2008 Presidential GOP straw poll results
From Oklahomans for Ron Paul
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Straw poll results by candidate (percentage of votes)
The following chart shows the percentage of votes received by each candidate at various straw polls. When known, "NOB" is used to indicate candidate was not on the ballot. The symbol "XXX" is used to indicate a candidate dropped out and therefore did not receive any votes in the straw poll. First, second, and third place finishes are color-coded as red, green, and blue. Only off-line straw polls are listed.
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| Straw Poll | Date | SB | JG | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | TTan | FT | TTh | Other |
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| South Dakota Straw Poll | August 30 - September 3, 2007 | Straw poll results have not been announced yet. | |||||||||||
| Maryland State Fair | August 24 - September 3, 2007 | Straw poll results have not been announced yet. | |||||||||||
| Texas (delegates only) | September 1, 2007 | Straw poll results have not been announced yet. | |||||||||||
| Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, PA) | August 26, 2007 | 1.6% | XXX | 14.6% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 45.2% | 14.6% | 0.0% | 12.9% | XXX | 4.8% |
| Dekalb County, GA | August 24, 2007 | 0.00% | XXX | 21.43% | 7.14% | 0.00% | 8.33% | 23.81% | 19.05% | 3.57% | 14.29% | XXX | 2.38% |
| HRCC (Minnesota) | August 22, 2007 | 2% | XXX | 13% | 8% | 2% | 11% | 16% | 20% | 2% | 21% | XXX | 2% |
| Ronald Reagan Club (Washington) | August 21, 2007 | 1% | XXX | 5% | 8% | 6% | 2% | 28% | 8% | 0% | 25% | XXX | 5% |
| West Lafayette, Indiana | August 18, 2007 | 2.2% | XXX | 14.5% | 11.7% | 1.1% | 3.9% | 11.7% | 26.8% | 1.1% | 26.8% | XXX | NOB |
| West Alabama | August 18, 2007 | 0.75% | XXX | 2.63% | 2.26% | 3.76% | 0.75% | 81.20% | 5.26% | 0.00% | 3.38% | XXX | NOB |
| Straw Poll | Date | SB | JG | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | TTan | FT | TTh | Other |
| Strafford County, NH | August 18, 2007 | 0.35% | XXX | 1.04% | 6.94% | 1.74% | 2.43% | 72.22% | 9.03% | 2.78% | 1.74% | XXX | NOB |
| Illinois State Fair | August 17, 2007 | 1.08% | XXX | 11.61% | 3.04% | 0.65% | 4.12% | 18.87% | 40.35% | 0.33% | 19.96% | XXX | NOB |
| Students for Life of America | August 16, 2007 | 23% | XXX | 7% | 5% | ? | 5% | 9% | 11% | ? | 22% | XXX | ? |
| Western Montana Fair | August 15, 2007 | 4% | XXX | 26% | 0% | 0% | 15% | 4% | 15% | 0% | 29% | XXX | 7% |
| Gaston County, NC | August 14, 2007 | 0.0% | XXX | 4.9% | 9.8% | 0.0% | 2.4% | 36.6% | 7.3% | 0.0% | 31.7% | XXX | 7.3% |
| Straw Poll | Date | SB | JG | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | TTan | FT | TTh | Other |
| Ames, Iowa*** | August 11, 2007 | 15.3% | XXX | 1.3% | 18.1% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 9.1% | 31.6% | 13.7% | 1.4% | 7.3% | NOB |
| National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) in St. Louis, MO | August 6, 2007 | 2% | XXX | 2% | 3% | 11% | 0% | 14% | 15% | 11% | 33% | 0% | 9% |
| Georgetown County, South Carolina | July 28, 2007 | 2.69% | 0.00% | 5.83% | 0.00% | 6.73% | 3.14% | 17.94% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 45.74% | 0.00% | 1.35% |
| New Hampshire Taxpayers | July 7, 2007 | 2.72% | 0.00% | 7.48% | 3.40% | 2.04% | 0.34% | 65.31% | 4.42% | 1.02% | 1.36% | 3.06% | 10.88% |
| Cobb County, Georgia | July 4, 2007 | 0% | 1% | 10% | 13% | 0% | 1% | 17% | 15% | 1% | 30% | 0% | 12% |
| Straw Poll | Date | SB | JG | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | TTan | FT | TTh | Other |
| California Republican Assembly | July 1, 2007 | 3% | NOB | 7% | 0% | 19% | NOB | 12% | 19% | 8% | 25% | 0% | NOB |
| National Taxpayers Union | June 16, 2007 | 2.1% | 4.2% | 12.5% | 4.8% | 2.1% | 5.6% | 16.7% | 9.0% | 2.1% | 25.7% | 1.4% | 11.2% |
| Utah GOP convention | June 8, 2007 | ? | ? | 4.4% | ? | ? | 4.17% | 5.41% | 80% | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Wisconsin by WisPolitics.com (offline poll) | May 12, 2007 | 4.61% | 0.00% | 11.51% | 0.00% | 0.99% | 3.29% | 0.33% | 13.49% | 2.63% | 31.25% | 27.63% | 0.33% |
| Spartanburg County, SC | March 2, 2007 | 10.95% | 0.13% | 20.88% | 2.71% | 20.36% | 21.13% | 0.52% | 10.31% | 1.29% | 0.00% | 0.52% | 4.64% |
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Ranking of candidate by first, second, and third place finishes
The following chart shows the raw number of first, second, and third place finishes. Results are not weighted by giving first place finishes more significants than second place finishes (see the next chart for that).
| Candidate | Number of Times Placing Top Three | |||
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| First | Second | Third | Total | |
| Mitt Romney | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| Ron Paul | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| Fred Thompson | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Rudy Giuliani | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Mike Huckabee | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Duncan Hunter | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Sam Brownback | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| John McCain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tommy Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| John Cox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gilmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Tancredo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Ranking of candidate by first, second, and third place finishes (weighted)
The following chart weights the number of first, second, and third place finishes. Every first place victory gives 3 points, every second place finish gives 2 points, and every third place finish gives 1 point. This is similar to the charts showing country performance at the Olympics.
| Candidate | Number of Times Placing (and Points) | |||
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| First | Second | Third | Total | |
| Ron Paul | 7 (21) | 5 (10) | 4 (4) | 16 (35 points) |
| Fred Thompson | 9 (27) | 4 (8) | 0 (0) | 14 (35 points) |
| Mitt Romney | 4 (12) | 6 (12) | 7 (7) | 16 (31 points) |
| Rudy Giuliani | 0 (0) | 5 (10) | 4 (4) | 7 (14 points) |
| Mike Huckabee | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 2 (2) | 4 (6 points) |
| Duncan Hunter | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 3 (3) | 4 (5 points) |
| Sam Brownback | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 2 (4 points) |
| John McCain | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 2 (4 points) |
| Tommy Thompson | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (2 points) |
| John Cox | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0 points) |
| Jim Gilmore | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0 points) |
| Tom Tancredo | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0 points) |
| Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0 points) |
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Straw poll results by candidate (number of votes)
The following chart shows the number of votes received by each candidate at various straw polls. When known, "NOB" is used to indicate candidate was not on the ballot. The symbol "XXX" is used to indicate a candidate dropped out and therefore did not receive any votes in the straw poll. Only off-line straw polls are listed.
Straw polls marked ^ indicate the actual number of votes may be slightly off (but should be insignificant).'
| Straw Poll | Date | SB | JG | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | TTan | FT | TTh | Other | Total |
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| Maryland State Fair | August 24 - Sept 3, 2007 | Straw poll results have not been announced yet. | ||||||||||||
| Texas (delegates only) | Sept 1, 2007 | Straw poll results have not been announced yet. | ||||||||||||
| Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, PA | August 25, 2007 | 1 | XXX | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 8 | XXX | 3 | 53 |
| Dekalb County, GA | August 24, 2007 | 0 | XXX | 18 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 12 | XXX | 2 | 84 |
| HRCC (Minnesota) | August 22, 2007 | Unknown how many votes were cast. | ||||||||||||
| Ronald Reagan Club (Washington) | August 21, 2007 | 1 | XXX | 29 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 40 | XXX | 8 | 160 |
| West Lafayette, Indiana^ | August 18, 2007 | 4 | XXX | 26 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 48 | 2 | 48 | XXX | 0 | 179 |
| [West Alabama | August 18, 2007 | 2 | XXX | 7 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 216 | 14 | 0 | 9 | XXX | 0 | 266 |
| Straw Poll | Date | SB | JG | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | TTan | FT | TTh | Other | Total |
| Strafford County, NH | August 18, 2007 | 1 | XXX | 3 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 208 | 26 | 8 | 5 | XXX | 5 | 288 |
| Illinois State Fair | August 17, 2007 | 10 | XXX | 107 | 28 | 6 | 38 | 174 | 373 | 2 | 184 | XXX | 0 | 922 |
| Students for Life of America^ | August 16, 2007 | 146 | XXX | 45 | 32 | ? | 32 | 57 | 70 | ? | 139 | XXX | ? | 521 |
| Western Montana Fair | August 15, 2007 | 3 | XXX | 22 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 25 | XXX | 6 | 85 |
| Gaston County, NC | August 14, 2007 | Unknown how many votes were cast. | ||||||||||||
| Straw Poll | Date | SB | JG | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | TTan | FT | TTh | Other | Total |
| Ames, Iowa*** | August 11, 2007 | 2192 | XXX | 183 | 2587 | 174 | 101 | 1305 | 4516 | 1961 | 203 | 1039 | 41 | 14302 |
| National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) in St. Louis, MO | August 6, 2007 | Unknown how many votes were cast. | ||||||||||||
| Georgetown County, South Carolina | July 28, 2007 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 40 | 37 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 3 | 223 |
| New Hampshire Taxpayers | July 7, 2007 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 182 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 294 |
| Cobb County, Georgia^ | July 4, 2007 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 30 | 249 |
| Straw Poll | Date | SB | JG | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | TTan | FT | TTh | Other | Total |
| California Republican Assembly (Delegates) | July 1, 2007 | 3 | NOB | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 111 |
| National Taxpayers Union | June 16, 2007 | Unknown how many votes were cast. | ||||||||||||
| Utah GOP convention (Delegates) | June 8, 2007 | Unknown how many votes were cast. | ||||||||||||
| Wisconsin by WisPolitics.com (offline poll) | May 12, 2007 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 95 | 84 | 13 | 301 |
| Spartanburg County, SC | March 2, 2007 | 85 | 1 | 162 | 21 | 158 | 164 | 4 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 696 |
| Total Number of Votes | 2476 | 4 | 714 | 2771 | 408 | 396 | 2360 | 5327 | 2009 | 976 | 1133 | 157 | ' | |
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Ranking of candidate by total number of votes
The following chart weights the number of first, second, and third place finishes. Every first place victory gives 3 points, every second place finish gives 2 points, and every third place finish gives 1 point. This is similar to the charts showing country performance at the Olympics.
| Candidate | Number of votes |
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| Mitt Romney | 5327 |
| Mike Huckabee | 2771 |
| Sam Brownback | 2476 |
| Ron Paul | 2360 |
| Tom Tancredo | 2009 |
| Tommy Thompson | 1133 |
| Fred Thompson | 976 |
| Rudy Giuliani | 714 |
| Duncan Hunter | 408 |
| John McCain | 396 |
| Other | 157 |
| Jim Gilmore | 4 |
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Key to abbreviations and symbols
Meaning of abbreviations and symbols used above.
| Symbol/Abbreviation | Meaning |
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| SB | Sam Brownback |
| JC | John Cox |
| JG | Jim Gilmore (Dropped out July 14, 2007) |
| RG | Rudy Giuliani |
| MH | Mike Huckabee |
| DH | Duncan Hunter |
| JM | John McCain |
| RP | Ron Paul |
| MR | Mitt Romney |
| TTan | Tom Tancredo |
| FT | Fred Thompson |
| TTh | Tommy Thompson (Dropped out August 14, 2007) |
| XXX | Dropped out |
| NOB | Not on Ballot (or possibly did not receive any votes) |
| ^ | Actual number of votes may be off by +/-2 votes per candidate |
| *** | Major straw poll |
| x.xx% | First place |
| x.xx% | Second place |
| x.xx% | Third place |
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Straw polls not included in results
The following is a list of straw polls that have been intentionally left out of the above charts.
| Straw Poll | Date | Reason Excluded |
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| FreedomWorks Straw Poll | July 31 - August 2, 2007 | Online poll. FYI: Ron Paul won by 56.3%. |
| Olathe, Kansas | July 8, 2007 | People allowed to pay (and vote) more than once. Romney left off of the ballot. Buying votes ($50 for 50 Fred Thompson votes). |
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Errors, omissions, and feedback
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