One that catches my eye is Dickinson County. Not that much population, but Iowa's resort county, and a lot of money there. It is one of the few small population counties that went for Mitt. But it is also one of the wealthiest. So it appears the money Rs are going for Mitt, no surprise there I guess.
Santorum only got 1 big population county, Woodbury, which is Sioux City, and right in the very socon northwest. Paul won Story (home of ISU-no surprise) and Black Hawk, which does surprise me some-though I would guess, other than Polk, has the highest black population in Iowa.
An interesting night.
CNN reporting on Perry says that his numbers in South Carolina are/were at 5%. Maybe his threshold to continue hinged on a greater number than that even going into South Carolina. We will know on Perry with certainty before the Saturday night debate, that’s for sure.
Yes... unless I'm remembering wrong, Sioux City is also the home of Bob Vander Plaats, the Christian conservative leader whose backing of Santorum was key in what happened today.
As for LeMars, one of the few western Iowa communities where Romney did well ... let's just say in the pre-cellphone era when I needed to meet with people in Northwest Iowa without having to worry about prying eyes and ears in the next booth at a restaurant, we would drive to a restaurant in LeMars where the chances of anybody recognizing us were minimal. The culture is different there from the surrounding counties.