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The 2012 Connecticut Republican presidential primary took place on April 24, 2012.[1] 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.
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Primary results by county
Mitt Romney |
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.[2]
After switching from proportional distribution of delegates to a winner-take-all system in 1996,[3] 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.[3][4]
Poll source | Date | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Other |
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Quinnipiac[5] Margin of error: ±4.7% Sample size: 429 |
Mar. 14–19, 2012 | Mitt Romney 42% |
Rick Santorum 19% |
Newt Gingrich 13% |
Ron Paul 9%, Won't vote 3%, Don't know/No answer 14% |
Public Policy Polling[6] Margin of error: ±4.9% Sample size: 400 |
Sep. 22–25, 2011 | Mitt Romney 25% |
Rick Perry 18% |
Herman Cain 10% |
Newt Gingrich 10%, Ron Paul 10%, Michele Bachmann 8%, Jon Huntsman 3%, Rick Santorum 3%, Gary Johnson 1%, someone else/not sure 12% |
Mitt Romney 45% |
Rick Perry 36% |
– | not sure 19% | ||
Quinnipiac[7] Margin of error: ±5.4% Sample size: 332 |
Sep. 8–13, 2011 | Mitt Romney 37% |
Rick Perry 19% |
Michele Bachmann 8% |
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 Polling[8] Margin of error: ±7.3% Sample size: 180 |
Oct. 27–29, 2010 | Mitt Romney 28% |
Mike Huckabee 15% |
Newt Gingrich 14% |
Sarah Palin 11%, Tim Pawlenty 5%, Mike Pence 5%, Mitch Daniels 4%, John Thune 2%, someone else/undecided 18% |
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 primary[9] | |||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
Mitt Romney | 40,171 | 67.43% | 25 |
Ron Paul | 8,032 | 13.48% | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 6,135 | 10.30% | 0 |
Rick Santorum | 4,072 | 6.83% | 0 |
Uncommitted | 1,168 | 1.96% | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | ||
Total: | 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 |
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