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Voting in 2016 Republican Primaries and Caucuses

The 56 contests included 39 primaries, while 17 states/territories had a caucus system or convention.  According to The Green Papers, more than 31.1 million votes were cast in Republican primaries and caucuses.  Trump amassed a total of just over 14 million votes, winning 37 contests including the final 16 contests, all primaries.  Cruz garnered 7.8 million votes, winning 11 contests (IA, AK, OK, TX, KS, ME, ID, WY, UT, WI and CO); six of these were caucus states.  Kasich tallied almost 4.3 million votes but won only his home state of OH.  Rubio tallied 3.5 million votes, winning three contests (MN, PR and DC).  Unbound/uncommitted won in USVI, GU, AS and ND.                      

 
Date
State
Feb. 1
 Iowa (30) c
 Cruz 51,666 (27.6%)   Trump 45,429 (24.3%)   Rubio 43,228 (23.1%)   Carson 17,394 (9.3%)   Paul 8,481 (4.5%)   Bush 5,238 (2.8%)   Others (5) 15,366   ...Total  186,932
Feb. 9
 New Hampshire (23) p
 Trump 100,735 (36.60%)   Kasich 44,932 (15.88%)   Cruz 33,244 (11.75%0   Bush 31,341 (11.08%)   Rubio 30,071 (10.63%)   Christie 21,089 (7.45%)   Fiorina 11,774 (4.16%)   Carson 6,527 (2.31%)   Others (22) 3,266 (1.15%)   ...Total  282,979
Feb. 20
 South Carolina (50 p
 Trump 240,882 (32.51%)   Rubio 166,565 (22.48%)   Cruz 165,417 (22.33%)  Bush 58,056 (7.84%)   Kasich 56,410 (7.61%)   Carson 53,551 (7.23%)   ...Total  740,881
Feb. 23
 Nevada (30) c
 Trump 34,531 (45.91%)   Rubio 17,940 (23.85%)   Cruz 16,079 (21.38%)   Carson 3,619 (4.81%)   Kasich 2,709 (3.60%)   Others (6) 338 (0.44%)   ...Total  75,216



Mar. 1
 Alabama (50) p
 Trump 373,721 (43.42%)   Cruz 181,479 (21.09%)   Rubio 160,606 (18.66%)  Carson 88,094 (10.24%)   Kasich 38,119 (4.43%)   Uncomm. 7,953 (0.92%)   Others (7) 10,680   ...Total  860,652

Alaska (28) c
 Cruz 8,369 (36.38%)   Trump 7,740 (33.64%)   Rubio 3,488 (15.16%)   Carson 2,492 (10.83%)   Kasich 918 (3.99%)   ...Total  23,007

Arkansas (40) p
 Trump 134,744 (32.79%)   Cruz 125,340 (30.50%)   Rubio 101,910 (24.80%)   Carson 23,521 (5.72%)   Kasich 15,305 (3.72%)   Others (8) 10,100 (2.46%)   ...Total  410,920

Georgia (76) p
 Trump 502,994 (38.81%)   Rubio 316,836 (24.45%)   Cruz 305,846 (23.60%)   Carson 80,723 (6.23%)   Kasich 72,508 (5.59%)   Others (8) 17,056 (1.32%)   ...Total  1,295,963

Massachusetts (42) p
 Trump 312,425 (49.10%)   Kasich 114,434 (17.99%)   Rubio 113,170 (17.79%)   Cruz 60,592 (9.52%)  Carson 16,360 (2.57%)   ...Others (8 + more) 16,062 (2.52%)   No Pref. 3,220 (0.51%)  ...Total  636,263

Minnesota (38) c
 Rubio 41,184 (36.2%)   Cruz 33,142 (29.1%)   Trump 24,433 (21.5%)   Carson 8,407 (7.4%)   Kasich 6,531 (5.7%)   w/in 208 (0.2%0   ...Total  113,905

Oklahoma (43) p
 Cruz 158,078 (34.37%)   Trump 130,267 (28.32%)   Rubio 119,633 (26.01%)   Carson 28,601 (6.22%)   Kasich 16,524 (3.59%)   Others (7) 16,062 (2.52%)   ...Total  459,922

Tennessee (58) p
 Trump 333,180 (38.94%)   Cruz 211,471 (24.71%)   Rubio 181,274 (21.18%)   Carson 64,951 (7.59%)   Kasich 45,301 (5.29%)   Others (9) 17,714 (2.07%)   Uncomm. 1,849 (0.22%)   ...Total  873,443

Texas (155) p
 Cruz 1,241,118 (43.76%)   Trump 758,762 (26.75%)   Rubio 503,055 (17.74%)   Kasich 120,473 (4.25%)   Carson 117,569 (4.16%)   Others (8) 65,502 (2.31%)   Uncomm. 29,609 (1.04%)   ...Total  2,863,488

Vermont (16) p
 Trump 19,974 (32.52%)   Kasich 18,534 (30.17%)   Rubio 11,781 (19.18%)   Cruz 5,932 (9.66%)   Carson 2,551 (4.15%)   Oters (5 + w/in) 2,656  ...Total  61,428

Virginia (49) p
 Trump 356,840 (34.80%)   Rubio 327,918 (31.98%)   Cruz 171,150 (16.69%)   Kasich 97,784 (9.54%)   Carson 60,228 (5.87%)   Others (8) 11,532 (1.12%)   ...Total  1,025,452



Mar. 5
 Kansas (40) c
 Cruz 37,510 (47.49%)   Trump 18,443 (23.35%)   Rubio 13,295 (16.83%)   Kasich 8,741 (11.07%)   Others (3) 708   Uncomm. 279   ...Total  78,978

Kentucky (46) c
 Trump 82,493 (35.92%)   Cruz 72,503 (31.57%)   Rubio 37,579 (16.36%)   Kasich 33,134 (14,43%)   Others (7) 3,462 (1.51%)   Uncomm. 496 (0.22%)   ...Total  229,667

Louisiana (46) p
 Trump 124,854 (41.45%)   Cruz 113,968 (37.83%)  Kasich 19,359 (6.43%)  Others (10) 9,247 (3.07%)   ...Total  301,241

Maine (23) c
 Cruz 8,550 (45.84%)   Trump 6,070 (32.55%)   Kasich 2,270 (12.17%)   Rubio 1,492 (8.00%)   Others (5) 245 (1.44%)   ...Total  18,627



Mar. 6
 Puerto Rico (23) p
 Rubio 27,277 (70.94%)   Trump 5,014 (13.04%)   Cruz 3,320 (8.63%)   Others (9) 1,366 (3.36%)   ...Total 36,977


  
Mar. 8 Hawaii (19) c
 Trump 6,805 (43.42%)   Cruz 5,063 (32.31%)   Rubio 2,068 (13.20%)   Kasich 1,566 (9.99%)   Others (2) 170 (1.08%)   ...Total  15,672

Idaho (32) p
 Cruz 100,889 (45.4%)   Trump 62,413 (28.1%)   Rubio 35,290 (15.9%)   Kasich 16,514 (7.4%)   Others (9) 6,898 (3.2%)   ...Total  222,004

Michigan (59) p
 Trump 483,753 (36.55%)   Cruz 326,627 (24.68%)   321,115 (24.26%)   Rubio 123,587 (9.34%)   Others (9) 45,693 (3.45%)   Uncomm. 22,824 (1.72%)   ...Total  1,323,599

Mississippi (40) p
 Trump 196,659 (47.24%)   Cruz 150,364 (36.12%)   Kasich 36,795 (8.84%)   Rubio 21,885 (5.26%)   Others (9) 10,567 (2.54%)   ...Total  416,270



Mar. 10
 USVI (9) c
 [over 300 people participated leading to Uncommitted 5, Rubio 2, Trump 1, Cruz 1]



Mar. 12
 District of Col. (19) c
 Rubio 1,099 (37.30%)   Kasich 1,009 (35.54%)   Trump 391 (13.77%)   Cruz 351 (12.36%)   Others (3) 29 (0.92%)   ...Total  2,839

Guam (9) c
 [Uncommitted 8, Cruz 1]

Wyoming (29) c
 [Cruz 1,128   Rubio 231   Trump 112   Kasich 42   Undeclared 75]



Mar. 15
 Florida (99) p
 Trump 1,079,870 (45.72%)   Rubio 638,661 (27.04%)   Cruz 404,891 (17.14%)   Kasich 159,976 (6.77%)  Others (9) 78,385 (3.32%)   ...Total  2,361,805

Illinois (69) p
 Trump 562,464 (38.80%)   Cruz 438,235 (30.23%)   Kasich 286,118 (19.74%)   Rubio 126,681 (8.74%)   Others (8) 36,250 (2.50%)   ...Total  1,449,748

Missouri (52) p
 Trump 383,631 (40.84%)   Cruz 381,666 (40.63%)   Kasich 94,857 (10.10%)   Rubio 57,244 (6.10%)   Others (8) 18,647 (1.99%)   Uncommi. 3,225 (0.34%)   ...Total  939,270

North Carolina (72) p
 Trump 462,413 (40.23%)   Cruz 422,611 (36.76%)   Kasich 145,659 (12.67%)   Rubio 88,907 (7.73%)   Others 23,849 (2.07%)   No Pref. 6,781 (0.53%)   ...Total  1,149,520

No. Marianas (9) c
 [Trump 343   Cruz 113   Kasich 10   Rubio 5   Total 471]

Ohio (66) p
 Kasich 933,886 (46.95%)   Trump 713,404 (35.87%)   Cruz 264,640 (13.31%)   Rubio 46,478 (2.34%)   Others 30,552 (1.54%)   ...Total  1,988,960



Mar. 22
 Am. Samoa (9) c
 ["hundreds turned out" ... initially unbound delegation]
(107) Arizona (58) p
 Trump 286,743 (45.95%)   Cruz 172,294 (27.61%)   Rubio 72,304 (11.59%)   Kasich 65,965 (10.57%)   Others (10) 26,733 (4.29%%)   ...Total  624,039

Utah (40) c
 Cruz 122,563 (66.17%)   Kasich 29,779 (16.81%)   Trump 24,861 (14.03%)   ...Total  177,203



Apr. 1-3
 North Dakota (28) c
 [more than 1,600 North Dakota Republicans met  ...unbound delegation]



Apr. 5
 Wisconsin (42) p
 Cruz 533,079 (48.26%)   Trump 387,295 (35.06%)    Kasich 155,902 (14.11%)   Others (9+w/in) 26,006   Uninstructed 2,261 (0.21%)   ...Total  1,104,563



Apr. 8-9
 Colorado (37) c
 Cruz won congressional district assemblies  [earlier on March 1 - over 60,000 Colorado Republicans showed up in over 2,000 precincts around the state, but no straw poll]. 



Apr. 19
 New York (95) p
 Trump 554,522 (60.16%)   Kasich 231,166 (25.08%)   Cruz 136,083 (14.76%)   ...Total 921,771



Apr. 26
 Connecticut (28) p
 Trump 123,523 (57.86%)   Kasich 60,522 (28.35%)   Cruz 24,987 (11.70%)   Carson 1,733 (0.81%)   Uncomm. 2,728 (1.28%)   ...Total 213,493

Delaware (16) p
 Trump 42,472 (60.80%)   Kasich 14,225 (20.35%)   Cruz 11,110 (15.89%)   Others (3) 2,085 (2.98%)   ...Total 69,892

Maryland (38) p
 Trump 248,343 (54.10%)   Kasich 106,614 (23.22%)   Cruz 87,093 (18.97%)   Others (6) 17,016   ...Total 459,066

Pennsylvania (71) p
 Trump 902,593 (56.61%)   Cruz 345,506 (21.67%)   Kasich 310,003 (19.44%)  Others (3) 36,373 (2.28%)   ...Total 1,594,475

Rhode Island (19) p
 Trump 39,221 (63.66%)   Kasich 14,963 (24.3%)   Cruz 6,416 (10.41%)  Rubio 382   Uncomm. 417   w/in 215   ...Total 61,614



May 3
 Indiana (57) p
 Trump 590,170 (53.25%)   Cruz 406,060 (36.64%)   Kasich 83,919 (7.57%)   Others (6) 28,058 (2.53%)   ...Total 1,108,207



May 10
 Nebraska (36) p
 Trump 122,327 (61.43%)   Cruz 36,703 (18.45%)   Kasich 22,709 (11.41%)   Carson 10,016 (5.08%)   Rubio 7,233 (3.63%)   ...Total 198,988

West Virginia (34) p
 Trump 157,238 (77.05%)   Cruz 18,301 (8.97%)   Kasich 13,721 (6.72%)   Carson 4,421 (2.17%)   Others (7) 10,380 (5.09%)   ...Total 204,061



May 17
 Oregon 28 (p)
 Trump 252,748 (64.16%)   Cruz 65,513 (16.63%)   Kasich 62,248 (15.80%)   Misc. 13,411 (3.40%)   Total 393,920



May 24
 Washington (44) p
 Trump 455,023 (75.46%)   Cruz 65,172 (10.81%)   Kasich 58,954 (9.78%)   Carson 23,849 (3.96%)   Total 602,998



Jun. 7
 California (172) p
 Trump 1,665,135 (74.76%)   Kasich 252,544 (11.34%)   Cruz 211,576 (9.50%)   Carson 82,259 (3.69%)   Gilmore 15,691 (0.7%)  w/in 101   ...Total 2,227,306

Montana (27) p
 Trump 115,594 (73.68%)   Cruz 14,682 (9.36%)   Kasich 10,777 (6.87%)   Rubio 5,192 (3.31%)   Bush 3,274 (2.09%)   No Pref. 7,369 (4.70%)   ...Total 156,888

New Jersey (51) p
 Trump 360, 212 (80,41%)   Kasich 59,866 (13.36%)   Cruz 27,874 (6.22%)   ...Total 447,952

New Mexico (24) p
 Trump 73,908 (70.64%)   Cruz 13,925 (13.31%)   Kasich 7,925 (7.57%)   Carson 3,830 (3.37%)   Bush 3,531 (3.37%)   Fiorina 1,508 (1.44%)   ...Total 104,627

South Dakota (29) p
 Trump 44,867 (67.09%)   Cruz 11,352 (16.97%)   Kasich 10,660 (15.94%)   ...Total 66,879
"p" is primary; "c" is caucus or convention.  Table shows candidates obtaining 2.00% or more of the vote in contest.

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