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  • Answers from Iowa (Romney sets all-time record for lowest winning share of the vote

    01/04/2012 2:19:13 PM PST · by Laissez-faire capitalist · 7 replies · 2+ views
    The Weekly Standard ^ | 1/4/2012 | Jeffrey H. Anderson
    ... Mitt Romney set a new all-time record for the lowest winning share of the vote (for either party) in the Iowa caucuses - 25 percent [24.6%] - one point lower than Bob Dole's 26 percent level of support in 1996. That's well below the 31 percent tally that every previous Republican winner except for Dole had achieved... Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich both matched or surpassed the 13 percent level of support that John McCain on his way to winning the Republican nomination received in Iowa... Lastly, Romney failed to equal the 25.2 percent share of the vote that...