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Percentage of total state population voting for Ron Paul compared - April Edition

I first blogged about this in February. This is the April Edition. I'll blog about this again in June.

There is also a forum thread here, http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...-Paul-compared

Percentage of total state population voting for Ron Paul in the Republican Primary or Republican Caucus, ranked highest to lowest (and the 2008 percentage):
1. New Hampshire 4.3% (1.4%)
2. Vermont 2.4% (0.4%)
3. South Carolina 1.7% (0.4%)
4. Wisconsin 1.5% (0.3%)
5. Virginia 1.3% (0.3%)
6. Michigan 1.2% (0.6%)
7. Ohio 1% (0.5%)
8. Iowa 0.9% (0.4%)
9. Tennessee 0.8% (0.5%)
10. Oklahoma 0.7% (0.3%)
11. Illinois 0.7% (0.4%)
12. Alabama 0.6% (0.3%)
13. Florida 0.6% (0.3%)
14. Georgia 0.6% (0.3%)
15. Arizona 0.6% (0.4%)
16. Massachusetts 0.5% (0.2%)
17. Idaho 0.5% (1.9%)
18. Missouri 0.5% (0.4%)
19. North Dakota 0.4% (0.3%)
20. Alaska 0.4% (0.3%)
21. Mississippi 0.4% (0.2%)
22. Maryland 0.4% (0.3%)
23. Minnesota 0.3% (0.2%)
24. Louisiana 0.2% (0.2%)
25. Nevada 0.2% (0.2%)
26. Washington 0.2% (0.6%)
27. Colorado 0.2% (0.1%)
28. Maine 0.2% (0.08%)
29. Hawaii 0.1% (No popular vote)
30. Kansas 0.1% (0.08%)
United States Virgin Islands 0.1% (0.01%)
31. Wyoming 0.1% (No popular vote)
Washington D.C. 0.09% (0.08%)
Northern Mariana Islands 0.05% (0.01%)
Puerto Rico 0.04% (0.0002%)

Percentage of total state population voting for Ron Paul in the Republican Primary or Republican Caucus, listed in chronological order:
Iowa 1/3/12 0.9%
New Hampshire 1/10/12 4.3%
South Carolina 1/21/12 1.7%
Florida 1/21/12 0.6%
Nevada 2/4/12 0.2%
Missouri 2/7/12 0.5%
Minnesota 2/7/12 0.3%
Colorado 2/7/12 0.2%
Maine 2/11/12 0.2% (.17)
Michigan 2/28/12 1.2%
Arizona 2/28/12 0.6%
Wyoming 2/29/12 0.08%
Washington 3/3/12 0.2%
Vermont 3/6/12 2.4%
Virginia 3/6/12 1.3%
Ohio 3/6/12 1%
Tennessee 3/6/12 0.8%
Oklahoma 3/6/12 0.7% (.7272)
Georgia 3/6/12 0.6% (.6007)
Massachusetts 3/6/12 0.5% (.5318)
Idaho 3/6/12 0.5% (.5101)
Alaska 3/6/12 0.4% (.4393)
North Dakota 3/6/12 0.4% (.4295)
Kansas 3/10/12 0.1% (.1311)
United States Virgin Islands 3/10/12 0.1% (.1020)
Northern Mariana Islands 3/10/12 0.05%
Alabama 3/13/12 0.6% (.6381)
Mississippi 3/13/12 0.4% (.4196)
Hawaii 3/13/12 0.1% (.1436)
Puerto Rico 3/18/12 0.04%
Illinois 3/20/12 0.7% (.6682)
Louisiana 3/24/12 0.2% (.2497)
Wisconsin 4/3/12 1.5% (1.538)
Maryland 4/3/12 0.4% (.3860)
Washington D.C. 4/3/12 0.09% (.0865)

Percentage of total state population voting for Ron Paul, listed by how easy it is to vote in state primary:
Everyone Allowed to Vote
Vermont 2.4%
South Carolina 1.7%
Wisconsin 1.5%
Virginia 1.3%
Michigan 1.2%
Ohio 1%
Tennessee 0.8%
Illinois 0.7%
Alabama 0.6%
Georgia 0.6%
Missouri 0.5%
Mississippi 0.4%
Puerto Rico 0.04%

GOP and Undeclared or Unenrolled (Independents) Allowed to Vote
New Hampshire 4.3%
Massachusetts 0.5%

GOP Allowed to Vote
Oklahoma 0.7%
Florida GOP 0.6%
Arizona 0.6%
Maryland 0.4%
Louisiana 0.2%
Washington D.C. 0.09%

Percentage of total state population voting for Ron Paul, listed by how easy it is to vote in state caucus:
Everyone Allowed to Vote
North Dakota 0.4%
Minnesota 0.3%
Washington 0.2%

GOP and Undeclared or Unenrolled (Independents) Allowed to Vote
Maine 0.2%
Hawaii 0.1%

GOP Allowed to Vote
Iowa 0.9%
Idaho 0.5%
Alaska 0.4%
Nevada 0.2%
Colorado 0.2%
Kansas 0.1%
United States Virgin Islands 0.1%
Wyoming 0.1%
Northern Mariana Islands 0.04%

Sources:
Type "population of XXX" into google to see the population source used for the states. Results quickly pop up from http://www.google.com/publicdata -- Source: U.S. Census Bureau
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results...tial_primaries for the vote results
See http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...ng-Information for information on about how easy it is to vote in a primary or caucus
See http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post4165019 for 2008 percentages