2012 Connecticut Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 January 2025 2012 Connecticut Republican presidential primary Connecticut presidential no 2008 Connecticut Republican presidential primary 2008 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut#Republican primary 2016 2012 04 24 x160px Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 6 cropped (cropped).jpg Mitt Romney ff6600 Massachusetts 25 40,171 67.43% Ron Paul (6238703989) (cropped).jpg Ron Paul ffcc00 Texas 0 8,032 13.48% Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 6 (cropped).jpg Newt Gingrich 800080 Georgia 0 6,135 10.30% Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore 2 (1).jpg Rick Santorum(withdrawn) 008000 Pennsylvania 0 4,072 6.83% Connecticut Republican Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2012.svg 200px Primary results by county #ff6600 Mitt Romney DE 25 pledged delegates to the2012 Republican National Convention WI The 2012 Connecticut Republican presidential primary took place on April 24, 2012.Presidential Primary Dates Federal Election Commission http://www.FEC.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pdates.pdf January 23, 2012 It was a closed primary, open only to Republican electors. 25 of the state's 28 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention were decided by the primary outcome, with the other 3 being superdelegates: the state party chairman and the state's two Republican National Committee representatives. Mitt Romney won the primary by a wide margin, garnering two-thirds of the vote. Only 14.4% of active registered Republicans participated in the primary, the lowest turnout since the primary format was put in place in the state in 1980.April 25, 2012 Merrill Releases Turnout Figure From 2012 Presidential Preference Primary, Romney Wins All 25 Delegates at Stake http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/releases/2012/4.25.12_merrill_releases_presidential_primary_turnout.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150906060052/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/releases/2012/4.25.12_merrill_releases_presidential_primary_turnout.pdf September 6, 2015 May 2, 2012 Connecticut Secretary of the State PDF Process After switching from proportional distribution of delegates to a winner-take-all system in 1996,Vigdor Neil September 28, 2011 State GOP moves away from winner-take-all presidential primary GreenwichTime.com http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/State-GOP-moves-away-from-winner-take-all-2193277.php April 26, 2012 the Connecticut Republican Party voted in September 2011 to award delegates by a hybrid winner-take-all and proportional distribution process beginning with the 2012 primary. Of the 25 regular delegates at stake in the primary, the party called for three delegates to be awarded to the winner of each of the state's five congressional districts on a winner-take-all basis for a total of 15 delegates. The remaining 10 would be distributed proportionally based on the statewide vote total among candidates receiving at least 20% support unless a candidate won a majority of the statewide vote, in which case the candidate would receive all 10 of these delegates.September 27, 2011 Connecticut Republican State Central Committee Rules and Bylaws http://www.ct.gov/sots/LIB/sots/ElectionServices/tcrules/RSCC.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120412191830/http://www.ct.gov/sots/LIB/sots/ElectionServices/tcrules/RSCC.pdf April 12, 2012 April 19, 2012 Section 17 PDF Opinion polling Poll source Date 1st 2nd 3rd OtherQuinnipiacQuinnipiacMargin of error: ±4.7%Sample size: 429 Mar. 14–19, 2012Mitt Romney42%Rick Santorum19%Newt Gingrich13%Ron Paul 9%, Won't vote 3%, Don't know/No answer 14%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy PollingMargin of error: ±4.9%Sample size: 400 Sep. 22–25, 2011Mitt Romney25%Rick Perry18%Herman Cain10% Newt Gingrich 10%, Ron Paul 10%, Michele Bachmann 8%, Jon Huntsman 3%, Rick Santorum 3%, Gary Johnson 1%, someone else/not sure 12%Mitt Romney45% Rick Perry36% – not sure 19%Quinnipiachttps://archive.today/20121212094150/http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1284.xml?ReleaseID=1646&What=&strArea=;&strTime=0 QuinnipiacMargin of error: ±5.4%Sample size: 332 Sep. 8–13, 2011Mitt Romney37% Rick Perry19% Michele Bachmann8%Sarah Palin 4%, Herman Cain 3%, Newt Gingrich 3%, Ron Paul 3%, Jon Huntsman 2%, Rick Santorum 1%, Thaddeus McCotter 0%, someone else/undecided 20%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy PollingMargin of error: ±7.3%Sample size: 180 Oct. 27–29, 2010Mitt Romney28%Mike Huckabee15% Newt Gingrich14% Sarah Palin 11%, Tim Pawlenty 5%, Mike Pence 5%, Mitch Daniels 4%, John Thune 2%, someone else/undecided 18% Results With Romney's primary day wins in all five congressional districts and a majority of the statewide vote, he was able to claim all 25 of the delegates at stake. 2012 Connecticut Republican presidential primaryConnecticut Republican Presidential Primary http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/electionresults/2012/april_24th_2012_ppp.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120929092022/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/electionresults/2012/april_24th_2012_ppp.pdf September 29, 2012 May 9, 2012 Secretary of the State of Connecticut PDF mdy-all Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates14px Mitt Romney 40,171 67.43% 25Ron Paul 8,032 13.48% 0Newt Gingrich 6,135 10.30% 0Rick Santorum 4,072 6.83% 0 Uncommitted 1,168 1.96% 0Unprojected delegates:0Total: 59,578 100%25 Official source reports a turnout of 59,639, with the difference from 59,578 likely due to blank ballots. Key:Suspended campaign prior to contest References Category:2012 Connecticut elections Connecticut 2012