| Jan. 24 | Iowa precinct caucuses (25) | Bush 35,948 (40.99%), Forbes 26,744 (30.50%); Keyes12,496 (14.24%); Bauer 7,487 (8.53%); McCain 4,093 (4.67%); Hatch 898 (1.02%). Total: 87,666. |
| Jan. 24 | Alaska straw poll (23) | Bush 1,571 (36.28%); Forbes 1,566 (36.17%); McCain 412 (9.52%); Keyes 411 (9.49%); Bauer 207 (4.78%); Hatch 163 (3.76%). Total: 4,330. |
| [Jan. 26 -- Sen. Orrin Hatch announces the end of his campaign]. | ||
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| Feb. 1 | New Hampshire primary (17) | McCain 115,606 (48.45%); Bush 72,330 (30.31%); Forbes 30,166 (12.64%); Keyes 15,179 (6.36%); Bauer 2,040 (0.69%); Others 3,285 (1.38%). Total: 238,606. |
| [Feb. 4 -- Gary Bauer announces the end of his campaign]. | ||
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| Feb. 8 | Delaware primary (12) | Bush 15,250 (50.73%); McCain 7,638 (25.41%); Forbes 5,883 (19.57%); Keyes 1,148 (3.82%); Bauer 120 (0.40%); Hatch 21 (0.07%). Total: 30,060. |
| [Feb. 10 -- Steve Forbes announces the end of his campaign]. | ||
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| Feb. 19 | South Carolina primary (37) | Bush 305,998 (53.39%); McCain 239,964 (41.87%); Keyes 25,996 (4.54%); Bauer 618 (0.11%); Forbes 449 (0.08%); Hatch 76 (0.01%). Total: 573,101. |
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| Feb. 22 | Arizona primary (30) | McCain 193,708 (60.04%); Bush 115,115 (35.68%); Keyes 11,500 (3.56%); Forbes 1,211 (0.38%); Hatch 637 (0.20%); Bauer 177 (0.05%); Others 321 (0.09%). Total: 322,669. |
| Feb. 22 | Michigan (o) primary (58) | McCain 650,805 (50.97%); Bush 549,665 (43.05%); Keyes 59,032 (4.62%); Forbes 4,894 (0.38%); Bauer 2,733 (0.21%); Hatch 905 (0.01%); Uncomm./Others 8,736 (0.68%). Total: 1,276,770. |
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| Feb. 26 | VI (4), Am.S. (4), and Guam (4) caucuses | Bush wins all delegates in the three caucuses. |
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| Feb. 29 | North Dakota caucuses (19) | Bush 6,865 (75.72%); McCain 1,717 (18.94%); Keyes 481 (5.31%); Others 3. Total: 9,066. |
| Feb. 29 | Virginia (o) primary (56) | Bush 350,588 (52.79%); McCain 291,488 (43.83%); Keyes 20,356 (3.07%); Bauer 852 (0.13%); Forbes 809 (0.12%). Total: 664,093. |
| Feb. 29 | Washington (b) primary (37) | Republican ballots only--Bush
284,053 (57.83%); McCain 191,101 (38.91%); Keyes 11,753 (2.39%); Forbes
1,749 (0.36%); Bauer 1,469 (0.30%); Hatch 1,023% (0.21%).
Total: 491,148.
All ballots--Bush 402,287 (30.72%); McCain 399,980 (30.55%); Gore 310,406 (23.71%); Bradley 162,725 (12.43%); Keyes 21,122 (1.61%)... Total: 1,340,921. |
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| Mar. 7 | California (o) primary (162) | Delegate Selection Vote--Bush
1,725,162 (60.58%); McCain 988,706 (34.72%); Keyes 112,747 (3.96%);
Forbes 8,449 (0.30%); Bauer 6,860 (0.24%); Hatch
5,997 (0.21%). Total:
2,847,921.
Open Primary Vote (did not determine allocation of delegates)--Gore 2,609,950 (34.22%); Bush 2,168,466 (28.43%); McCain 1,780,570 (23.34%); Bradley 642,654 (8.43%); Keyes 170,442 (2.23%)...Total: 7,627,690. |
| Mar. 7 | Connecticut primary (25) | McCain 87,176 (48.71%); Bush 82,881 (46.31%); Keyes 5,913 (2.97%); Forbes 1,242 (0.69%); Bauer 373 (0.21%); Hatch 178 (0.10%); Uncomm. 1,222 (0.68%). Total: 178,985. |
| Mar. 7 | Georgia primary (54) | Bush 430,480 (66.93%); McCain 179,046 (27.84%); Keyes 29,640 (4.61%); Bauer 1,962 (0.30%); Forbes 1,647 (0.26%); Hatch 413 (0.06%). Total 643,188. |
| Mar. 7 | Maine primary (14) | Bush 49,308 (51.03%); McCain 42,510 (44.00%); Keyes 2,898 (3.00%); Forbes 455 (0.47%); Bauer 324 (0.34%); Uncomm. 1,038 (1.07%). Total: 96,624. |
| Mar. 7 | Maryland primary (31) | Bush 211,439 (56.23%); McCain 135,981 (36.16%); Keyes 25,020 (6.65%); Forbes 1,678 (0.44%); Bauer 1,328 (0.35%); Hatch 588 (0.16%). Total: 376,036. |
| Mar. 7 | Massachusetts (37) | McCain 324,708 (64.34%); Bush 159,534 (31.61%); Keyes 12,630 (2.50%); Bauer 1,744 (0.35%); Forbes 1,407 (0.28%); Hatch 262 (0.05%); No Pref. 1,292 (0.26%); All Others 374 (0.07%); Blank 2,695 (0.53%). Total: 504,713. |
| Mar. 7 | Missouri primary (35) | Bush 275,366 (57.93%); McCain 167,831 (35.31%); Keyes 27,282 (5.74%); Forbes 2,044 (0.43%); Bauer 1,038 (0.22%); Hatch 363 (0.08%); Hornung 94 (0.02%); Uncomm. 1,345 (0.28%). Total: 475,363. |
| Mar. 7 | New York primary (101) | Bush. Voting was for three delegates in each of New York's 31 congressional districts, with the top three vote-getters in each district winning. Bush, Forbes and McCain fielded full slates of three delegates in all districts, while Keyes had full delegate slates in 20, and partial or no lists in the remaining 11. Of the 93 delegates selected in this manner, 69 of the Bush delegates and 24 of the McCain delegates finished in top-three positions. Aggregating the district votes for delegates statewide produces a total of 2,161,518; dividing this by three, one can estimate that roughly 720,000 people voted in the primary -- 368,000 for Bush, 313,000 for McCain, and 24,000 for Keyes. |
| Mar. 7 | Ohio primary (69) | Bush 810,369 (57.99%); McCain 516,790 (36.98%); Keyes 55,266 (3.95%); Forbes 8,934 (0.64%); Bauer 6,169 (0.44%). Total: 1,397,528. |
| Mar. 7 | Rhode Island primary (14) | McCain 21,754 (60.23%); Bush 13,170 (36.46%); Keyes 923 (2.56%); Forbes 89 (0.25%); Bauer 35 (0.09%); Hatch 35 (0.09%). Total: 36,120. |
| Mar. 7 | Vermont primary (12) | McCain 49,045 (60.29%); Bush 28,741 (35.33%); Keyes 2,164 (2.66%); Forbes 616 (0.76%); Bauer 293 (0.36%); w/in 496 (0.61%). Total: 81,355. |
| Mar. 7 | Minnesota local caucuses (34) | 3,047 of 4,068 precincts - 74.9% - reporting. Bush 11,522 (63%); Keyes 3,660 (20%); McCain 3,208 (17%). |
| [Mar. 9 -- Sen. McCain announces he is suspending his campaign]. | ||
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| Mar. 10 | Colorado primary (40) | Bush 116,897 (64.71%); McCain 48,996 (27.12%); Keyes 11,871 (6.57%); Forbes 1,197 (0.66%); Bauer 1,190 (0.66%); Hatch 504 (0.28%). Total: 180,655. |
| Mar. 10 | Utah primary (29) | Bush 57,617 (63.3%); Keyes 19,367 (21.3%); McCain 12,784 (14.0%); Forbes 859 (0.9%); Bauer 426 (0.5%). Total: 91,053. |
| Mar. 10 | Wyoming county conv. (22) | [Bush won a straw poll held in 22 of the 23 county caucuses: Bush 732; Keyes 110; McCain 97]. |
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| Mar. 14 | Florida primary (80) | Bush 516,161 (73.81%); McCain 139,397 (19.93%); Keyes 32,343 (4.62%); Forbes 6,552 (0.94%); Bauer 3,493 (0.50%); Hatch 1,371 (0.20%). Total: 699,317. |
| Mar. 14 | Louisiana primary (28) | Bush 86,038 (83.60%); McCain 9,165 (8.91%); Keyes 5,900 (5.73%); Forbes 1,041 (1.01%); Bauer 768 (0.75%). Total: 102,912. |
| Mar. 14 | Mississippi primary (33) | Bush 101,042 (87.88%).; Keyes 6,478 (5.63%); McCain 6,263 (5.45%); Forbes 588 (0.51%); Bauer 475 (0.41%); Hatch 133 (0.12%). Total: 114,979. |
| Mar. 14 | Oklahoma primary (38) | Bush 98,781 (79.15%); McCain 12,973 (10.39%); Keyes 11,595 (9.29%); Forbes 1,066 (0.85%); Bauer 394 (0.32%). Total: 124,809. |
| Mar. 14 | Tennessee primary (37) | Bush 193,166 (77.02%); McCain 36,436 (14.53%); Keyes 16,916 (6.74%); Bauer 1,305 (0.52%); Forbes 1,018 (0.41%); Hatch 252 (0.10%); Uncomm. 1,632 (0.65%); w/in 75 (0.03%). Total: 250,800. |
| Mar. 14 | Texas primary (124) | Bush 986,416 (87.54%); McCain 80,082 (7.10%); Keyes 43,518 (3.86%); Forbes 2,865 (0.25%); Bauer 2,189 (0.19%); Hatch 1,324 (0.11%); Urban 793 (0.07%); Uncomm. 9,570 (0.84%). Total: 1,126,757. |
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| Mar. 21 | Illinois primary (74) | Bush 496,685 (67.40%); McCain 158,768 (21.54%); Keyes 66,066 (8.97%); Forbes 10,334 (1.40%); Bauer 5,068 (0.69%). Total: 736,921. |
| Mar. 21 | Nevada precinct mtgs (17) | |
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| Apr. 4 | Pennsylvania primary (80) | Bush 472,398 (73.46%); McCain 145,719 (22.66%); Forbes 16,162 (2.51%); Bauer 8,806 (1.37%). Total: 643,085. |
| Apr. 4 | Wisconsin primary (37) | Bush 343,292 (69.24%); McCain 89,684 (18.09%); Keyes 48,919 (9.87%); Forbes 5,505 (1.11%); Bauer 1,813 (0.37%); Hatch 1,712 (0.35%); UnI. 3,452 (0.70%); Scat. 1,392 (0.28%). Total: 495,769. |
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| May 2 | Indiana primary (55) | Bush 330,095 (81.17%); McCain 76,569 (18.83%). Total: 406,664. |
| May 2 | North Carolina primary (62) | Bush 253,485 (78.60%); McCain 35,018 (10.86%); Keyes 25,320 (7.85%); Bauer 3,311 (1.03%); No Pref. 5,383 (1.67%). Total: 322,517. |
| May 2 | D.C. primary (15) | Bush 1,771 (72.8%); McCain 593 (24.4%). Total: 2,364. |
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| May 9 | Nebraska primary (30) | Bush 145,176 (78.15%); McCain 28,065 (15.11%); Keyes 12,073 (6.50%); Write In 444 (0.24%). Total: 185,758. |
| May 9 | West Virginia primary (18) | Bush 87,050 (79.57%); McCain 14,121 (12.91%); Keyes 5,210 (4.76%); Forbes 1,733 (1.58%); Bauer 1,290 (1.18%). Total: 109,404. |
| [May 9 -- Sen. McCain endorses Gov. Bush]. | ||
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| May 16 | Oregon primary (24) | Bush 292,522 (83.62%);
Keyes 46,764 (13.37%); Misc.10,545 (3.01%). Total
349,831. |
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| May 19 | Hawaii caucuses (14) | |
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| May 23 | Arkansas primary (24) | Bush 35,783 (80.23%); Keyes 8,815 (19.77%). Total: 44,598. |
| May 23 | Idaho primary (28) | Bush 116,385 (73.5%); Keyes 30,263 (19.1%); None of the Names 11,798 (7.4%). Total: 158,446. |
| May 23 | Kentucky primary (31) | Bush 75,783 (83.0%);
McCain 4,850 (6.3%); Keyes 4,337 (4.7%); Bauer 2,408
(2.6%); Forbes 1,186 (1.3%); Uncomm.1,829 (2.0%). Total: 91,323.
Turnout (% of registered Republicans 11.1%) |
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| May 25 | Kansas state comm. mtg (35) | [April 4 primary cancelled] |
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| Jun. 6 | Alabama primary (44) | Bush 171,077 (84.24%); Keyes 23,394 (11.52%); Uncomm. 8,608 (4.24%). Total: 203,079. |
| Jun. 6 | Montana primary (23) | Bush 88,194 (77.59%); Keyes 20,822 (18.32%); No Pref. 4,655 (4.10%). Total 113,671. |
| Jun. 6 | New Jersey primary (54) | Bush 201,209 (83.56%); Keyes 39,601 (16.44%). Total: 240,810. |
| Jun. 6 | New Mexico primary (21) | Bush 62,161 (83%);
McCain 7,619 (10%); Keyes 4,850 (6%); Uncomm. 600
(1%).
Total: 75,230. |
| Jun. 6 | South Dakota primary (22) | Bush 35,418 (78.22%); McCain 6,228 (13.75%); Keyes 3,478 (7.68%); Attia 155 (0.34%). Total: 45,279. |
Source: State Election Officials and the Federal Election Commission.
-for best results print with L-R margins at .1"
Copyright 2000, 2001 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.