Polling Conservative Bloggers On The 2012 GOP Primaries (Pre-Florida Edition)
by John Hawkins | January 30, 2012 7:43 am
Right Wing News polled more than 250 right-of-center bloggers on which candidate they’d support if the 2012 Republican primaries were today. The following 68 bloggers responded:
101 Dead Armadillos[1], Advice Goddess[2], Alarming News[3], Alexa Shrugged[4], All American Blogger[5], All That Is Necessary[6], American Glob[7], And Rightly So[8], Argghhhh![9], Atlas Shrugs[10], Batesline[11], Betsy’s Page[12], Black and Right[13], Blonde Sagacity[14], Bookworm Room[15], Dodgeblogium[16], Don Surber[17], Dr. Helen[18], Election Projection[19], Fausta’s Blog[20], Fraters Libertas[21], Freeman Hunt[22], GraniteGrok[23], IMAO[24], Isaac Schrodinger[25], Jeremayakovka[26], Joanne Jacobs[27], John Hawkins[28], Left Coast Rebel[29], Likelihood of Confusion[30], Liz Mair[31], Mean Ol Meany[32], Melissa Clouthier[33], Midnight Blue[34], Milton Wolf[35], Moonbattery[36], Mount Virtus[37], Musing Minds[38], Neo-Neocon[39], Newmarks Door[40], Newsreal[41], Nice Deb[42], No Oil For Pacifists[43], Pal2pal[44], Pirates Cove[45], Political Mommentary[46], Politicalistas[47], Pundit Boy[48], Pursuing Holiness[49], Rightosphere[50], Russ. Just Russ[51], Smart Girl Politics[52], SondraK[53], Sunshine State Sarah[54], The Hedgehog Report[55], The Jawa Report[56], The Lotus Blog[57], The Next Right[58], The Pink Flamingo Bar & Grill[59], The Smallest Minority[60], The Sundries Shack[61], The TrogloPundit[62], This Ain’t Hell[63], WILLisms[64], Weapons of Mass Discussion[65], Wintery knight[66], YidwithLid[67], mountaineer musings[68]
Here’s how the results broke down:
1) If you had to pick the GOP’s 2012 presidential nominee today, which of the following candidates would you select?
4) Ron Paul: 11.6% (8 votes)
3) Rick Santorum: 21.7% (15 votes)
2) Mitt Romney: 31.9% (22 votes)
1) Newt Gingrich: 34.8% (24 votes)
2) Out of these 3 candidates, which one would you least like to see as the GOP nominee in 2012?
3) Rick Santorum: 29% (20 votes)
2) Newt Gingrich: 31.9% (22 votes)
1) Mitt Romney: 39.1% (27 votes)
3) If your top choice couldn’t get the nomination, which candidate would be your second choice?
4) Ron Paul: 4.5% (3 votes)
3) Mitt Romney: 16.7% (11 votes)
2) Rick Santorum: 34.8% (23 votes)
1) Newt Gingrich: 43.9% (29 votes)
4) Which candidate do you consider to be the most “electable” against Obama?
4) Ron Paul: 2.9% (2 votes)
3) Rick Santorum: 10.3% (7 votes)
2) Newt Gingrich: 32.4% (22 votes)
1) Mitt Romney: 54.4% (37 votes)
5) Which candidate do you consider to be the most conservative?
4) Mitt Romney: 4.4% (3 votes)
3) Ron Paul: 19.1% (13 votes)
2) Newt Gingrich: 22.1% (15 votes)
1) Rick Santorum: 54.4% (37 votes)
Also see,
Polling Conservative Bloggers On The 2012 GOP Primaries (Dec 7, 2011)[69]
Polling Conservative Bloggers On The GOP’s 2012 Presidential Field (Dec 7, 2011)[70]
Endnotes:- 101 Dead Armadillos: http://www.michaeltbarrett.com
- Advice Goddess: http://www.advicegoddess.com/goddessblog.html
- Alarming News: http://alarmingnews.com/
- Alexa Shrugged: http://www.alexashrugged.com/
- All American Blogger: http://www.allamericanblogger.com/
- All That Is Necessary: http://www.allthatisnecessary.com/
- American Glob: http://americanglob.com/
- And Rightly So: http://andrightlyso.com/
- Argghhhh!: http://www.thedonovan.com/
- Atlas Shrugs: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
- Batesline: http://www.batesline.com/
- Betsy’s Page: http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/
- Black and Right: http://www.black-and-right.com/
- Blonde Sagacity: http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/
- Bookworm Room: http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/
- Dodgeblogium: http://www.andrewiandodge.com
- Don Surber: http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber
- Dr. Helen: http://drhelen.blogspot.com/
- Election Projection: http://www.electionprojection.com/
- Fausta’s Blog: http://faustasblog.com
- Fraters Libertas: http://www.fraterslibertas.com/
- Freeman Hunt: http://freemanhunt.blogspot.com/
- GraniteGrok: http://granitegrok.com/
- IMAO: http://imao.us/
- Isaac Schrodinger: http://isaacschrodinger.typepad.com/isaacschrodinger
- Jeremayakovka: http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/
- Joanne Jacobs: http://www.joannejacobs.com/
- John Hawkins: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com
- Left Coast Rebel: http://www.leftcoastrebel.com/
- Likelihood of Confusion: http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/
- Liz Mair: http://www.lizmair.com/
- Mean Ol Meany: http://liberalsmash.blogspot.com/
- Melissa Clouthier: http://www.melissaclouthier.com/
- Midnight Blue: http://midnightbluesays.blogspot.com/
- Milton Wolf: http://wolffiles.blogspot.com/
- Moonbattery: http://www.moonbattery.com/
- Mount Virtus: http://bendegrow.com/
- Musing Minds: http://musing-minds.com/
- Neo-Neocon: http://neoneocon.com/
- Newmarks Door: http://newmarksdoor.typepad.com/mainblog/
- Newsreal: http://www.newsrealblog.com/
- Nice Deb: http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/
- No Oil For Pacifists: http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/
- Pal2pal: http://www.pal2pal.com/BLOGEE/
- Pirates Cove: http://www.thepiratescove.us
- Political Mommentary: http://www.politicalmommentary.com/
- Politicalistas: http://politicalistas.com/
- Pundit Boy: http://punditboy.blogspot.com/
- Pursuing Holiness: http://pursuingholiness.com/
- Rightosphere: http://www.rightosphere.com/
- Russ. Just Russ: http://www.emersons.net/
- Smart Girl Politics: http://smartgirlpolitics.ning.com/
- SondraK: http://www.sondrak.com/
- Sunshine State Sarah: http://www.sunshinestatesarah.com/
- The Hedgehog Report: http://www.davidwissing.com/
- The Jawa Report: http://www.mypetjawa.mu.nu/
- The Lotus Blog: http://thelotusblog.com/
- The Next Right: http://thenextright.com/
- The Pink Flamingo Bar & Grill: http://www.papadoc.net/PinkFlamingoBar.html
- The Smallest Minority: http://smallestminority.blogspot.com/
- The Sundries Shack: http://www.sundriesshack.com
- The TrogloPundit: http://troglopundit.wordpress.com/
- This Ain’t Hell: http://thisainthell.us/blog/
- WILLisms: http://www.willisms.com/
- Weapons of Mass Discussion: http://massdiscussion.blogspot.com/
- Wintery knight: http://winteryknight.wordpress.com/
- YidwithLid: http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/
- mountaineer musings: http://mountaineermusings.com/
- Polling Conservative Bloggers On The 2012 GOP Primaries (Dec 7, 2011): https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/bloggers-select/polling-conservative-bloggers-on-the-2012-gop-primaries/
- Polling Conservative Bloggers On The GOP’s 2012 Presidential Field (Dec 7, 2011): https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/bloggers-select/polling-conservative-bloggers-on-the-gops-2012-presidential-field/