Let’s look at more numbers:
2008: about 44,000 Republicans attended caucuses & voted. Mitt got 52% of the vote......about 22,880 votes (by percentage).
2012: only about 33,000 Republicans attended the caucusses, with Mitt getting 50% of the vote with 16,486 votes.
Facts:
25% FEWER Republicans attended the 2012 caucusses in Nevada......
28% fewer persons voted for Romney in the 2012 caucusses.
I don’t know how much Mitt spent here in Nevada, but the last 2 days or so, we were bombarded with 2-3-4 ads back-to-back-to-back.. Newt didn’t have any ads here.
Trump took alot of the credit for Romney’s high finish here in MORMON country.
2 counties-White Pine & Lincoln-next to the Utah border voted more than 60% for Romney. I do not know how many actually went to the caucuses there & cast a vote.
More fact: Mineral County voted highest for NEWT——& LESS than 100 persons voted in that county.
Paul got Nye county in his camp.
Despite being in ‘Mormon Country” Mitt got lots fewer votes this time around than he did in 2008.
Downright pathetic.
LOTS fewer?
No.
Fewer?
Yes.
Whatever the overall totals were...in both years ('08 & '12), Mormons constituted 25% of the vote in Nevada.
2008: Mitt got 94-95% of the Mormon vote.
2012: Mitt got 88% of the Mormon vote.
It's all in the exit polls. (If you want actual links, I'll give 'em to you).
Bottom line: You've got 8 out of every 9 GOP Mormons in Nevada voting for Romney!...and they turn out...so that what's about 7-8 % of the overall population becomes 25% of the actual GOP vote! [They were already about 15% of the GOP registered voters]
So think about that.
25% of the voting pie Saturday were Mormon...meaning that it's like a guy showing up for a football game with a 21-3 lead...and the first 1/4 of game-time has already been run off!
All he has to do is convince 1 out of 3 (or even less) non-Mormon voters to vote for him...which he does (with a few % pts over that, actually).