2012 Idaho Republican presidential caucuses

none June 2025 January 2025 2012 Idaho Republican presidential caucuses Idaho presidential no 2008 Idaho Republican presidential primary 2008 2012 03 06 2016 United States presidential election in Idaho#Republican primary 2016 x160px Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 6 cropped (cropped).jpg Mitt Romney ff6600 Massachusetts 32 27,514 61.6% Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore 2 (1).jpg Rick Santorum 008000 Pennsylvania 0 8,115 18.2% Ron Paul (6238703989) (cropped).jpg Ron Paul ffcc00 Texas 0 8,086 18.1% 2012 Idaho Republican Primaries Counties.svg 200px Romney #feb685 50–60% #fd9d5c 60–70% #fe9047 70–80% #fe8434 80–90% Santorum #5ed261 50–60% #36c838 60–70% Paul #ffda47 50–60% 32 delegates to the2012 Republican National Convention GA MA The Republican caucuses took place on Super Tuesday, March 6, 2012.http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/ID-R Idaho Republican Delegation 2012http://www.FEC.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pdates.pdf Election and voting information An advisory primary with no binding effect on delegates, scheduled to be held on Tuesday May 15, 2012, was cancelled by the Idaho Republican Party.Idaho Republican Presidential Nominating Process http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/ID-R March 5, 2012 The Green Papers Five candidates were on the ballot. In order of filing they are Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Buddy Roemer. Although Roemer had withdrawn from the Republican race before the Idaho caucus, he still appeared on the ballot.http://www.idaho-republican-caucus.com/republican-candidates.html Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates 27 May 2018 Mitt Romney won 61% of the vote, thanks to a large majority of support (80-90% in most counties) in majority Mormon southeastern Idaho, rendering it a winner-take-all contest. Santorum and Paul split the Panhandle, winning five counties each, but came away empty in the delegate count. Procedure Idaho has 32 delegates to the Republican national convention, of which 3 are RNC and 29 are AL.March 2012 The 3 RNC delegates pledged to go with the results of the Boise Straw Poll.March 2012 The delegates will be determined by the caucuses results, based on a two-step approach. First, the delegates are primarily awarded winner-take-all by county after a series of votes in which candidates are successively removed from the ballot. Then, if a candidate receives half or more of the county delegates, he will receive all the 32 delegates; if not, the delegates will be split proportionately according to the number of county delegates.Nate Silver Nate Silver March 4, 2012 Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates FiveThirtyEight http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/romney-could-win-majority-of-super-tuesday-delegates/ March 5, 2012 Polling Straw polls Despite a complete lack of formal polling in the state, there were a total of five straw polls conducted in Idaho, three of which were online. Ron Paul won three of these, Presidential Race Graph http://www.idahostrawpoll.com/poll/graph1.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120306012448/http://www.idahostrawpoll.com/poll/graph1.html 2012-03-06 2012-02-28http://www.kivitv.com/news/local/136861888.html April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Presidential Race Graph http://www.idahostrawpoll.com/poll/graph3.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120306012504/http://www.idahostrawpoll.com/poll/graph3.html 2012-03-06 2012-03-04 while Mitt Romney won two. Presidential Race Graph http://www.idahostrawpoll.com/poll/graph2.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120306012154/http://www.idahostrawpoll.com/poll/graph2.html 2012-03-06 2012-03-02 January 2–4 online poll This was the first ever Idaho straw poll.Bodnar Marissa Idaho GOP Gears Up For 2012 Straw Poll, Caucus http://www.localnews8.com/news/Idaho-GOP-Gears-Up-For-2012-Straw-Poll-Caucus/14525926 14 July 2016 Local News 8 NPG of Idaho, Inc. 18 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160918124816/http://www.localnews8.com/news/Idaho-GOP-Gears-Up-For-2012-Straw-Poll-Caucus/14525926 dead It was conducted entirely online by Kaz Wittig KStar Enterprises. Ron Paul won with over 70% of the vote. Finish Candidate Percentage 1 Ron Paul 73.53% 2Rick Santorum 8.09% 3Newt Gingrich 7.35% 4Mitt Romney 5.15% 5Barack Obama 3.68% 6Gary Johnson 1.47% 7Rick Perry 0.74% 8Jon Huntsman Jon Huntsman, Jr. 0.00% 9Michele Bachmann 0.00% Total 100% January 6 Boise poll This poll used paper ballots and was conducted in Boise. Ron Paul won this poll. Rick Perry's campaign, although still active in the race at this time, did not participate. Finish Candidate Percentage Votes 1 Ron Paul 43% 173 2Mitt Romney 34% 135 3Newt Gingrich 12% 47 4Rick Santorum 10% 40 5Jon Huntsman Jon Huntsman, Jr. 1% 4 Total 100% 399 February 2–4 online poll This online straw poll was also produced by Kaz Wittig KStar Enterprises. Mitt Romney won the poll by a small margin. Finish Candidate Percentage 1Mitt Romney 45.39% 2Ron Paul 42.70% 3Rick Santorum 4.49% 4Newt Gingrich 3.82% 5Barack Obama 3.15% 6Other 0.45% Total 100% March 1–3 online poll This poll was also produced by Kaz Wittig KStar Enterprises. Ron Paul won by a double-digit margin. Finish Candidate Percentage Votes 1 Ron Paul 51.37% 525 2 Mitt Romney 35.03% 358 3 Gary Johnson 3.91% 40 4 Rick Santorum 3.23% 33 5 Virgil Goode 2.84% 29 6 Buddy Roemer 1.96% 20 7 Newt Gingrich 0.98% 10 8 Barack Obama 0.49% 5 9 Other 0.2% 2 Total 100% 1022 Results Results of the 2012 Idaho Republican presidential caucusesCaucus Results Idaho GOPIdaho GOP http://idgop.org/caucus-results/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120720000734/http://idgop.org/caucus-results/ 2012-07-20 2012-07-19Idaho County Map http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/county/map/r/id?hpt=hp_pc1 CNN Finish Candidate Percentage Votes Estimated National Delegates 1 Mitt Romney 61.6% 27,514 32 2 Rick Santorum 18.2% 8,115 0 3 Ron Paul 18.1% 8,086 0 4 Newt Gingrich 2.1% 940 0 5 Buddy Roemer 0.0% 17 0 Total 100% 32 County totals County Newt GingrichRon PaulMitt RomneyRick Santorum Total Winner Ada 307 1766 4233 1866 8172 Romney Adams 0 85 132 0 217 Romney Bannock 24 254 1614 146 2038 Romney Bear Lake 2 15 308 19 344 Romney Benewah 24 90 26 145 265 Santorum Bingham 27 215 2172 150 2564 Romney Blaine 47 79 230 23 379 Romney Boise 0 128 163 0 291 Romney Bonner 0 555 0 487 1042 Paul Bonneville 65 481 3044 235 3825 Romney Boundary 0 193 64 101 358 Paul Butte 10 25 153 23 211 Romney Camas 0 40 38 0 78 Paul Canyon 0 617 2056 1296 3969 Romney Caribou 7 22 336 26 391 Romney Cassia 28 143 1279 144 1594 Romney Clark 2 8 88 17 115 Romney Clearwater 0 85 0 151 236 Santorum Custer 19 48 98 24 189 Romney Elmore 0 158 281 0 439 Romney Franklin 4 105 856 29 994 Romney Fremont 12 76 726 38 852 Romney Gem 0 150 379 143 672 Romney Gooding 47 84 299 86 516 Romney Idaho 0 284 0 191 475 Paul Jefferson 11 212 1642 114 1979 Romney Jerome 28 74 331 101 534 Romney Kootenai 0 496 0 674 1170 Santorum Latah 78 509 197 188 972 Paul Lemhi 44 60 217 64 385 Romney Lewis 0 0 25 44 69 Santorum Lincoln 14 11 147 49 221 Romney Madison 7 260 2510 50 2827 Romney Minidoka 22 80 653 92 847 Romney Nez Perce 0 127 124 0 251 Paul Oneida 3 39 241 18 301 Romney Owyhee 0 0 177 263 440 Santorum Payette 0 0 428 302 730 Romney Power 9 13 287 38 347 Romney Shoshone 0 0 63 74 137 Santorum Teton 13 44 295 26 378 Romney Twin Falls 83 332 1228 409 2052 Romney Valley 0 123 152 0 275 Romney Washington 0 0 222 269 491 Santorum Notes That these totals reflect the final caucus ballots in each county; where only two candidates have votes totaled, this was likely from other candidates being eliminated in previous rounds of voting. Where all candidates have at least one vote, only one ballot was necessary, since the winning candidate had a majority of votes in that county. Vote totals for Buddy Roemer, who had formally withdrawn from the Republican race before the caucus, are not provided. References Idaho Category:2012 Idaho elections Category:Idaho Republican caucuses