2012 Primary Totals & Averages

I decided to talk about the outcome of the 2012 GOP elections because the media is doing such a lousy job of just reporting the news. To be candid I must admit that I am a Romney supporter. My findings might be slanted in his favor, but on balance since the media does everything it can to negate and diminish Romney's accomplishments maybe that's okay.

The following chart shows the results of the twenty two state GOP contests held through Super Tuesday March 6, 2012.

First Place: Mitt Romney has won fourteen states. Rick Santorum has won six states. Newt Gingrich has won two states. Ron Paul has won no states.

Second Place: Ron Paul and Rick Santorum came in second seven times. Mitt Romney has come in second six times, and Newt Gingrich came in second two times.

Third place: Ron Paul and Rick Santorum came in third seven times, Newt Gingrich has come in third five times, and Mitt Romney came in third in two states. I didn't award a third place in Virginia because Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum did not qualify for the state's ballot, and both got zero votes.

Fourth Place: Newt Gingrich has come in fourth thirteen times. Ron Paul has come in fourth eight times. Rick Santorum has come in fourth two times, and Mitt Romney came in fourth in none of the states.

7,881,788 votes have been cast in the twenty two GOP primaries, averaging 358,263 voters per state. Romney has averaged 39.54%, Santorum has averaged 24.85%, Ron Paul's overall average is 17.5% and Newt Gingrich is last with 14.98%.

Mitt Romney has averaged 145,288 votes per state with a total of 3,196,326 votes. Rick Santorum averages 88,988 votes per election (1,957,727 total), followed by Newt Gingrich (1,827,336 votes) averaging 83,061 votes per state, and finally Ron Paul has an average of 40,927 votes with a total of 900,339 votes.

Date	State	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum
01/03	IA	13.3%-4th	21.4%-3rd	24.5%-2nd	24.6%-1st
01/10	NH	9.4%-4th	22.9%-2nd	39.3%-1st	9.4%-3rd
01/21	SC	40.4%-1st	13.0%-4th	27.8%-2nd	17.0%-3rd
01/31	FL	31.9%-2nd	7.0%-4th	46.4%-1st	13.4%-3rd
02/04	NV	21.1%-2nd	18.8%-3rd	50.1%-1st	10.0%-4th
02/07	CO	12.8%-3rd	11.8%-4th	34.9%-2nd	40.3%-1st
02/07	MN	10.8%-4th	27.1%-2nd	16.9%-3rd	44.9%-1st
02/11	ME	6.2%-4th	35.7%-2nd	39.2%-1st	17.7%-3rd
02/28	AZ	16.2%-3rd	8.4%-4th	47.3%-1st	26.6%-2nd
02/28	MI	6.5%-4th	11.6%-3rd	41.1%-1st	37.9%-2nd
03/03	WA	10.3%-4th	24.8%-2nd	37.6%-1st	23.8%-3rd
03/06	AK	14.1%-4th	24.0%-3rd	32.4%-1st	29.2%-2nd
03/06	GA	47.2%-1st	6.6%-4th	25.9%-2nd	19.6%-3rd
03/06	ID	2.1%-4th	18.1%-3rd	61.6%-1st	18.2%-2nd
03/06	MA	4.6%-4th	9.5%-3rd	72.2%-1st	12.0%-2nd
03/06	ND	8.5%-4th	28.1%-2nd	23.7%-3rd	39.7%-1st
03/06	OH	14.6%-3rd	9.2%-4th	37.9%-1st	37.1%-2nd
03/06	OK	27.5%-3rd	9.6%-4th	28.0%-2nd	33.8%-1st
03/06	TN	23.9%-3rd	9.0%-4th	28.1%-2nd	37.2%-1st
03/06	VA	0%-4th	40.5%-2nd	59.5%-1st	0%-4th
03/06	VT	8.2%-4th	25.5%-2nd	39.8%-1st	23.7%-3rd
03/06	WY	0%-4th	2.5%-3rd	55.7%-1st	30.5%-2nd
	All	14.98% av	17.50% av	39.54% av	24.85% av
	Total Votes	1,827,336	900,399	3,196,326	1,957,727
	Average Votes	83,061 av	40,927 av	145,288 av	88,988 av
		Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum