John McCain Mitt Romney This is a list of straw polls that have been conducted relating to the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries.

Republican Liberty Caucus straw poll at the 2011 California Republican convention:[7] Finishing with less than ten votes were, in order, John R. Bolton (8), Gary Johnson (7), Herman Cain (5), Haley Barbour (4), Rick Santorum (4), Jon Huntsman, Jr. (3), Donald Trump (3), Chris Christie (2), Jim DeMint (2), Marco Rubio (2), Scott Walker (2), Paul Ryan (1), Colin Powell (1), Allen West (1), Tom McClintock (1), Dana Perino (1), and None of the Above (1).

[7] Karger wins St. Anselm straw poll Archived 2011-11-12 at the Wayback Machine South Carolina straw poll as part of the Grassroots SC campaign:[8] Also appearing on the ballot but failing to get more than 5% were, in alphabetical order, Haley Barbour, John R. Bolton, Herman Cain, Mitch Daniels, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Gary Johnson, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum.

Former senator Rick Santorum won first place in a straw poll among Pennsylvania Republicans, winning 36% of the vote.

[29] The California Republican Party held a straw poll in mid-September 2011, which was won by Ron Paul.