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2008 iowa republican presidential caucuses wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 january 2008 procedure 2 the ames straw poll 3 pre caucus polls 4 results of the january 2008 caucuses 5 see also 6 references 7 external links toggle the table of contents 2008 iowa republican presidential caucuses 2 languages čeština español edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia 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united states presidential election prior to the 2008 caucuses as in previous election cycles with a competitive presidential race an unofficial ames straw poll was held on august 11 2007 the official one electing delegates to the state convention was held on january 3 2008 the same day as the democratic contest in the ames straw poll mitt romney finished first with 32 of the vote in the january 2008 caucuses mike huckabee finished first with 34 of the vote huckabee s victory in the caucus was credited to his strong performance among evangelical voters with an exit poll finding that 80 of his voters were evangelicals huckabee s victory over his nearest opponent romney who outspent him by millions in the state was considered significant by media outlets 1 january 2008 procedure edit unlike the democratic caucus the republican party does not use voting rounds or have minimum requirements for a percent of votes the republican version is done with a straw vote of those attending the caucus this vote is sometimes done by a show of hands or by dividing themselves into groups according to candidate however officially it is done with voters receiving a blank piece of paper with no names on it and the voter writing a name and placing it in a ballot box 2 following the straw poll delegates are then elected from the remaining participants in the room as most voters leave once their vote is cast all delegates are officially considered unbound 3 but media outlets either apportion delegates proportionally 4 or apportion them in terms of winner take all by counties 5 in precincts that elect only one delegate the delegate is chosen by majority vote and the vote must be by paper ballot 6 the state party strongly urges that delegates reflect the results of the preference poll but there is no obligation that they do so the ames straw poll edit main article ames straw poll the 2007 ames straw poll was held at iowa state university ames s hilton coliseum on august 11 2007 7 this was primarily a fundraising event for the state s republican party and only iowa residents who paid the 35 price for a ticket were eligible to vote tickets were available through the various presidential campaigns and the iowa republican party s headquarters in general the candidates bought large blocks of tickets and gave them out for free to whoever agreed to go and vote for that candidate the candidates also rented buses to transport voters to ames mitt romney finished first with 32 of the vote followed by mike huckabee 18 sam brownback 15 tom tancredo 14 and ron paul 10 six other candidates shared the remaining 14 of the vote pre caucus polls edit pre caucus opinion polling statistics throughout the campaign season see also statewide opinion polling for the 2008 republican party presidential primaries iowa before the caucuses the des moines register reported the following results from a poll of 800 likely republican caucus goers from december 27 to december 30 2007 mike huckabee 32 mitt romney 26 john mccain 13 fred thompson 9 ron paul 9 rudy giuliani 5 duncan hunter 1 alan keyes 1 not sure uncommitted 4 the above results have a margin of sampling error of 3 5 percentage points 8 mike huckabee s results in the opinion polls rose from 29 in the des moines register s poll in late november 2007 mitt romney rose two points from 24 in november to 26 in december john mccain enjoyed the biggest increase from november increasing six points from 7 to 13 while rudy giuliani suffered the biggest drop from november decreasing eight points from 13 to 5 giuliani s large drop was attributed to his strategy of skipping early states such as iowa and new hampshire in favor of larger delegate rich states such as florida california and new york 8 no other candidate polled more than 10 huckabee s poll numbers in iowa rose dramatically from october to december in part due to his backing among evangelical voters who accounted for almost one half of those polled huckabee led romney in that group 47 20 huckabee also polled higher than romney among the group who said it was more important to be a social conservative than a fiscal conservative while romney led huckabee 29 25 among the group who said that being fiscally conservative was most important in addition romney also polled highest in the categories of experience and competence the ability to bring about change and electability results of the january 2008 caucuses edit because iowa s delegates aren t officially bound to candidates the delegates given to each candidate below are rough estimates as of 11 05 p m edt january 4 2008 with 100 of the votes reported the results were 100 of precincts reporting 9 candidate votes 9 10 percentage delegates mike huckabee 40 954 34 36 13 mitt romney 30 021 25 19 9 fred thompson 15 960 13 39 5 john mccain 15 536 13 03 5 ron paul 11 841 9 93 4 rudy giuliani 4 099 3 44 1 duncan hunter 506 0 42 0 alan keyes 247 0 21 0 john cox 10 01 0 hugh cort 5 0 0 tom tancredo 5 0 0 vern wuensche 2 0 0 sam brownback 1 0 0 cap fendig 1 0 0 total 119 188 100 37 candidate had already dropped out of the race prior to caucus only three candidates won either pluralities or majorities in individual counties mike huckabee mitt romney and ron paul the giuliani campaign followed an unusual strategy of focusing on larger states that vote later in the process and had done little if any campaigning in iowa tancredo had already withdrawn from the presidential race two weeks earlier and endorsed romney 11 but his name remained in the official list of candidates of the iowa republican party some 120 000 iowa republicans attended the 2008 caucuses a new record about 87 000 attended in 2000 in 2004 george w bush ran unopposed 12 see also edit iowa caucuses 2008 iowa democratic presidential caucuses 2008 republican party presidential primaries references edit sinderbrand rebecca january 5 2008 analysis huckabee taps evangelical enthusiasm cnn com cnn retrieved april 19 2023 leibovich mark january 4 2008 one republican caucus is found to be an uncomplicated affair the new york times retrieved may 5 2010 republican party of iowa caucuses election center 2008 primary results elections politics news from cnn com cnn retrieved may 5 2010 abc news primary results by state iowa caucus 2008 archived from the original on january 2 2008 retrieved november 8 2007 ames straw poll date set archived 2011 07 18 at the wayback machine from ovaloffice2008 com 1 2 roos jonathan december 31 2007 gop poll huckabee maintains lead over romney desmoinesregister com des moines register and tribune company retrieved august 31 2008 cite news cs1 maint deprecated archival service link 1 2 election center 2008 primary results for iowa cnnpolitics com cable news network january 4 2008 retrieved january 4 2008 certified results of the january 3rd 2008 iowa republican party caucus presidential straw vote republican party of iowa january 3 2008 archived from the original on may 14 2008 retrieved may 23 2008 pulliam jason december 20 2007 tancredo drops out endorses romney usa today retrieved december 20 2007 woodward whitney january 4 2008 democrat turnout outnumbers gop by 2 1 quad city times retrieved january 4 2008 https web archive org web 20080516092625 http articles citypages com 2008 01 09 feature the wizards of odds external links edit http www realclearpolitics com epolls 2008 president ia iowa_republican_caucus 207 html https web archive org web 20080509091509 http www pollster com 08 ia rep pres primary php http www iowacaucus org iacaucus html archived 2008 01 02 at the wayback machine a faq about the iowa caucus article title official results v t e 2008 republican presidential primaries results polling convention states alabama alaska arizona arkansas california colorado connecticut delaware florida georgia hawaii idaho illinois indiana iowa kansas kentucky louisiana maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota mississippi missouri montana nebraska nevada new 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