Like most Republican Party caucuses , there are two components to the Maine caucuses . First , delegates are elected from among the attendees to represent them at the state convention , to be held Saturday – Sunday , May 5 – 6 , 2012 . Candidates generally provide slates of delegates to voters who are interested in supporting them , and voters can ask prospective delegates whom they support for president . Then , a straw poll , called a presidential preference ballot , is taken of the individuals in the room . The results of this vote are transmitted to the media , which uses the information to report the opinions of Maine Republicans to the public ; and to assign delegates to the candidates , although the aforementioned state convention is what determines who actually goes to the Republican National Convention . No delegates from Maine are pledged to any candidate
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2012 Republican National Convention
2012 United States presidential election in Maine