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)

Total Straw Poll Victories is as follows: Rank Potential candidate Victories 1 28 2 17 3 8 4 3 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 4

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

The number of Straw Poll victories after voting started is as follows: Rank Potential candidate Victories 1 5 (55.6%) 2 3 (33.3%) 3 0 (0%)

Straw polls taken before voting started

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

Results from the 2011 New Hampshire Straw Poll were as follows: Finish Potential candidate Percentage 1 35% 2 11% 3 8% 4 7% 5 5% 6 5% 7 4% 8 3% 9 3% 10 3% 11 3% 12 3% 13 3% 14 2% 15 2% 16 1% 17 1% 18 1% 19 0% 20 0% Total 100% 273

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

Results from the 2011 CPAC Straw Poll were as follows: Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 30% 2 23% 3 6% 4 6% 5 5% 6 4% 7 4% 8 4% 9 3% 10 2% 11 2% 12 2% 13 2% 14 1% 15 1% Other 5% Total 100% 3,742

February 27, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona – Tea Party Straw Polls

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

Onsite Poll

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 22% 2 16% 3 15% 4 10% 5 6.5% 6 5.6% Other 24.9% 620

Online Poll

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 49% 2 12% 3 8.7% ? 4.4% Other 25.8% 996

Combined Polls

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 36% 581 2 16% 256 3 9.2% 149 4 8.8% 143 Other 30.1% 1616

March 6, 2011, Seaside, Oregon – Dorchester Conference Straw Poll

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

Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 29.33% 66 2 22.67% 51 3 18.22% 41 4 10.22% 23 5 6.22% 14 6 4.89% 11 7 3.56% 8 8 2.67% 6 9 1.78% 4 10 0.44% 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:

Finish Potential candidate Percentage 1 53% 2 9% 3 6% 4 6% 5 3% 6 3% 7 3% 8 3% 9 3% 10 3% 11 3% 12 3%

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: Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 17.8% 36 2 10.9% 22 3 7.9% 16 4 6.9% 14 5 6.4% 13 6 5.4% 11 6 5.4% 11 6 5.4% 11 9 5.0% 10 9 Undecided 5.0% 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).

March 31, 2011, Goffstown, New Hampshire - St. Anselm College Republicans Straw Poll

Karger wins St. Anselm straw poll

Finish Potential candidate Votes Percentage 1 79 24.6% 2 74 23.0% 3 26 8.1% 4 24 7.4% 4 24 7.4% 6 22 6.8% 7 20 6.2% 8 9 2.8% 9 8 2.5% 9 8 2.5% 9 8 2.5% 10 7 2.2% 11 3 0.9% 12 2 0.6% 13 1 0.3% 13 1 0.3% Other 6 1.9% TOTAL 322 100.0%

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

South Carolina straw poll as part of the Grassroots SC campaign: Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 23% 2 11% 3 10% 4 8% 5 7% 6 7% - Total 100% 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 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: Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 17.3% 39 2 17.3% 39 3 15.6% 35 4 13.8% 31 5 8.9% 20 6 6.7% 15 7 4.4% 10 8 3.6% 8 8 3.6% 8 10 3.1% 7 Other 5.8% 13

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

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%

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

Finish 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%

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

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% 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, Louisiana – Republican Leadership Conference Straw Poll Source of results: Republican Leadership Conference Finish Candidate Percentage Votes 1 40.77% 612 2 25.45% 382 3 12.72% 191 4 6.93% 104 5 4.93% 74 6 4.60% 69 7 2.00% 30 8 1.20% 18 9 0.67% 10 10 0.60% 9 11 0.13% 2

June 19, 2011, Clay County, Iowa - Republican Party Straw Poll Finish Candidate Votes Percentage 1 15 25% 2 9 15% 3 8 14% 4 6 10% 5 5 8% 6 4 7% 6 4 7% 6 4 7% 9 2 3% 9 2 3%

July 22, 2011, Ohio Republican Party - Ohio Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll Source of results: Politico Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 25% 2 16% 3 15% 4 (write-in) 14% 5 9% 6 5% 6 5% 8 3% 9 2% - Other write-in 6% - Total 100% 264

July 31, 2011, Denver, Colorado - Western Conservative Summit Source of results: Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 48% 246 2 13% 67 3 10% 50 4 10% 49 5 9% 44 6 4% 20 7 2% 12 8 1% 7 9 1% 5 10 1% 3 11 0% 2 12 0% 1 13 0% 1 14 0% 1 15 0% 0 - Total 100% 508

August 4, 2011, Harrington, Delaware - Delaware State Fair GOP Straw Poll Source of results: Finish Potential candidate Percentage 1 18% 2 15% 2 15% 4 12% - Total 100%

August 13, 2011, Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa - Iowa Straw Poll

Source of results: Washington Examiner and National JournalBachmann wins Ames straw poll 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% 4 Rick Santorum 1,657 9.8% 5 Herman Cain 1,456 8.6% 6 Rick Perry (write-in) 718 4.3% 7 Mitt Romney 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%

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

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.

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.

August 15, 2011, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Wisconsin State Fair straw poll

Source of results: 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 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 Santorum 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

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

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. 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

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Post-Debate Poll

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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%.

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

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, 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.

The full results were:

Source of results: 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: Finish Potential candidate Percentage Votes 1 50.81% 346 2 16.74% 114 3 8.5% 58 4 7.7% 52 5 4% 27 6 3.5% 24 7 3.4% 23 8 2% 13 9 0.73% 5 Other 2.82% 19 Total 100% 681

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

Source of results: