[Vigilanteman]

Iowa craves attention when it ought to be just ignored. They have such a great record of picking GOP nominees.

1. 1980: George H.W. Bush
   
2. 1992: Pat Buchanan
   
3. 1996: Dole BARELY beat Pat Buchanan
   
4. 2008: Mike Huckabee
   
5. 2012: Rick Santorum

   All in all, a worse record of selecting the GOP nominee than Dixville Notch, NH has in selecting a national winner.

[entropy12]

Nailed it. Relax all Trump supporters. Do not twist yourself into a pretzel over Iowa caucus polls.

[Dr. Sivana]

Republicans

Note: Republicans after 1976 have released a raw vote and final percentages.

2008
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Mike Huckabee	40,954	34.4%
Mitt Romney	30,021	25.2%
Fred Thompson	15,960	13.4%
John McCain	15,536	13%
Ron Paul	11,841	9.9%
Rudy Giuliani	4,099	3.4%
Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo each received under 1 percent.
2004 – President George W. Bush was unopposed for renomination.
2000
George W. Bush	35,231	41%
Steve Forbes	26,198	30%
Alan Keyes	12,268	14%
Gary Bauer	7,323	9%
John McCain	4,045	5%
Orrin Hatch	882	1%
1996
Bob Dole	25,378	26%
Pat Buchanan	22,512	23%
Lamar Alexander	17,003	17.6%
Steve Forbes	9,816	10.1%
Phil Gramm	9,001	9.3%
Alan Keyes	7,179	7.4%
Richard Lugar	3,576	3.7%
Maurice Taylor	1,380	1.4%
No preference	428	.4%
Robert Dornan	131	.14%
Other	47	.04%
1992 – No GOP caucuses. President George Bush was unopposed for renomination.
1988
Robert Dole	40,661	37.4%
Pat Robertson	26,761	24.6%
George Bush	20,194	18.6%
Jack Kemp	12,088	11.1%
Pete DuPont	7,999	7.3%
No preference	739	.7%
Alexander Haig	364	.3%
1984 – No Republican caucuses. President Ronald Reagan was unopposed for renomination.
1980
George Bush	33,530	31.6%
Ronald Reagan	31,348	29.5%
Howard Baker	16,216	15.3%
John Connally	9,861	9.3%
Phil Crane	7,135	6.7%
John Anderson	4,585	4.3%
No Preference	1,800	1.7%
Robert Dole	1,576	1.5%
1976 Sample precincts straw poll
Gerald Ford	264
Ronald Reagan	248
Undecided	62
Others	9