Percentage of total state population voting for Ron Paul compared

[Keith and stuff]

Percentage of total state population voting for Ron Paul in 2012 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. Montana 2% (1.7%)
4. South Carolina 1.7% (0.4%)
5. Wisconsin 1.5% (0.3%)
6. Indiana 1.5% (0.5%)
7. Virginia 1.3% (0.3%)
8. Michigan 1.2% (0.6%)
9. North Carolina 1.1% (0.4%)
10. Ohio 1% (0.5%)
11. Nebraska 1% (1%)
12. Oregon 0.9% (1.3%)
13. Iowa 0.9% (0.4%)
14. Pennsylvania 0.8% (1%)
15. South Dakota 0.8% (1.2%)
16. Tennessee 0.8% (0.5%)
17. Oklahoma 0.7% (0.3%)
18. Arkansas 0.7% (0.4%)
19. Texas 0.7% (0.3%)
20. Illinois 0.7% (0.4%)
21. West Virgina 0.7% (0.3%)
22. Alabama 0.6% (0.3%)
23. Florida 0.6% (0.3%)
24. Georgia 0.6% (0.3%)
25. Arizona 0.6% (0.4%)
26. Massachusetts 0.5% (0.2%)
27. Kentucky 0.5% (0.3%)
28. Idaho 0.5% (1.9%)
29. Missouri 0.5% (0.4%)
30. New Mexico 0.5% (0.8%)
31. North Dakota 0.4% (0.3%)
32. Alaska 0.4% (0.3%)
33. Mississippi 0.4% (0.2%)
34. California 0.4% (0.3%)
35. Maryland 0.4% (0.3%)
36. Utah 0.4% (0.3%)
37. Delaware 0.3% (0.2%)
38. Rhode Island 0.3% (0.2%)
39. New Jersey 0.3% (0.3%)
40. Minnesota 0.2% (0.2%)
41. Louisiana 0.2% (0.2%)
42. Nevada 0.2% (0.2%)
43. Connecticut 0.2% (0.2%)
44. Washington 0.2% (0.6%)
45. Colorado 0.2% (0.1%)
46. Maine 0.2% (0.08%)
47. Hawaii 0.1% (No popular vote)
48. New York 0.1% (0.2%)
49. Kansas 0.1% (0.08%)
United States Virgin Islands 0.1% (0.01%)
50. 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% (.8620)
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% (.2267)
Missouri 2/7/12 0.5% (.5097)
Minnesota 2/7/12 0.2% (.2474)
Colorado 2/7/12 0.2% (.1516)
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% (.1852)
Vermont 3/6/12 2.4%
Virginia 3/6/12 1.3%
Ohio 3/6/12 1%
Tennessee 3/6/12 0.8% (.7777)
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)
Pennsylvania 4/24/12 0.8% (.8302)
Delaware 4/24/12 0.3% (.3325)
Rhode Island 4/24/12 0.3% (.3293)
Connecticut 4/24/12 0.2% (.2238)
New York 4/24/12 0.1% (.1341)
Indiana 5/8/12 1.5% (1.528)
North Carolina 5/8/12 1.1% (1.109)
West Virgina 5/8/12 0.7% (.6609)
Nebraska 5/15/12 1.0% (.9876)
Oregon 5/15/12 0.9% (.9323)
Arkansas 5/22/12 0.7% (.6898)
Kentucky 5/22/12 0.5% (.5045)
Texas 5/29/12 0.7% (.6730)
Montana 6/5/12 2% (2.002)
South Dakota 6/5/12 0.8% (.8135)
New Mexico 6/5/12 0.5% (.4559)
California 6/5/12 0.4% (.3923)
New Jersey 6/5/12 0.3% (.2720)
Utah 6/26/12 0.4% (.3685)

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%
Montana 2%
South Carolina 1.7%
Wisconsin 1.5%
Indiana 1.5%
Virginia 1.3%
Michigan 1.2%
Ohio 1%
Tennessee 0.8%
Arkansas 0.7%
Texas 0.7%
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%
North Carolina 1.1%
West Virgina 0.7%
Massachusetts 0.5%
Rhode Island 0.3%

GOP Allowed to Vote
Nebraska 1%
Oregon 0.9%
Pennsylvania 0.8%
South Dakota 0.8%
Oklahoma 0.7%
Florida GOP 0.6%
Arizona 0.6%
Kentucky 0.5%
New Mexico 0.5%
California 0.4%
Maryland 0.4%
Utah 0.4%
Delaware 0.3%
New Jersey 0.3%
Louisiana 0.2%
Connecticut 0.2%
New York 0.1%
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 0.2%
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%

Google chart link http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?c...0,100&chtm=usa

Percentage of total state population voting for Ron Paul in the Republican Primary or Republican Caucus, ranked highest to lowest by color:
Red 5% to 3% (NH)
Orange 2.9% to 2% (VT MT)
Yellow 1.9% to 1% (SC WI IN VA MI NC OH NE)
Light Green 0.9% to 0.5% (OR IA PA SC TN OK AR TX IL WV AL FL GA AZ MA KY ID MO NM)
Green less than 0.5% (ND AK MS CA MD UT DE RI NJ MN LA NV CT WA CO ME HI NY KS WY)

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

[Keith and stuff]

Michigan 2/28/12 1.2%

[tbone717]

Nice work. It may also be helpful to know the percentage of votes as it relates to the 2008 general election vote total.

[Keith and stuff]

Arizona 2/28/12 0.6%

[Keith and stuff]

Wyoming 2/29/12 0.08%

Wyoming didn't have a popular vote in 2008 so these numbers shouldn't be looked down on. This is progress.

[Keith and stuff]

Ron Paul won Detroit, MI. Here is a look at Detroit, just for fun.

Detroit voting results:
Paul 5,525
Santorum 4,047
Romney 1,338
Gingrich?
Obama 32,980 (in the Democratic Primary)

Estimated population of Detroit:
713777

Percentage of the population that voted for Ron Paul in Detroit:
0.8%

Percentage of the population that voted for Obama in Detroit:
4.6%

Interestingly enough, if you combined the percentage of the population that voted for Ron Paul in the NH GOP Primary (4.3%) and the NH Democratic Primary (0.2%), it is still lower than Obama did in Detroit. Obama is very popular in Detroit.

If you look at MI as a whole, 1.8% of the population voted for Obama.

Percentage of total state or city population voting for:
4.6% Obama in Detroit (Obama came in 1st)
4.5% Paul in NH (Paul came in 2nd in both the GOP and Democratic Primaries)
4.2% Romney in MI (Romney came in 1st)
1.8% Obama in MI (Obama came in 1st)
1.7% Paul in SC (Paul came in 4th)
1.2% Paul in MI (Paul came in 3rd)
1.0% Paul in OH (Paul came in 4th)
0.8% Paul in Detroit (Paul came in 1st)
0.2% Romney in Detroit (Romney came in 3rd)

[Keith and stuff]

Washington 3/3/12 0.2%

[Keith and stuff]

Virginia 3/6/12 1.3%

Keep in mind that only 2 candidates were on the ballot in VA, the Republican Primary was open and there was not a Democratic Primary. VA was the only state in the US with only two choices. Because of these factors, all other things being equal, VA should have been Ron Paul's best Primary state and perhaps his best state.

[Keith and stuff]

North Dakota 3/6/12 0.4%

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Tennessee 3/6/12 0.8%
Oklahoma 3/6/12 0.7%