Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Paul wuxuu sii ahaaday mid firfircoon tartanka ilaa iyo Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Jamhuuriga ee 2012. Waxay ku sii jeedeen
Shirweynaha, wuxuu ku guuleystay aqlabiyad xaddidan oo ka mid ah wufuudda rasmiga ah ee ka socota gobollada Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, iyo Oregon (laakiin ma ahan Jasiiradaha Virgin - in kasta oo uu ku guuleystay codka dadweynaha halkaas). Intii lagu guda jiray shirarka guddiga aqoonsiga usbuucii ka horreeyay furitaanka rasmiga ah ee shirweynaha, xubnaha Paul ee wufuudda ka socota Louisiana, Maine, iyo Oregon ayaa lagu murmay (iyo sidoo kale wufuudda Paul ee ka socota Massachusetts), iyo qaar badan oo ka mid ah wufuudiisii ka socday gobolladaas ayaa laga saaray. Isla mar ahaantaana, ergooyinka Paul ee ka socda Oklahoma waxay ka doodayeen aqoonsiga wafdiga rasmiga ah ee Oklahoma, laakiin ma aysan guuleysan. Ugu dambeyntii, wuxuu ku xidhnaa Iowa, Minnesota, iyo Nevada; si kastaba ha noqotee, wuxuu kaloo ku magacaabay magacaabista-dhulka-dhulka ee gobollada Oregon iyo Alaska, oo lagu daray dhulka Jasiiradaha Virgin. Sida ku xusan xeerarka 2012, wadarta guud ee 6 ka mid ah dhinacyada dabaqa ayaa ku filan si ay ugu kasbadaan khudbad shan iyo toban daqiiqo ah oo ka socota telefishanka qaranka; xeerarka ayaa la beddelay daqiiqadii ugu dambeysay si loogu baahdo 8 ka mid ah dhinacyada dabaqa, sidaas darteedna kama uusan hadlin shirweynaha. Inkastoo aan loo magacaabin musharaxa xisbiga Jamhuuriga ee 2012, si rasmi ah uma uusan dhameysan ololihiisa ama ma uusan taageerin musharaxa Mitt Romney ee madaxweynaha. Shirweynaha, wuxuu helay kaalinta labaad iyadoo 8% ergooyinka; Gingrich iyo Santorum waxay sii daayeen ergooyinkooda ku xiran Romney usbuucii ka hor furitaanka rasmiga ah ee shirweynaha. Tirada ergooyinka Paul ee gobol ilaa gobol si hadal ah uma aqoonsan RNC.