Florida Republican primary, 2008

The 2008 Florida Republican primary was held on January 29, 2008, with 57 delegates at stake on a winner-take-all basis.cite web|url=http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/republicanprimaries/index.html|title=The Primary Season: 2008 Republican Calendar|accessdate=2008-01-19] cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22718118/|title=Winner-take-all: Bonus or bust for Giuliani?|accessdate=2008-01-20] The Republican National Committee removed half of Florida's delegates because the state committee moved its Republican primary before February 5. Arizona Senator John McCain was the winner of the primary. Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the race the next day, due to poor results.

Campaign

Rudy Giuliani campaigned quite heavily in Florida, which he expected to use as his "launch pad" for a "strong showing" on Super Tuesday. [cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/us/politics/20cnd-campaign.html?hp|title=Candidates Head for Next Battlegrounds |accessdate=2008-01-20] He campaigned almost entirely in Florida, and largely ignored South Carolina and other states voting before February 5. Polls taken before the primary showed that John McCain was the slight front runner over Mitt Romney. [cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0120/p25s01-uspo.html?page=3|title=With South Carolina win, McCain is front-runner again|accessdate=2008-01-20] Giuliani had been campaigning with virtually no opposition [cite web|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/giuliani-and-the-gops-11th-commandment/|title=Giuliani and the G.O.P.’s 11th Commandment|accessdate=2008-01-20] ; however, following the South Carolina Republican primary, 2008, several candidates flew down to Florida to begin campaigning up to January 29 when the primary occurred. [cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120086076469103657.html?mod=googlenews_wsj|title=With a Crowded Republican Field, Candidates Set Sights on Florida|accessdate=2008-01-20]

Pre-primary polls

As of January 29, RealClearPolitics reported that the average support from polls taken in the days immediately prior to primary day placed McCain slightly in the lead with 30.7%, followed by Romney with 30.1%, Giuliani with 14.7%, Huckabee with 12.9%, and Paul with 3.6%. [cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/fl/florida_republican_primary-260.html|title=Florida Republican Primary Polling|accessdate=2008-01-29] Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson and Rep. Duncan Hunter, though already out of the race, still remained on the ballot in the Florida primary.

Results

border=1px #AAAAAA solidlegend|#00FF00|border=1px #AAAAAA solidThe Florida Secretary of State has released the official results showing that John McCain is the winner. [cite web |url=http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=1/29/2008&DATAMODE= |title=January 29, 2008 Presidential Preference Republican Primary |accessdate=2008-05-24 |publisher=Florida Department of State] * Candidate dropped out of the race prior to primary.

ee also

* Florida Democratic primary, 2008
* Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#val=FL Election Center 2008:Primary Results for Florida]