2008 Presidential Republican Primary Election Results

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Presidential
Candidate

Home State

Political
Party

Primary Vote

Delegates

Mike Huckabee

Arkansas

Republican

138,557

60.46%

85.3%

John McCain

Arizona

Republican

46,343

20.22%

2.9%

Mitt Romney

Massachusetts

Republican

30,997

13.53%

2.9%

Ron Paul

Texas

Republican

10,983

4.79%

0.0%

Uncommitted

Republican

987

0.43%

0.0%

Rudolph W. Giuliani

New York

Republican

658

0.29%

0.0%

Fred Thompson

Tennessee

Republican

628

0.27%

0.0%

Unallocated

Republican

8.8%

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Turnout

Maps

2008 Arkansas County Map of Republican Primary Election Results for President

Election Information:
Contest Type:	State-run Primary
Election Date:	2008-02-05
Eligible Participants:	Open (all voters)
Delegates Awarded in this Contest:	31
Delegates Total:	34
Delegate Allocation Method: Proportional A 20% threshold is required to receive delegates.
19 at-large delegates: each candidate receiving at least 10% of the vote is awarded one delegate. If a candidate receives a majority of the vote, that candidate is awarded the remaining delegates. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, the remaining at-large delgates are allocated proportionally amongst the top three candidates. A 10% minimum threshold is required to receive proportionally-allocated at-large delegates. 12 district delegates (3 for each of the 4 congressional districts): In each district, if a candidate receives a majority of the vote, that candidate is awarded all three delegates. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, then the candidate receiving a plurality of the vote is awarded two delegates and the candidate with the next highest number of votes is awarded one delegate.

Demographic Data

2010 Population:	2,915,918	Enum.	2010 Population Density:	21.6	persons/km²
2008 Population:	2,874,554	Est.	2008 Population Density:	21.3	persons/km²
2000 Population:	2,673,400	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	19.8	persons/km²
Total Delegates:	34		Delegates Density:	84,546	persons/Del
Land Area (2000):	134,856	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.9	%

Election Data and Statistics:

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data:
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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