Straw polls for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Last updated February 14, 2025
2012 Republican Party presidential primaries First place by first-instance vote First place by convention roll call Mitt Romney
Rick Santorum
Newt Gingrich
Ron Paul
A line graph showing the top 5 frontrunners in 2011 based on straw poll results 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) Straw Poll Victories After Voting Started (Updated March 20, 2012) Straw polls taken before voting started January 22, 2011, Derry, New Hampshire – New Hampshire Straw Poll February 10–12, 2011, Washington, D.C. – CPAC Straw Poll February 27, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona – Tea Party Straw Polls Onsite Poll Online Poll Combined Polls March 6, 2011, Seaside, Oregon – Dorchester Conference Straw Poll March 15, 2011, Washington, D.C. – National League of Cities Straw Poll March 20, 2011, Sacramento, California – Republican Liberty Caucus of California Presidential Straw Poll March 31, 2011, Goffstown, New Hampshire - St. Anselm College Republicans Straw Poll April 3, 2011, York County, South Carolina - South Carolina Straw Poll April 15, 2011, Charleston County - Republican Party Straw Poll April 16, 2011, Georgia's 3rd congressional district - Georgia 3rd District Convention Straw Poll May 5–6, 2011, Columbia, South Carolina – South Carolina Republican Party Convention presidential straw poll May 6, 2011, Washington state – Washington GOP 29th Annual Spring Gala straw poll May 15, 2011, Kauai County, Hawaii – Hawaii GOP Presidential straw poll June 16–18, 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana – Republican Leadership Conference Straw Poll June 19, 2011, Clay County, Iowa - Republican Party Straw Poll July 22, 2011, Ohio Republican Party - Ohio Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll July 31, 2011, Denver, Colorado - Western Conservative Summit August 4, 2011, Harrington, Delaware - Delaware State Fair GOP Straw Poll August 13, 2011, Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa - Iowa Straw Poll August 15, 2011, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Wisconsin State Fair straw poll August 20, 2011, New Hampshire - New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll August 27, 2011, Georgia - Georgia State GOP Straw Poll September 9, 2011, Maryland - Maryland GOP Straw Poll September 12, 2011 Cincinnati Tea Party Straw Poll Pre-Debate Poll Post-Debate Poll September 16, 2011 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania straw poll September 17 California GOP Straw Poll September 24 Florida GOP Presidency 5 Straw Poll September 23–25, 2011, Michigan Republican Party Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference Straw Poll October 1, 2011, National Federation of Republican Women Straw Poll October 1, 2011, TeaCon Midwest Straw Poll October 3–9, 2011, South Carolina - Orangeburg County Fair Straw Poll October 7–9, 2011, Washington, D.C. – Values Voter Straw Poll October 8, 2011, Saint Paul, Minnesota - Republican Midwest Leadership Conference Straw Poll October 13, 2011, Los Angeles County, California - RPLAC Straw Poll October 15, 2011, Columbia, South Carolina - Tea Party Straw Poll October 15, 2011, Bismarck, North Dakota - Tea Party Straw Poll October 18, 2011, Charleston, South Carolina - Charleston County Republican Party October 18, 2011, Mississippi College Straw poll October 21, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada - Nevada GOP Straw Poll October 22, 2011, Columbus, Ohio - Ohio GOP Swing State Straw Poll October 25, 2011, Anderson County, Tennessee - East Tennessee GOP straw poll October 29, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa - National Federation of Republican Assemblies Presidential Straw Poll October 29, 2011, Tuscaloosa, Alabama - West Alabama Straw Poll November 5, 2011, Illinois - Illinois Straw Poll November 5, 2011, Sioux Falls, South Dakota - South Dakota Straw Poll November 14, 2011, North Charleston, South Carolina - Charleston County Republican Party Straw Poll November 14, 2011, San Diego, California - San Diego GOP Straw poll November 19, 2011, Springfield, Missouri - Missouri Tea Party Straw poll November 19, 2011, North Carolina - North Carolina Republican straw poll November 19, 2011, Rockford, Illinois - Winnebago County GOP straw poll December 1, 2011, Dubuque, Iowa - Dubuque Tea Party straw poll December 5, 2011, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Oklahoma GOP straw poll December 8, 2011, Chattanooga, Tennessee - Hamilton County Young Republican straw poll December 10, 2011, Des Moines, IA – Drake University Straw Poll December 13, 2011, Pasco County, Florida – Pasco County GOP straw poll December 13, 2011, Cedar Valley, Iowa – Cedar Falls Tea Party Straw Poll Straw polls taken after voting started January 2–4, 2012, Online - Idaho Straw Poll January 6, 2012, Boise, Idaho – Idaho Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll January 14, 2012: Saddle Up Texas straw poll January 20, 2012: Connecticut GOP straw poll January 28, 2012, Arizona Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll February 2–4, 2012, Online – Idaho Straw Poll II February 10–12, 2012, Washington, D.C. – CPAC Straw Poll February 18, 2012, Coweta County Republican Presidential Straw Poll March 1–3, 2012, Online - Idaho Straw Poll III Candidate Totals Zip Code Totals City Totals See also External links References Total Straw Poll Victories (Updated March 20, 2012)Total Straw Poll Victories is as follows:
Straw Poll Victories After Voting Started (Updated March 20, 2012)The number of Straw Poll victories after voting started is as follows:
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Results from the 2011 New Hampshire Straw Poll were as follows: [ 3]
Results from the 2011 CPAC Straw Poll were as follows: [ 4]
Results from the 2011 Tea Party Straw Poll were as follows:
Results from the 2011 Dorchester Conference Straw Poll were as follows: [ 5]
Results from the 2011 National League of Cities Straw Poll were as follows: [ 6]
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 PollRepublican Liberty Caucus straw poll at the 2011 California Republican convention: [ 7]
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]
South Carolina straw poll as part of the Grassroots SC campaign: [ 8]
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 PollSource of results: CNN [ 9]
Georgia straw poll as part of the 3rd District Republican convention: [ 10]
May 5–6, 2011, Columbia, South Carolina – South Carolina Republican Party Convention presidential straw pollFinish 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%
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May 6, 2011, Washington state – Washington GOP 29th Annual Spring Gala straw pollFinish 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%
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May 15, 2011, Kauai County, Hawaii – Hawaii GOP Presidential straw pollFinish 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%).
August 15, 2011, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Wisconsin State Fair straw pollSource of results: [ 24]
August 20, 2011, New Hampshire - New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw PollSource of results: Hampton-NorthHamptonPatch [ 25]
August 27, 2011, Georgia - Georgia State GOP Straw PollSource of results: Politico [ 26]
September 12, 2011 Cincinnati Tea Party Straw PollA 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.
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]
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]
October 1, 2011, TeaCon Midwest Straw PollSource of results: [ 38]
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 PollSource of results: [ 40]
Source of results: [ 43]
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 18, 2011, Mississippi College Straw pollSource of results: [ 46]
October 25, 2011, Anderson County, Tennessee - East Tennessee GOP straw pollSource of results: [ 50]
October 29, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa - National Federation of Republican Assemblies Presidential Straw PollSource of results: [ 51]
Tally 1 (Iowa voters only):
Tally 2 (non-Iowa voters)
November 5, 2011, Illinois - Illinois Straw PollSource of results: [ 53]
Source of results: [ 54] According to KSFY/ABC "dozens" of people participated in this straw poll. No definitive number was given. [ 55]
November 19, 2011, North Carolina - North Carolina Republican straw pollSource of results: [ 59]
November 19, 2011, Rockford, Illinois - Winnebago County GOP straw pollSource of results: [ 60]
December 1, 2011, Dubuque, Iowa - Dubuque Tea Party straw pollSource of results: [ 61]
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 pollSource of results: [ 62]
December 8, 2011, Chattanooga, Tennessee - Hamilton County Young Republican straw pollSource of results: [ 63]
Results from the 2011 Drake University Straw Poll were as follows: [ 64] [ 65]
The poll was distributed to Drake students via email to coincide with the December 10 Republican presidential debate, held on campus.
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January 2–4, 2012, Online - Idaho Straw PollResults: [ 68]
January 6, 2012, Boise, Idaho – Idaho Republican Party Presidential Straw PollResults: [ 69]
Note: Rick Perry's campaign asked not to be included on Straw Poll Ballot.
January 14, 2012: Saddle Up Texas straw pollResults: [ 70]
Paper ballots:
Text message voting:
January 20, 2012: Connecticut GOP straw pollResults: [ 71]
January 28, 2012, Arizona Republican Party Presidential Straw PollResults: [ 72]
February 2–4, 2012, Online – Idaho Straw Poll IIResults: [ 73]
February 10–12, 2012, Washington, D.C. – CPAC Straw PollResults: [ 74] [ 75] [ 76]
February 18, 2012, Coweta County Republican Presidential Straw PollResults: [ 77]
March 1–3, 2012, Online - Idaho Straw Poll IIIResults: [ 78]
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