Alaska Republican caucuses, 2012

Alaska Republican caucuses, 2012

March 6, 2012

Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Party Republican Republican Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania Delegate count 8 7 Popular vote 4,285 3,860 Percentage 32.4% 29.2%   Candidate Ron Paul Newt Gingrich Party Republican Republican Home state Texas Georgia Delegate count 6 3 Popular vote 3,175 1,865 Percentage 24.0% 14.1%

The 2012 Alaska Republican caucuses were held Super Tuesday, March 6, 2012.^[1][2][3] The presidential preference poll portion of the caucuses was scheduled between 4 pm and 8 pm local time (which is 8 pm to midnight EST) at locations across the state and one caucus in Washington, DC.^[4]

Similar to the Nevada Republican caucuses, 2012, the results of the presidential preference poll will be used to directly and proportionately apportion 24 national convention delegates among the candidates.^[5] Another 3 super delegates are unbound and not determined by the caucus results.^[6]

Results

Alaska Republican caucuses, 2012[7]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Estimated national delegates
Mitt Romney	4,285	32.4%	8
Rick Santorum	3,860	29.2%	7
Ron Paul	3,175	24.0%	6
Newt Gingrich	1,865	14.1%	3
Uncommitted	34	0.3%
Unprojected delegates:			3
Totals	13,219	100.0%	27

References

1. Alaska Republican Events
2. "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
3. "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
4. "2012 Convention Process". ARP. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
5. "2012 Convention Process". ARP. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
6. Nate Silver (March 4, 2012). "Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
7. New York Times, Retrieved March 23, 2012.

External links

• The Green Papers: for Alaska
• The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order