Republican Convention 2012

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2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Republican Convention
Presidential Nominating Process
40th Republican National Convention: Monday 27 August - Thursday 30 August 2012

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Hard Total	Floor Vote
Romney, Willard "Mitt"	`10,048,134 52.14%`	`1,399 61.20%`	`2,061 90.16%`
Santorum, Richard J. "Rick"	`3,938,527 20.44%`	`251 10.98%`	`9 0.39%`
Gingrich, Newton Leroy "Newt"	`2,737,442 14.20%`	`143 6.26%`
Paul, Ronald E. "Ron"	`2,099,441 10.89%`	`100 4.37%`	`185 8.09%`
Uncommitted	`118,453 0.61%`	`333 14.57%`	`1 0.04%`
Huntsman, Jon M., Jr.	`83,952 0.44%`	`2 0.09%`	`1 0.04%`
No Preference	`58,399 0.30%`
Perry, James Richard "Rick"	`54,782 0.28%`
Bachmann, Michele M.	`41,170 0.21%`	`1 0.04%`	`1 0.04%`
Roemer, Charles E. "Buddy", III	`33,589 0.17%`		`1 0.04%`
(others)	`17,007 0.09%`
Cain, Herman	`13,603 0.07%`
Karger, Fred	`12,744 0.07%`
Johnson, Gary Earl	`4,303 0.02%`
Uninstructed	`4,211 0.02%`
Gonzales, Sarah	`1,544 0.01%`
Sims, Paul Douglas	`530 0.00%`
Meehan, Michael J.	`410 0.00%`
Callahan, Mark Allen	`378 0.00%`
Perry, Al "Dick'	`310 0.00%`
Obama, Barack Hussein	`285 0.00%`
Scatter	`260 0.00%`
Rubash, Kevin	`250 0.00%`
Hill, Christopher V. "Chris"	`247 0.00%`
Benjamin, Donald	`223 0.00%`
Levinson, Michael Stephen	`217 0.00%`
Crow, Randolph Wilson "Randy"	`198 0.00%`
Dean, Kip	`198 0.00%`
Drummond, Keith	`195 0.00%`
Zack, Ronald	`156 0.00%`
Under votes	`152 0.00%`
Lawman, Jeff	`119 0.00%`
Lynch, Frank	`110 0.00%`
Arnett, Wayne Charles	`96 0.00%`
Perkins, Raymond Scott	`90 0.00%`
Welch, Matt	`86 0.00%`
Linn, Benjamin	`83 0.00%`
Undecided	`60 0.00%`		`1 0.04%`
Terr, Jim	`59 0.00%`
Skelley, Charles	`57 0.00%`
Bollander, Simon	`54 0.00%`
Story, Rickey Joe "Average Joe"	`42 0.00%`
Betzler, Bear	`29 0.00%`
Robinson, Joe	`25 0.00%`
Greenleaf, Stewart J.	`24 0.00%`
Swift, Linden	`18 0.00%`
Brewer, Timothy "Tim"	`15 0.00%`
Wuensche, Vernon Edgar "Vern"	`15 0.00%`
Hannon, Jeremy	`11 0.00%`
Gonzales, Donald James	`5 0.00%`
Trump, Donald John, Sr.	`5 0.00%`
Supreme, Vermin	`4 0.00%`
Cort, Hugh	`3 0.00%`
Ryan, Paul D.	`3 0.00%`		`5 0.22%`
Vestermark, James A.	`3 0.00%`
Giuliani, Rudolph William "Rudy"	`2 0.00%`
Howard, Sheldon Yeu	`2 0.00%`
Huckabee, Michael Dale "Mike"	`2 0.00%`
Lange, Ben	`2 0.00%`
Moore, Roy Stewart	`2 0.00%`
Pawlenty, Timothy "Tim"	`2 0.00%`
Rice, Condoleezza	`2 0.00%`
Blankenship, Jared	`1 0.00%`
Buchanan, Patrick Joseph "Pat"	`1 0.00%`
McCain, John Sidney, III	`1 0.00%`
Nader, Ralph	`1 0.00%`
Ray, Robert Dolph	`1 0.00%`
Walker, Scott	`1 0.00%`
(available)		`57 2.49%`
Abstention			`13 0.57%`
Not Announced			`8 0.35%`
Total	`19,272,346 100.00%`	`2,286 100.00%`	`2,286 100.00%`

2,286 total delegates
(before penalties: 2,429 total delegates - 560 base at-large / 1,305 re: 435 congressional districts / 168 party / 396 bonus)

States Chronologically States Alphabetically Democratic Convention

Official Convention website

Republican Convention Preview Commentary:
MITT ROMNEY's WEEK
The Republican Convention gives the GOP presidential candidate
an open opportunity to tell the Nation (and the World)
just who he really is
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff, Monday 27 August 2012

Commentary - Republican Convention Day 1:
Day 1 (uh-- sorta) of the 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff, Tuesday 28 August 2012

Commentary:
Day 2 of the 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

Roll Call Vote - 28 August 2012
Jurisdiction	Votes	Romney	Paul	Santorum	Bachmann	Huntsman	Roemer	Paul Ryan	Undecided	Uncommitted	Abstentions	Not Announced
Alabama	50	50	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Alaska	27	18	9	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
American Samoa	9	9	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Arizona	29	26	3	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Arkansas	36	36	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
California	172	172	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Colorado¹	36	28	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	8	�
Connecticut	28	28	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Delaware	17	17	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
District of Columbia	19	19	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Florida	50	50	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Georgia²	76	72	3	�	�	�	�	�	1	�	�	�
Guam	9	9	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Hawaii	20	17	3	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Idaho	32	32	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Illinois	69	69	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Indiana	46	46	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Iowa	28	6	22	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Kansas	40	39	�	1	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Kentucky	45	45	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Louisiana	46	32	12	2	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Maine	24	14	10	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Maryland	37	37	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Massachusetts	41	41	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Michigan³	30	24	4	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	2
Minnesota	40	6	33	1	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Mississippi	40	40	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Missouri	52	45	4	3	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Montana	26	26	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Nebraska⁴	35	33	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	2
Nevada⁵	28	5	17	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	5	1
New Hampshire	12	9	3	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
New Jersey	50	50	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
New Jersey puts Romney over the top [1,144 needed] with 1,150 votes.
New Mexico	23	23	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
New York	95	95	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
North Carolina	55	48	7	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
North Dakota	28	23	5	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Northern Marianas	9	9	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Ohio	66	66	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Oklahoma⁶	43	34	6	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	3
Oregon	28	23	4	1	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Pennsylvania⁷	72	67	�	�	�	�	�	5	�	�	�	�
Puerto Rico	23	23	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Rhode Island	19	15	4	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
South Carolina	25	24	1	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
South Dakota	28	28	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Tennessee	58	58	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Texas	155	130	20	1	1	1	1	�	�	1	�	�
Utah	40	40	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Vermont	17	13	4	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Virginia	49	46	3	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Virgin Islands	9	8	1	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Washington	43	38	5	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
West Virginia	31	31	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Wisconsin	42	41	1	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Wyoming	29	28	1	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�
Totals	2,286	2,061	185	9	1	1	1	5	1	1	13	8
Jurisdiction	Votes	Romney	Paul	Santorum	Bachmann	Huntsman	Roemer	Paul Ryan	Undecided	Uncommitted	Abstentions	Not Announced
� Notes 1. Colorado: 8 abstentions (announced, as such, by the delegation). 2. Georgia: 1 "undecided" (yes, that is how that 1 vote was actually announced... by the way: the mic was cut off after the vote for Romney had been announced and just as Georgia was about to announce the vote for others; but the Convention Secretary asked GA to repeat the State's vote). 3. Michigan: 2 not announced by delegation [meaning that the total of the votes announced by the delegation do not add up to the total number of delegate votes allotted to the State as announced by the Chair]. 4. Nebraska: 2 not announced by delegation [see MI above for explanation of what this means]. 5. Nevada: 5 abstentions (announced, as such, by delegation), 1 not announced by delegation (in the same manner as re: MI and NE). 6. Oklahoma: 3 not announced by delegation. 7. Pennsylvania: 5 for "Paul Ryan" (our assumption is that these 5 were actually supposed to be for Ron Paul and the delegation chair misspoke-- but "Paul Ryan" is what he actually said!). NOTE: The vote above is based on the vote as announced by each individual State (or equivalent jurisdiction) delegation; none of the votes not for Romney were announced from the Chair (only those votes for Romney were) as the the Roll Call proceeded... in addition, only the final tally of 2,061 votes for Romney was announced from the Chair (no final tally of votes not for Romney were so announced from the Chair).. Congressman Ryan was nominated Vice-President by Acclamation after the Roll Call of the States on which Romney had been nominated had been completed.

Commentary:
Day 3 of the 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

Commentary:
Day 4 of the 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

Commentary:
SO... WHAT DID IT ALL MEAN?
Did Mitt Romney and the Republicans actually
do what they had to do at the GOP's Convention?
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

Monday 27 August - Thursday 30 August 2012: 40th Republican National Convention, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida.

The 40th REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION will have a total of 2,286 delegates, with 1,144 (a majority) necessary in order for a Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidate to be nominated.

The rules for the 2012 Republican National Convention call for the following formula for determining the number of delegates:

For Jurisdictions with Constitutionally Elected Members of Congress:
- 10 At-Large delegates from each state, that is, 5 at-large delegates for each U.S. Senator [Rule 13(a)(1)].
- 3 District delegates for each U.S. Representative as established by the 2012 census [Rule 13(a)(3)].
For Jurisdictions without Constitutionally Elected Members of Congress [Rule 13(a)(4)]:
- 6 at-large delegates from American Samoa.
- 16 at-large delegates from the District of Columbia.
- 6 at-large delegates from Guam.
- 6 at-large delegates from the Northern Mariana Islands.
- 20 at-large delegates from Puerto Rico.
- 6 at-large delegates from Virgin Islands.
For all Jurisdictions - 3 party leaders: the national committeeman, the national committee woman, and the chairman of the state Republican Party. [Rule 13(a)(2)]
Bonus Delegates
- President: States casting a majority of their 2008 Electoral Votes for the Republican Candidate receive 4.5 + 0.60 × the Jurisdiction's Total 2008 Electoral Vote in bonus delegates. Should the District of Columbia cast the majority of their electoral votes for the Republican Candidate, the District will receive 4.5 + (0.30 � 16) in bonus delegates. Round any fractions UP to the next whole number. [Rules 13(a)(5) and 13(a)(7)]
- U.S. Senate: Award 1 bonus delegate for each Republican Senator elected in the 6 year period between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2011. Limit 2. [Rule 13(a)(6)]
- Governor States electing a Republican Governor between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011 receive 1 bonus delegate. Limit: 1. [Rule 13(a)(5)(i)]
- U.S. House: States electing Republicans to 50% or more of their U.S. House seats between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011 receive 1 bonus delegate. Limit 1. [Rule 13(a)(5)(ii)]
- One Chamber: States electing a Republican majority to one chamber of the state legislature (OR the legislature is presided over by a Republican) between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011 receive 1 bonus delegate. Limit 1. [Rule 13(a)(5)(iii)]
- All Chambers: States electing a Republican majority to all chambers of the state legislature (OR all chambers are presided over by a Republican) between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011 receive 1 bonus delegate. Limit 1. [Rule 13(a)(5)(iv)]

"The Rules of the Republican Party" adopted by the RNC 1 September 2008:
http://www.gop.com/images/legal/2008_RULES_Adopted.pdf.