
Mitt Romney 160,38828.33%0
Mike Huckabee 46,2848.17%0
Ron Paul 27,1844.06%0
Rudy Giuliani*15,5162.74%0
Fred Thompson*3,2530.57%0
Total566,201100%52

* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary

See also

References

  1. "New Jersey Republican Delegation 2008". The Green Papers. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
  2. "Reuters/CSPAN/Zogby Tracking". Archived from the original on February 6, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
  3. Survey USA
  4. Strategic Vision
  5. Quinnipiac University
  6. McClatchy/MSNBC/Mason Dixon
  7. Monmouth University/Gannett
  8. Survey USA
  9. Rasmussen Reports
  10. Quinnipiac University
  11. Rasmussen Reports
  12. Monmouth University/Gannett
  13. Research 2000/The Record
  14. "Quinnipiac University". Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved December 14, 2007.
  15. Quinnipiac University
  16. Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll
  17. Strategic Vision
  18. Quinnipiac University
  19. Strategic Vision (R)
  20. Strategic Vision (R)
  21. Quinnipiac University
  22. Strategic Vision (R)
  23. Monmouth University
  24. American Research Group
  25. Quinnipiac University
  26. "Official Presidential Primary Election Results" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2008.