{"id":7087,"date":"2012-02-12T00:08:46","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T08:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7087"},"modified":"2012-02-12T00:08:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T08:08:46","slug":"romney-wins-tiny-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/12\/romney-wins-tiny-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Romney Wins Tiny in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the state of Maine demonstrated the enthusiasm that US voters have for the Republican field.  Most voters rightly discerned that none were worthy to receive a vote and did not bother to attend.  I can\u2019t remember a tinier turnout for any statewide primary or caucus ever.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"12Maine\"Mitt Romney won the support of those attending Republican presidential caucuses in Maine Saturday, a key victory the former Massachusetts governor hopes will help him regain momentum after defeats<\/a> in three nominating contests.<\/p>\n

Romney\u2019s superior organization and dominating advantage with endorsements of top state Republicans had given him a significant edge in the low-turnout and nonbinding affair.<\/p>\n

But Texas Rep. Ron Paul had aggressively worked the state\u2019s grass roots in hopes of snagging his first win of the presidential primary season in Maine.<\/p>\n

Romney won 39 percent of the votes of those who took part in a presidential poll at Maine caucus sites; Paul took 36 percent of the vote, while former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum captured 18 percent.<\/p>\n

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich won 6 percent.<\/p>\n

The tiny Maine race \u2014 fewer than 5,600 votes were cast<\/strong> \u2014 had taken on increased importance in recent days as Romney struggled to put his campaign back on track after losing to Santorum in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado on Tuesday\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Washington Post<\/a>><\/p>\n

Here are the results.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Maine<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Goose Stepper<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Votes<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Percent<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Delegates<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Romney<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2,190<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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39%<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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9<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Paul<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1,996<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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36%<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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7<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Santorum<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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989<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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18%<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Gingrich<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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349<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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6%<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Total<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5,524<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The results are non-binding so the delegate count is an estimate.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here is the latest delegate estimate,<\/font><\/p>\n

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Delegates<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Romney<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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124<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Gingrich<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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38<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Santorum<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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37<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Paul<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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27<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The next installments of this InsaniTEA will be the Brewerstan, aka Arizona, and Michigan primaries on 2\/28 and the Wyoming caucuses on 2\/29.<\/font><\/p>\n

BTW, R$ is shorthand for Rmoney.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the state of Maine demonstrated the enthusiasm that US voters have for the Republican field.  Most voters rightly discerned that none were worthy to receive a vote and did not bother to attend.  I can\u2019t remember a tinier turnout for any statewide primary or caucus ever. Mitt Romney won the support of those attending […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}