Romney Wins 6 States, Including Ohio; Santorum takes 3; Gingrich Nabs Georgia

CNN ^ | Wed March 7, 2012 | Paul Steinhauser and Tom Cohen

[BarnacleCenturion]

Columbus, Ohio (CNN) -- Mitt Romney won six Super Tuesday states including the big prize of Ohio, while Rick Santorum took three states and Newt Gingrich grabbed a vital triumph in Georgia, CNN projected.

Romney was projected early Wednesday to win Alaska's caucuses, the last to tally votes among the 10 states with delegates up for grabs.

[RacerX1128]

Was watching Fox last night (which I hardly do anymore). Romney and his wife were giving a big sappy victory speech in MA while to the right the graphics were indicating Santorum ahead in OK, OH, N Dak, etc. Gingrich winning Georgia.

I was thinking to myself. Now, I know why I hardly ever watch Fox.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Palin and Cain both, voted for Newt yesterday.

[luvie]

Keep praying. Our country can’t survive 4 more years of the marxist.

Oh! Hi! :)

[napscoordinator]

Newt is looking at a BIG gain next week! So maybe little Ricky should drop out?

Not. Alabama and Mississippi will give out delegates like this in TOTAL

1st place gets 32 delegates
2nd place gets 28 delegates
3rd place gets 23 delegates

That is hardly enough for Newt to say anything. Even 3rd place gets quite a few delegates. That was all over the news yesterday showing that the next two states are not going to change anything regardless of who wins.

[Brown Deer]

What is your point?

What YOU posted was,
If what you say were true, then Ron Paul would have easily won VA, since all of the Santorum and Newt voters were free to stop Romney. But Romney won over 70% of the vote.

In fact, there are surveys out there that indicate that if either Newt or Santorum drop out, most of those votes would go to Romney.

The fact is, with help of fraud, Romney was supposed to easily win Virginia, and you tried to imply over and over again, that he did easily win Virginia. But he didn't.

The fact is, if one of those two dropped out, the majority of the votes would be going to the other, not Romney.

Ron Paul screwed up. If had been smart like Gingrich, he could have won Virginia and hurt Romney big.

[Brown Deer]

wrong.

[MachIV]

NOT a RINO, is the answer.

[luvie]

She did, but she is going to have to rally for her candidate not just send a note that she voted!

Newt and Rick are tied at 108 delegates right now. That’s interesting!

[Brown Deer]

That was all over the news yesterday showing that the next two states are not going to change anything regardless of who wins.

don't believe everything you read in the news.

Tuesday 13 March 2012: 47 of 50 of Alabama's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's Alabama Presidential Primary.

• 21 district delegates are allocated to presidential contenders, "winner-take-most", based on the results of the primary in each congressional district. Each of the 7 congressional districts is assigned 3 National Convention delegates.
  • If a candidate receives a majority of the vote (more than 50%) or if only one candidate receives 20% or more of the vote, that candidate is allocated all 3 of the district's delegates.
  • If no candidate receives a majority of the vote and more than 1 candidate receives 20% or more of the vote, the candidate with the most votes is allocated 2 delegates and the candidate with the next highest number of votes is allocated 1 delegate.
  • If no candidate receives 20% of the vote, the 3 district delegates are proportionally allocated to the presidential contenders. See the rounding rules below.
• 26 at-large delegates are allocated to presidential contenders, "winner-take-most", based on the statewide results of the primary.
  • If a candidate receives a majority of the vote (more than 50%) or if only one candidate receives 20% or more of the vote, that candidate is allocated all of the 26 at-large delegates.
  • If no candidate receives a majority of the vote and more than 1 candidate receives 20% or more of the vote, the 26 at-large delegates are to be proportionally allocated to the presidential contenders to those candidates receiving 20% or more the vote. See the rounding rules below.
  • If no candidate receives 20% of the vote, the 26 at-large delegates are proportionally allocated to the presidential contenders. See the rounding rules below.
• Proportional allocation rounding: Round the delegate allocations to the nearest whole number. If the rounding allocates too few delegates, the candidate with the most votes receives the remaining delegate(s). If the rounding allocates too many delegates, the candidate receiving the fewest votes looses as many delegates as necessary.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Alabama's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.

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Tuesday 13 March 2012: 37 of 40 of Mississippi's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's Mississippi Presidential Primary.

• 12 district delegates are bound to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 4 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates. [Rule 3]
  • If one candidate receives a majority (more than 50%) of the vote in a Congressional District, that candidate is allocated all 3 delegates.
  • Otherwise, each presidential candidate receiving 15% or more of the vote in that District is proportionally allocated delegates based on their percentage of the vote total of all candidates who met the 15% threshold.
• 25 at-large delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 15 bonus delegates) are bound to presidential contenders based on the statewide primary vote. [Rule 4]
  • If one candidate receives a majority (more than 50%) of the statewide vote, that candidate is allocated all 25 at-large delegates.
  • Otherwise, each presidential candidate receiving 15% or more of the statewide vote is proportionally allocated delegates based on their percentage of the vote total of all candidates who met the 15% threshold.

Proportional allocation and rounding details: Round fractional proportions of a delegate to the nearest whole number. If rounding results in too few delegates being allocated, the candidate recieving the greatest number of votes receives an additional delegate. If rounding results in too many delegates being allocated, the candidate recieving the least number of votes looses a delegate.

National Convention delegates are bound until released by their candidate. [Rules 8 and 9]

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Mississippi's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position. [Rule 5]

Reference: Resolution Of The State Executive Committee Of The Mississippi Republican Party (June 21, 2007)

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In addition to these two primaries next week, are another five Caucuses.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Stop splitting hairs, and get on with the real task at hand.

[Brown Deer]

splitting hairs? LMAO!
not even close - OVER 70% and under 60% is a huge difference!
my point was that your point was BS.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Sorry, but that is not correct. Newt did well with Georgia. But the delegate count is 404 Romney, 161 Santorum, 105 Newt, 61 Paul.

We will see if Newt gained any traction in the coming states. But it is not looking very good at the moment.

Romney is steadily pulling away from the both of them and has more delegates than the two combined. Organization is proving to be everything, again.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Go bite somebody else’s ankles little dog!

[pgkdan]

Gee...that certainly put me in my place! LOL@U!

[luvie]

Thank you for the correction. I must have picked up some older numbers.

I sure don’t want Myth to win, but it’s getting a bit depressing right now for me.

[pgkdan]

But in all reality, Santorum failed to organize soon enough and can't possibly win enough delegates to even come close to the nomination

I'll agree that Santorum got off to a slow start. He had next to no money and friends and family as staff. His staff was really that bad. But that was then. He's running much stronger now and while I'll agree that the delegate math going forward is tough...it's not insurmountable.

Newt and Rick need to reach an accomodation. I don't think a brokered convention will help anyone but the Rovians and the rest of the gop establishment. We need to stop Romney and then obama.

[Brown Deer]

We will see if Newt gained any traction in the coming states. But it is not looking very good at the moment.

Actually he had the biggest percentage gain in delegates of all four candidates yesterday.

• Gingrich +218%
• Romney +102%
• Santorum +91%
• Paul +84%

[napscoordinator]

Thanks. That is interesting. One problem is that very few states have given a candidate 50 percent of the vote which could be why the delegates will be split a bit closer for the 3 placed candidates. I guess we will find out next Tuesday. Thank you for the information. I read it and hope they change the way they allocate delegates next round. I would like it to be win the state, win all the delegates. This reminds me of how “dumbed down” children’s sports have gotten where they have to give every competitor a prize instead of how it used to be where only the winner gets a prize. I believe that if you win the state, you get all the delegates. That is the way conservatives should feel.

[manc]

same here, I hardly ever watch FOX , the air head Megyn Kelly had her pal Sally Kohn or Khon on who is a Soros media matters homosexual cross dressing activist who has denounced America and Capitalism.
She was then hired by FOX, what on earth were FOX thinking just like that awful show called the five.
I tried to watch that show when it first came on but after a couple of weeks I couldn’t take it anymore.

All the other shows have gone to crap as well and Hannity has to be the biggest fraud on that network.

Infact I just flick through the news channels now.

I’ve noticed many on here have given up on FOX and I wonder if their ratings have gone down in the last year.

[riverdawg]

pgkdan is correct. Gingrich finished 3rd or 4th everywhere outside of Georgia on Super Tuesday.