2012 GOP PRIMARY CAMPAIGN TRACKER
JLHNews, March 19, 2012 On Saturday, March 17, 2012, Mitt Romney won the Puerto Rico GOP caucuses overwhelmingly, ammassing 83% of the vote and capturing all 20 delegates. Both Santorum and Romney had campaigned there, but the Island went overwhelming for Romney. It tuens out all of the US terrirories (four of them) have all gone overwhelmingly for Romney, with very high percentages and have given him 45 felegates altogether. Eyes are now on Illinois, a large state that is generally democratic (Barack Obama's home state), but where the GOP hopes to make in-roads. Santorum has campaigned heavily there hoping for an upset, and the polls had been close within the last two weeks, with Santorum within 4-5 points...but now that lead for Romney is growing. A large win by ROmney in Illinois would be another feather in his delegate cap. In the overall race to date, Romney now leads in popular vote with over 3.6 million votes with 39.40%. Santorum is second with 2.4 million votes or 26% , Gingrich is third with 2.1 million votes or 23% and Ron Paul is fourth with 975 thousand votes or 11%. But, although he has only won 39.4% of the popular vote, this has translated to date into 532 delgates or 54% of the total delegates awarded to date. Santorum follows with 237 delegates or 24%, Gingrich with 139 or 14% and Paul with 66 delegates or 7%. At this rate, Romney has a clear chance of clinching the nomination before the convention. In my opinion, this tough primary season, despite pundents prognostications, continues to strengthen the candidates, keeping the GOP message at the top of the news cycle, and preparing the nominee to fight Obama. Any of the four would be orders of magnitude better than Barack Obama and his dismal failures. Here's the GOPTracking results as of Sunday, March 11, 2012:
2012 GOP Presidential Primary Season Tracker (including caucuses) - LAST UPDATE: March 19, 2012
| 2012 GOP Primaries |
Date |
Mitt Romney |
Newt Gingrich |
Rick Santorum |
Ron Paul |
Ron Huntsman |
Rick Perry |
Michele Bachman |
Herman Cain |
Totals |
| Votes |
% |
Del's |
Win |
Votes |
% |
Del's |
Win |
Votes |
% |
Del's |
Win |
Votes |
% |
Del's |
Win |
Votes |
% |
Del's |
Votes |
% |
Del's |
Votes |
% |
Del's |
Votes |
% |
Del's |
Votes |
Del's |
| Iowa |
1/3/2012 |
29,805 |
24.58% |
7 |
- |
16,163 |
13.33% |
2 |
- |
29,839 |
24.61% |
7 |
1 |
26,036 |
21.47% |
7 |
- |
739 |
0.61% |
0 |
12,557 |
10.36% |
0 |
6,046 |
4.99% |
0 |
58 |
0.05% |
0 |
121,243 |
23 |
| New Hamp |
1/10/2012 |
97,591 |
39.74% |
7 |
1 |
23,421 |
9.54% |
0 |
- |
23,432 |
9.54% |
0 |
- |
56,872 |
23.16% |
3 |
- |
41,964 |
17.04% |
2 |
1,764 |
0.72% |
0 |
350 |
0.14% |
0 |
160 |
0.07% |
0 |
245,554 |
12 |
| South Caro |
1/21/2012 |
167,297 |
27.82% |
2 |
- |
243,172 |
40.43% |
23 |
1 |
102,061 |
16.97% |
0 |
- |
78,362 |
13.03% |
0 |
- |
1,173 |
0.19% |
0 |
2,534 |
0.42% |
0 |
491 |
0.08% |
0 |
6,326 |
1.05% |
0 |
601,416 |
25 |
| Florida |
1/31/2012 |
775,014 |
46.45% |
50 |
2 |
533,177 |
31.95% |
0 |
- |
223,799 |
13.35% |
0 |
- |
117,104 |
7.02% |
0 |
- |
6,199 |
0.37% |
0 |
6,773 |
0.41% |
0 |
3,967 |
0.24% |
0 |
3,492 |
0.21% |
0 |
1,668,525 |
50 |
| Nevada |
2/4/2012 |
16,486 |
50.12% |
14 |
3 |
6,956 |
21.15% |
6 |
- |
3,277 |
9.96% |
3 |
- |
6,175 |
18.77% |
5 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
32,894 |
28 |
| Main |
|
2,373 |
38.45% |
9 |
4 |
405 |
6.56% |
0 |
- |
1,136 |
18.41% |
3 |
- |
2,258 |
36.58% |
7 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
6,172 |
19 |
| Colorado |
2/7/2012 |
23,012 |
34.96% |
13 |
- |
8,445 |
12.83% |
2 |
- |
26,614 |
40.43% |
17 |
2 |
7,759 |
11.79% |
1 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
65,380 |
36 |
| Minnesota |
|
8,096 |
16.97% |
2 |
- |
5,134 |
10.76% |
1 |
- |
21,436 |
44.94% |
25 |
3 |
13,030 |
27.32% |
9 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
47,696 |
40 |
| Missouri |
|
63,826 |
26.24% |
0 |
- |
9,859 |
4.05% |
0 |
- |
138,957 |
57.12% |
0 |
4 |
30,641 |
12.59% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
243,283 |
0 |
| Arizona |
2/28/2012 |
216,805 |
47.99% |
29 |
5 |
74,110 |
16.40% |
0 |
- |
122,088 |
27.03% |
0 |
- |
38,753 |
8.58% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
451,756 |
29 |
| Michigan |
|
409,899 |
42.34% |
16 |
6 |
65,016 |
6.72% |
0 |
- |
377,521 |
38.99% |
14 |
- |
115,712 |
11.95% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
968,148 |
30 |
| Washington |
3/3/2012 |
19,111 |
37.65% |
30 |
7 |
5,221 |
10.28% |
0 |
- |
12,089 |
23.81% |
5 |
- |
12,594 |
24.81% |
5 |
- |
924 |
1.82% |
0 |
437 |
0.86% |
0 |
198 |
0.39% |
0 |
190 |
0.37% |
0 |
50,764 |
43 |
| Wyoming |
|
822 |
38.99% |
12 |
8 |
165 |
7.83% |
1 |
- |
673 |
31.93% |
7 |
- |
439 |
20.83% |
4 |
- |
3 |
0.14% |
0 |
2 |
0.09% |
0 |
2 |
0.09% |
0 |
2 |
0.09% |
0 |
2,108 |
29 |
| Alaska |
3/6/2012 |
4,285 |
32.52% |
8 |
9 |
1,856 |
14.09% |
3 |
- |
3,860 |
29.30% |
7 |
- |
3,175 |
24.10% |
6 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
13,176 |
27 |
| Georgia |
S |
233,297 |
26.12% |
20 |
- |
424,976 |
47.57% |
53 |
2 |
176,080 |
19.71% |
3 |
- |
58,982 |
6.60% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
893,335 |
76 |
| Idaho |
u |
27,514 |
61.61% |
32 |
10 |
940 |
2.11% |
0 |
- |
8,115 |
18.17% |
0 |
- |
8,086 |
18.11% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
44,655 |
32 |
| Massachusetts |
p |
265,110 |
73.36% |
38 |
11 |
16,990 |
4.70% |
0 |
- |
44,255 |
12.25% |
0 |
- |
35,037 |
9.70% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
361,392 |
41 |
| N. Dakota |
e |
2,691 |
23.71% |
7 |
- |
961 |
8.48% |
2 |
- |
4,510 |
39.74% |
11 |
5 |
3,186 |
28.07% |
8 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
11,349 |
28 |
| Ohio |
r |
453,513 |
38.38% |
35 |
12 |
175,554 |
14.76% |
0 |
- |
446,225 |
37.51% |
19 |
- |
111,238 |
9.35% |
4 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
1,189,530 |
66 |
| Oklahoma |
|
80,291 |
28.34% |
13 |
- |
78,686 |
27.77% |
13 |
- |
96,759 |
34.15% |
14 |
6 |
27,572 |
9.73% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
283,208 |
43 |
| Tennessee |
T |
154,911 |
28.59% |
15 |
- |
132,072 |
24.38% |
8 |
- |
205,012 |
37.84% |
27 |
7 |
49,782 |
9.21% |
2 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
541,796 |
50 |
| Vermont |
u |
23,965 |
40.84% |
9 |
13 |
4,944 |
8.42% |
0 |
- |
13,401 |
24.39% |
4 |
- |
14,407 |
24.55% |
4 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
58,685 |
17 |
| Virginia |
e |
158,053 |
59.52% |
43 |
14 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
107,480 |
40.48% |
3 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
265,533 |
49 |
| Guam |
3/10/2012 |
215 |
100% |
9 |
15 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
215 |
9 |
| Marianna Is |
|
738 |
87.03% |
9 |
16 |
29 |
3.42% |
0 |
- |
27 |
3.18% |
0 |
- |
54 |
6.37% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
848 |
9 |
| Virgin Is |
|
132 |
46.32% |
7 |
17 |
18 |
6.32% |
0 |
- |
23 |
8.07% |
0 |
- |
112 |
39.30% |
1 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
848 |
8 |
| Kansas |
|
6,250 |
21.11% |
7 |
- |
4,298 |
14.52% |
0 |
- |
15,290 |
51.65% |
33 |
8 |
3,767 |
12.72% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
29,605 |
40 |
| Alabama |
3/13/2012 |
180,250 |
29.65% |
9 |
- |
182,197 |
29.79% |
9 |
- |
214,545 |
35.29% |
18 |
9 |
30,892 |
5.08% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
607,884 |
50 |
| Am. Somoa |
|
57 |
81.43% |
9 |
18 |
2 |
2.86% |
12 |
- |
6 |
8.57% |
0 |
- |
5 |
7.14% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
70 |
9 |
| Hawaii |
|
88,715 |
30.93% |
12 |
- |
90,409 |
31.52% |
12 |
- |
94,981 |
33.11% |
13 |
10 |
12,749 |
4.44% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
286,854 |
40 |
| Mississippi |
|
4,250 |
45.38% |
15 |
18 |
1,034 |
11.04% |
0 |
- |
2,369 |
25.30% |
1 |
- |
1,712 |
18.28% |
4 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
40 |
| Missouri Cauc |
3/17/2012 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
52 |
| Puerto Rico |
3/18/2024 |
93,375 |
88.01% |
12 |
2,431 |
2.17 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
9,524 |
8.52% |
0 |
- |
1,452 |
1.30% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
111,782 |
23 |
| Illinois |
3/20/2012 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
69 |
| Louisiana |
3/24/2012 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
46 |
| DC |
4/3/2012 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
19 |
| Maryland |
|
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
37 |
| Wisconsin |
|
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
42 |
| Conn |
4/24/2012 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
28 |
| Deleware |
|
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
17 |
| New York |
|
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
95 |
| Pennsylvania |
|
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
72 |
| Rhode Il |
|
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
28 |
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| At large Del's |
|
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30 |
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4 |
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2 |
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0 |
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36 |
| TOTALS |
|
3,615,749 |
39.24% |
532 |
20 |
2,108,642 |
22.88% |
139 |
2 |
2,418,872 |
26.25% |
237 |
10 |
975,442 |
10.59% |
66 |
0 |
51,002 |
0.55% |
2 |
24,067 |
0.26% |
0 |
11,054 |
0.12% |
0 |
10,228 |
0.11% |
0 |
9,215,056 |
976 |
| To Date % of |
Delegates |
|
Romney |
54.5% |
|
|
Gingrich |
14.2% |
|
|
Santorum |
24.3% |
|
|
Paul |
6.8% |
|
|
Huntsman |
0.20% |
|
Perry |
0% |
|
Bachman |
0% |
|
Cain |
0% |
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It becomes clearer and clearer after each contest, that only by uniting, can Santorum and Gingrich prevent Romney from winning the nomination outright. If they do not do this soon, mathematically, Romney will ultimately win and reach the golden number of delegates before the convention, sometime probably in late May or early June. It still seems, for whatever reason, that Gingrich is unwilling to do this. With Gingrich's "southern strategy" failing (He has won two (Georigia and South Carolina), Romney has won two (Florida and Virginia) and Santorum has won three (Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama)), the pressure on Gingrich to unite behind Santorum is going to grow in both strength and urgency. Seven southern states votes and Santorum is leading in the south with three and Romney and Gingrich with two each. In the end, I will support whichever of these candidates wins the GOP nomination against the abject marxist ideolog, Obama, as any one of them will be far better. Four more years of his horrific leadership and fundamental change could easily put this nation in a economic, debt, foreign policy, and energy hole we will have a very difficult and very painful time of digging our way out of...and at the cost of decades of heavy burden placed on our children and grandchildren if we can do so at all and reverse the trends and mechanisms Obama is putting in place. If you have a mind, please ping others to this GOP Primary Tracker page. America is at the Crossroads of History
(http://www.jeffhead.com/crossroads.htm) Jeff Head
March 19, 2012 |