Visits to Key Early States Through 1st Q 2015 (March 31, 2015)

 


Iowa
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Nov. 7, 2012-
Mar. 31, 2015
 R
 99 visits
141 days
80 visits
113 days
60 visits
73 days









D
 22 visits
36 days
24 visits
25 days
13 visits
14 days

Nov. 7, 2012-Nov. 4, 2014  |  1st Q 2015  |  2nd Q 2015
REPUBLICANS  |  DEMOCRATS
Republican Activity Dominates
(March 31, 2015) - At this point the Republican field seems wide open.  There is one declared (Cruz-03/23), one exploratory (Carson-03/02), one testing the waters (Graham-01/29) candidate and more than a dozen potential candidates.  On the Democratic side Hillary Clinton's heavyweight status as the likely nominee has frozen activity by all but a few alternative prospects. The result has been about four times as much activity on the Republican side as on the Democratic side in these three early states.

Comparison of Visits and Days by Potential Rep. and Dem. Presidential Candidates to Early States of IA, NH and SC

IA-Visits
 IA-Days
 NH-Visits
 NH-Days
 SC-Visits
 SC-Days
 Total Visits
 Total Days
Republicans
 99
 141
 80
 113
 60
 73
 239
 327
Democrats
 22
 36
 24
 25
 14
 15
 60
 76
Ratio R:D
 4.50
 3.92
 3.33
 4.52
 4.29
 4.87
 3.98
 4.30

REPUBLICANS - 1ST QUARTER 2015
The most active Republicans in terms of days spent in these three early states in the 1st Quarter of 2015 was Rick Perry.

IA-Visits
 IA-Days
 NH-Visits
 NH-Days
 SC-Visits
 SC-Days
 Total Visits
 Total Days
Bolton
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 3
 3
Bush
 1
 2
 1
 2
 1
 2
 3
 6
Carson
 1
 1
 -
 -
 1
 1
 2
 2
Christie 4
 4
 1
 1
 1
 1
 6
 6
Cruz 2
 4
 2
 4
 2
 2
 6
 10
Fiorina
 2
 5
 2
 2
 -
 -
 4
 7
Gilmore
 1
 1
 3
 6
 -
 -
 4
 7
Graham
 3
 5
 2
 3
 **
 **
 5
 8
Huckabee 4
 5
 -
 -
 2
 3
 6
 8
Jindal 2
 2
 -
 -
 1
 1
 3
 3
Kasich
 -
 -
 1
 2
 1
 2
 2
 4
Pataki 1
 1
 4
 8
 -
 -
 5
 9
Paul 1
 2
 2
 3
 -
 -
 3
 5
Perry 4
 8
 2
 4
 2
 3
 8
 15
Rubio 1
 1
 1
 2
 2
 2
 4
 5
Santorum 3
 8
 -
 -
 3
 3
 6
 11
Trump
 1
 2
 1
 1
 2
 2
 4
 5
Walker
 2
 3
 1
 2
 1
 2
 4
 7
Others
 1
 1
 1
 2
 -
 -
 2
 3
Total
 35
 56
 25
 43
 20
 25
 80
 124
IA Others: Palin 1 visit (1 day).  NH Others: Ehrlich 1 visit (2 days)

REPUBLICANS - TOTALS TO DATE
The most active Republicans in terms of days spent in these three early states in the pre-campaign period were former Gov. Rick Perry (43), Sen. Ted Cruz and former Sen. Rick Santorum (30) and Sen. Rand Paul (26).

IA-Visits
 IA-Days
 NH-Visits
 NH-Days
 SC-Visits
 SC-Days
 Total Visits
 Total Days
Bolton
 1
 1
 3
 3
 1
 1
 5
 5
Bush
 1
 2
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 8
Carson
 3
 4
 -
 -
 3
 3
 6
 7
Christie 8
 8
 6
 6
 3
 3
 17 17
Cruz 9
 12
 6
 10
 7
 8
 22 30
Fiorina
 4
 8
 7
 8
 1
 1
 12
 17
Gilmore
 1
 1
 5
 8
 -
 -
 6
 9
Graham
 4
 6
 2
 3
 *
 *
 6*
 9*
Huckabee 10
 11
 3
 3
 5
 6
 18 20
Jindal 7
 9
 4
 5
 5 6 16 20
Kasich
 -
 -
 1
 2
 1
 2
 2
 4
Pataki
 1
 1
 6
 13
 1
 1
 8
 15
Paul 6
 10
 6
 9
 6
 7
 18
 26
Pence
 1
 1
 1
 1
 -
 -
 2
 2
Perry 12
 23
 4
 8
 7
 12
 23 43
Rubio 5
 6
 4
 5
 4
 4
 13 15
Santorum 11
 20
 1
 1
 8
 9
 20 30
Trump
 3
 4
 3
 3
 2
 2
 8
 9
Walker
 3
 4
 1
 2
 2
 3
 6
 9
Others
 9
 10
 16
 21
 1
 1
 26
 32
Total
 99
 141
 80
 113
 60
 73
 239
 327
Others includes potential candidates who are not running and potential candidates who have only visited one of the three states.
Iowa others: Brown 2 visits, 2 days; Portman 1 visit, 2 days; Palin 3 visits, 3 days; Ryan 3 visits, 3 days.
NH others: Huntsman 1 visit, 1 day; Portman 3 visits, 4 days; Ryan 1 visit, 1 day; Ehrlich 3 visits, 5 days, King 8 visits, 10 days.
SC others: Huntsman 1 visit, 1 day.

IOWA
Republican Visits to Iowa in 1st Quarter 2015 Compare 2011
January
S
M
T
W
T 
F
S
.


1
2
3
4
5
 6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
3
24
12
25
3
26
2
27
28
29
30
 31
Bolton: Jan. 24
Carson: Jan. 24
Christie: Jan. 16, Jan. 24
Cruz: Jan. 24
Fiorina: Jan. 22-24
Gilmore: Jan. 24
Huckabee: Jan. 24, Jan. 25
Jindal: Jan. 6
Palin: Jan. 24
Perry: Jan. 24-26
Santorum: Jan. 23-27
Trump: Jan. 23-24
Walker: Jan. 24
Total: 15 visits (24 days).
February
S
M
T
W
T 
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28




. . .
Christie: Feb. 9
Graham: Feb. 19-20
Paul: Feb. 6-7
Perry: Feb. 16
Rubio: Feb. 13
Total: 5 visits (7 days).
March
S
M
T
W
T 
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
7
9
8
2
9
2
 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
. . .
Bush: Mar. 6-7
Christie: Mar. 7
Cruz: Mar. 7-9
Fiorina: Mar. 13-14
Graham: Mar. 7, Mar. 27-28
Huckabee: Mar. 7, Mar. 18-19
Jindal: Mar. 9
Pataki: Mar. 7
Perry: Mar. 6-7, Mar. 19-20
Santorum: Mar. 7, Mar. 23-24
Walker: Mar. 7-8
Total: 15 visits (25 days).


1st Q 15: 35 visits (56 days).
Top visitors in the quarter in terms of number of days werre former Gov. Perry and former Sen. Santorum.

Totals at End of the 1st Quarter (March 31, 2015)
2013-15
 Bush
 Carson
 Christie
 Cruz
 Fiorina
 Graham
 Huckabee
 Jindal
 Paul
 Perry
 Rubio
 Santorum
 Walker
 Trump
Visits: 99
 1
 3
 8
 9 4
 4
 10
 7
 6
 12
 5
 11
 3 3
Days: 141
 2
 4
 8
 12
 8
 6
 11
 9
 10
 23
 6
 20
 4 4
Tally includes - Brown: 2 visits, 2 days; Portman 1 visit, 2 days; Ryan 3 visits, 3 days; Palin: 3 visits, 3 days; Pence: 1 visit, 1 day;
Bolton 1 visit, 1 day; Gilmore 1 visit, 1 day; Pataki 1 visit, 1 day.
Tally does not include - Mitt Romney 2 visits, 2 days.  Does not include Gov. Scott Walker's non-political trip on Sept. 8, 2014.
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Republican Visits to New Hampshire in 1st Quarter 2015  Compare 2011
January
S
M
T
W
T 
F
S
.


1
2
3
4
5
 6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
 31
Gilmore: Jan. 29-30
Pataki: Jan. 11-12
Paul: Jan. 14
Total: 3 visits (5 days).
February
S
M
T
W
T 
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
2
24
3
25
26
27
28




. . .
Bolton: Feb. 20
Christie: Feb. 16
Ehrlich: Feb. 23-24
Fiorina: Feb. 10
Gilmore: Feb. 26-27
Pataki: Feb. 3-4, Feb. 24-25
Perry: Feb. 11-12
Rubio: Feb. 23-24
Total: 9 visits (15 days).
March
S
M
T
W
T 
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
 10
11
12
2
13
4
14
2
15
16
2
17
2
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
. . .
Bush: Mar. 13-14
Cruz: Mar. 15-16, Mar. 27-28
Fiorina: Mar. 7
Gilmore: Mar. 12-13
Graham: Mar. 8-9, Mar. 17
Kasich: Mar. 23-24
Pataki: Mar. 16-17
Paul: Mar. 20-21
Perry: Mar. 12-13
Trump: Mar. 19
Walker: Mar. 13-14
Total: 13 visits (23 days).

1st Q 15: 25 visits (43 days).
Former Govs. Pataki (8 days) and Gilmore (6 days) spent the most time in the state in the 1st Quarter.

Totals at End of the 1st Quarter (March 31, 2015)
2013-15
 Bush
 Christie
 Cruz
 Fiorina
 Graham
 Huckabee
 Jindal
 King
 Pataki
 Paul
 Perry
 Rubio
 Santorum
 Walker
Visits: 79
 1
 6
 5
 7
 2
 3
 4 8
 6
 6
 4
 4
 1
 1
Days: 111
 2
 6
 8
 8
 3
 3
 5 10
 13
 9
 8
 5
 1
 2
Tally includes - Portman 3 visits, 4 days; Huntsman 1 visit, 1 day; Ryan 1 visit, 1 day; Pence 1 visit, 1 day; Trump 3 visits, 3 days; Kasich 1 visit, 2 days; Bolton 3 visits, 3 days; Ehrlich 3 visits, 5 days; Gilmore 5 visits, 8 days.
Not included in tally: Scarborough 2 visits, 3 days.  Romney 2 visits, 2 days.
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Republican Visits to South Carolina in 1st Quarter 2015  Compare 2011
January
S
M
T
W
T 
F
S
.


1
2
3
4
5
 6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
2
19
3
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
 31
Carson: Jan. 18
Christie: Jan. 14
Cruz: Jan. 18
Huckabee: Jan. 29-30
Perry: Jan. 27
Rubio: Jan. 19
Santorum: Jan. 19
Trump: Jan. 19
Total: 8 visits (9 days).
February
S
M
T
W
T 
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2
20
21
22
2
23

24

25
26
27
28




. . .
Huckabee: Feb. 27
Kasich: Feb. 18-19
Rubio: Feb. 19
Santorum: Feb. 22
Trump: Feb. 22
Total: 5 visits (6 days).
March
S
M
T
W
T 
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
 10
11
12
13
14
3
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
. . .
Bush: Mar. 17-18
Bolton: Mar. 14
Cruz: Mar. 14
Jindal: Mar. 3
Perry: Mar. 10-11
Santorum: Mar. 14
Walker: Mar. 19-20
 Total: 7 visits (10 days).

1st Q 15: 20 visits (25 days).
No one stands out in terms of 1st Quarter visits to South Carolina.  The effect of homestate Sen. Graham's possible campaign on travel by other prospects to South Carolina is not clear.

Totals at End of the 1st Quarter (March 31, 2015)
2013-15
 Bush
 Carson
 Christie
 Cruz
 Fiorina
 Huckabee
 Jindal
 Paul
 Perry
 Rubio
 Santorum
 Walker
 Trump
Visits: 60
 3
 3
 3
 7
 1
 5
 5
 6
 7
 4
 8
 2
 2
Days: 73
 4
 3
 3
 8
 1
 6
 6
 7
 12
 4
 9
 3
 2
Tally includes: Huntsman 1 visit, 1 day; Pataki 1 visit, 1 day; Kasich 1 visit, 2 days; Bolton 1 visit, 1 day.
*Graham is not included in the tally.  Private visits not included in tally.  Santorum, who has two sons at The Citadel, visits the state fairly frequently.  Rubio made a non-public visit on July 20, 2014.  Jeb Bush's May 2013 visit for a closed meeting not included.


DEMOCRATS - TOTALS TO DATE
Most active potential candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination through the first quarter in terms of visits and days spent in the three early states were Sanders, O'Malley and Biden.

 IA-Visits
 IA-Days
 NH-Visits
 NH-Days
 SC-Visits
 SC-Days
 Total Visits
 Total Days
Biden 4
 4
 3
 3
 5
 5
 12
 12
Clinton
 2
 2
 1
 1
 -
 -
 3
 3
O'Malley 5
 9
 7
 8
 5
 5
 17
 22
Sanders 5
 12
 9
 9
 3
 4
 17
 25
Webb
 1
 3
 1
 1
 1
 1
 3
 5
Others
 5
 6
 3
 3
 -
 -
 8
 9
Total
 22
 36
 24
 25
 14
 15
 60
 76
Iowa others: Dean 1 visit, 1 day; Klobuchar 3 visits, 4 days; Schweitzer 1 visit, 1 day.
NH others: Dean 2 visits, 2 visits, Klobuchar 1 visit, 1 day.


Totals at End of the 1st Quarter (March 31, 2015)  ...O'Malley and Sanders put in the most time.
2013-15
 Biden
 Clinton
 Dean
 Klobuchar
 O'Malley
 Sanders
 Schweitzer
 Webb
Visits: 22
 4
 2
 1
 3 5
 5
 1
 1
Days: 36
 4
 2
 1
 4
 9
 12
 1
 3

2015
Mar. 20-21  O'Malley: Davenport, Tipton, Council Bluffs.
Feb. 19-21  Sanders: Iowa City, Des Moines, Johnston, Cedar Rapids, Tipton, Ames.
Feb. 12  Biden: Des Moines.

2014
Jan.
 Feb.
 Mar.
 Apr.
 May
 Jun.
 Jul.
 Aug.
 Sep.
 Oct.
 Nov.
 Dec.




Sanders
 O'Malley
 O'Malley
 Webb
Klobuchar
 O'Malley
Sanders
Clinton
Biden
 		Sanders
O'Malley
Klobuchar
Biden
Clinton
Sanders

2013
Jan.
 Feb.
 Mar.
 Apr.
 May
 Jun.
 Jul.
 Aug.
 Sep.
 Oct.
 Nov.
 Dec.







Klobuchar
Dean
 Biden

Schweitzer


Totals at End of the 1st Quarter (March 31, 2015)  ...Sanders and O'Malley were most active.
2013-15
 Biden
 Clinton
 Dean
 Klobuchar
 O'Malley
 Sanders
 Webb

Visits: 25
 3
 1
 2
 1
 7
 10
 1

Days: 26
 3
 1
 2
 1
 8
 10
 1


2015
Mar. 31  O'Malley: Bedford, Nashua.
Mar. 16  Sanders: Concord, Manchester.
Mar. 6-7  O'Malley: Concord, Manchester.
Feb. 25  Biden: Concord, Manchester.
Jan. 31  Sanders: Concord.

2014
Jan.
 Feb.
 Mar.
 Apr.
 May
 Jun.
 Jul.
 Aug.
 Sep.
 Oct.
 Nov.
 Dec.


Biden
 Dean
Sanders
O'Malley
Sanders
O'Malley
Klobuchar
 Sanders
Biden
O'Malley
Sanders
 Sanders
Webb
Sanders
Sanders
O'Malley
 Clinton

2013
Jan.
 Feb.
 Mar.
 Apr.
 May
 Jun.
 Jul.
 Aug.
 Sep.
 Oct.
 Nov.
 Dec.








Dean
O'Malley


Totals at End of the 1st Quarter (March 31, 2015)   ...Only Biden, O'Malley and Sanders.
2013-15
 Biden
 O'Malley
 Sanders
 Webb





Visits: 14
 5
 5
 3
 1





Days: 15
 5
 5
 4
 1*





Vice President Joe Biden's vacations at Kiawah Island on March 29-April 2, 2013 and May 31-June 3, 2014 not included.
*Seeking clarification on whether 1 or 2 days; counting as 1 for now -ed.

2015
Mar. 18-19  Webb: Columbia.
Feb. 28  O'Malley: Myrtle Beach.
Feb. 18  Biden: Charleston, Columbia.

2014
Jan.
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 Mar.
 Apr.
 May
 Jun.
 Jul.
 Aug.
 Sep.
 Oct.
 Nov.
 Dec.



Sanders
 Biden
O'Malley

Sanders
 O'Malley
 Biden O'Malley

2013
Jan.
 Feb.
 Mar.
 Apr.
 May
 Jun.
 Jul.
 Aug.
 Sep.
 Oct.
 Nov.
 Dec.


O'Malley
Biden


Biden
 Sanders


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