Note: Republicans after 1976 have released a raw vote and final percentages.
2008 |
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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. |
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2000 |
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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 |
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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.
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1988 |
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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.
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1980 |
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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% |
1976Sample precincts straw poll |
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Gerald Ford | 264 | |
Ronald Reagan | 248 | |
Undecided | 62 | |
Others | 9 |
Thank you for adding that extra layer of detail. So counting 2012, Iowa picked the eventual nominee exactly 28.6% of the time and, in both cases, said nominee went on to lose in November. Real bellweather, eh?