Good show. I came looking for details on delegate count, but those two posts will have to do. And that sounds like the crap some Paulbots would pull, based on what I’ve seen them doing.
Huffington Post is saying 41 delegates for Romney and 10 for Santorum, with 12 more to be selected at the state convention and three “superdelegates.”
Link is here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/20/illinois-primary-2012-results-map_n_1368335.html
Of course, it is Huffington Post so take it with a grain of salt, but I can't quickly find any conservative website or mainstream media giving that kind of detail yet, and HP is getting their county-by-county data real time from the Associated Press so I'm assuming the raw numbers are right even if the analysis is slanted leftward.
The problem with debunking this “Santorum wasn’t on ballot in 4/6/10 Illinois districts” cr@p is that Illinois doesn’t tally the results by Congressional district, they do it by county (there’s 101 counties), and Cook County does seperate counts for the city of Chicago and suburban cook county, on different websites, so you’d have to look at 102 different webpages to find the numbers Santorum got in Illinois. His name and vote totals will be listed on each one. (in a few months, you’ll be able to get them all at one central location at the Illinois State Board of Elections, but that won’t be until the official canvass comes in... right now all we have is unofficial data online)
Basically, if someone can pinpoint their congressional district, I can locate a county, township, or city of chicago ward located ENTIRELY in that congressional district and show you what Santorum’s vote totals were there.
Let’s start with example. IL-2 is Jesse Jackson’s district, a safe RAT district that is heavily black. Republicans never win there and don’t get many candidates on the ballot. Chicago’s 10th ward on the east border of the city is entirely located within IL-2. It’s probably 95% RAT. Santorum only received 238 votes in that ward (Romney got 368) but since none of those were write-ins, it proves he was on the ballot. (Source: http://www.chicagoelections.com/wdlevel3.asp?elec_code=21). I can also tell you the congressional results for that district to prove it’s in IL-2 (James H. Taylor received 223 votes, Brian Woodworth received 371, both were running for the Republican nomination for Congress, 2nd District. SOURCE: http://www.chicagoelections.com/wdlevel3.asp?elec_code=21)
Anyone else want to try me? Free feel to name a Congressional district where you think Santorum “wasn’t on the ballot” and I’ll show he WAS on the ballot when people voted in that congressional district — and I’ll give you the totals for the congressional race as well (in whatever chicago ward/suburban township/county is the quickest to find). I am really sick of having to debunk this Paultard lie.