The 1996 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 12, 1996. The Iowa Republican caucuses are an unofficial primary, with the delegates to the state convention selected proportionally via a straw poll. The Iowa caucuses marked the traditional formal start of the delegate selection process for the 1996 United States presidential election.
Election results by county. Red denotes counties won by Dole, Green denotes those won by Buchanan, and Blue denotes those won by Alexander.
Prior to the 1996 caucuses, as in previous election cycles with a competitive presidential race, an unofficial Ames Straw Poll was held, on August 19, 1995. The official one, electing delegates to the state convention, was held on February 12, 1996, the same day as the Democratic contest. In the Ames Straw Poll, Bob Dole and Phil Gramm tied with 24% of the vote each. In the February 1996 caucuses, Dole finished first with 26% of the vote.
Unlike the Democratic caucus, the Republican Party does not use voting rounds or have minimum requirements for a percent of votes. The Republican version is done with a straw vote of those attending the caucus. This vote is sometimes done by a show of hands or by dividing themselves into groups according to candidate. However, officially it is done with voters receiving a blank piece of paper with no names on it, and the voter writing a name and placing it in a ballot box.
Following the straw poll, delegates are then elected from the remaining participants in the room, as most voters leave once their vote is cast. All delegates are officially considered unbound, but media outlets either apportion delegates proportionally or apportion them in terms of winner-take-all by counties. In precincts that elect only one delegate, the delegate is chosen by majority vote and the vote must be by paper ballot. The state party strongly urges that delegates reflect the results of the preference poll, but there is no obligation that they do so.
The 1996 Ames straw poll was held at Iowa State University (Ames)'s Hilton Coliseum on August 19, 1995. This was primarily a fundraising event for the state's Republican Party, and only Iowa residents who paid the $25[1] price for a ticket were eligible to vote. Tickets were available through the various presidential campaigns and the Iowa Republican Party's headquarters.
In general, the candidates bought large blocks of tickets and gave them out for free to whoever agreed to go and vote for that candidate. The candidates also rented buses to transport voters to Ames.
Three candidates won majorities or pluralities in the individual counties: Bob Dole, Pat Buchanan, and Lamar Alexander. Buchanan used the momentum from his better-than-expected second-place showing in the Iowa caucuses to vault to a narrow win in the New Hampshire primary eight days later.
1996, iowa, republican, presidential, caucuses, were, held, february, 1996, iowa, republican, caucuses, unofficial, primary, with, delegates, state, convention, selected, proportionally, straw, poll, iowa, caucuses, marked, traditional, formal, start, delegate. The 1996 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 12 1996 The Iowa Republican caucuses are an unofficial primary with the delegates to the state convention selected proportionally via a straw poll The Iowa caucuses marked the traditional formal start of the delegate selection process for the 1996 United States presidential election 1996 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses 1992 February 12 1996 1996 02 12 2000 Nominee Bob Dole Pat Buchanan Lamar AlexanderParty Republican Republican RepublicanHome state Kansas Virginia TennesseePopular vote 25 461 22 578 17 052Percentage 26 31 23 33 17 62 Nominee Steve Forbes Phil Gramm Alan KeyesParty Republican Republican RepublicanHome state New York Texas MarylandPopular vote 9 861 9 055 7 219Percentage 10 19 9 36 7 46 Election results by county Red denotes counties won by Dole Green denotes those won by Buchanan and Blue denotes those won by Alexander Prior to the 1996 caucuses as in previous election cycles with a competitive presidential race an unofficial Ames Straw Poll was held on August 19 1995 The official one electing delegates to the state convention was held on February 12 1996 the same day as the Democratic contest In the Ames Straw Poll Bob Dole and Phil Gramm tied with 24 of the vote each In the February 1996 caucuses Dole finished first with 26 of the vote Contents 1 February 1996 procedure 2 Ames Straw Poll 3 Results of the February 1996 caucuses 4 See also 5 ReferencesFebruary 1996 procedure editUnlike the Democratic caucus the Republican Party does not use voting rounds or have minimum requirements for a percent of votes The Republican version is done with a straw vote of those attending the caucus This vote is sometimes done by a show of hands or by dividing themselves into groups according to candidate However officially it is done with voters receiving a blank piece of paper with no names on it and the voter writing a name and placing it in a ballot box Following the straw poll delegates are then elected from the remaining participants in the room as most voters leave once their vote is cast All delegates are officially considered unbound but media outlets either apportion delegates proportionally or apportion them in terms of winner take all by counties In precincts that elect only one delegate the delegate is chosen by majority vote and the vote must be by paper ballot The state party strongly urges that delegates reflect the results of the preference poll but there is no obligation that they do so Ames Straw Poll editMain article Ames Straw Poll The 1996 Ames straw poll was held at Iowa State University Ames s Hilton Coliseum on August 19 1995 This was primarily a fundraising event for the state s Republican Party and only Iowa residents who paid the 25 1 price for a ticket were eligible to vote Tickets were available through the various presidential campaigns and the Iowa Republican Party s headquarters In general the candidates bought large blocks of tickets and gave them out for free to whoever agreed to go and vote for that candidate The candidates also rented buses to transport voters to Ames Bob Dole and Phil Gramm tied for the win with 24 of the vote each followed by Pat Buchanan 18 Lamar Alexander 11 and Alan Keyes 8 Five other candidates shared the remaining 15 of the vote Results of the February 1996 caucuses editBecause Iowa s delegates aren t officially bound to candidates the delegates given to each candidate below are rough estimates Iowa Republican caucuses February 12 1996 2 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates nbsp Bob Dole 25 461 26 31 7Pat Buchanan 22 578 23 33 6Lamar Alexander 17 052 17 62 4Steve Forbes 9 861 10 19 3Phil Gramm 9 055 9 36 2Alan Keyes 7 219 7 46 2Richard Lugar 3 595 3 72 1Morry Taylor 1 381 1 43 0Uncommitted 431 0 45 0Robert K Dornan 129 0 13 0Total 96 762 100 0 25Three candidates won majorities or pluralities in the individual counties Bob Dole Pat Buchanan and Lamar Alexander Buchanan used the momentum from his better than expected second place showing in the Iowa caucuses to vault to a narrow win in the New Hampshire primary eight days later See also editIowa caucuses 1996 Republican Party presidential primariesReferences edit Bush wins Iowa GOP straw poll August 19 1995 1996 Presidential Republican Primary Election Results Iowa Retrieved February 1 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses amp oldid 1174194818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
