Yes, McLame (33%) hijacked it from Huck (30%) & Thompson (15%) - the prohibitive favs among conservatives in SC, the decider state.
And now Willard (30%) is scheming to do the same versus Newt (23%), Santorum (19%), and Perry (5%) - the evangelical favs by far and away.
And now Willard (30%) is scheming to do the same versus Newt (23%), Santorum (19%), and Perry (5%) - the evangelical favs by far and away.
There is a major difference in that far more states follow a more proportional representation rule rather than "winner take all". Winner take all generally applies in a lot of those states only if the winner gets more than 50%. So, if the non-Romney's are splitting that vote and keeping him below 50%, he won't amass a huge delegate lead the way McCain could in 2008. That greatly increases the likelihood of a brokered convention, which is when anti-Romney's could unit behind one candidate.