Which means Santorum has secured the votes of about 15 times as many people as Gingrich ever has.
Meanwhile, if we are looking at which candidate last won an election, that would be Santorum. Gingrich’s last election was in 1998, Santorum won in 2000.
Would Gingrich have won if he had run for that Senate seat in 2004 that Cain ran for? Do you think he wouldn’t have run if he thought he could win?
I’m not arguing the electoral history of Gingrich versus Santorum - just pointing out that it’s one-sided to tout the number of people who voted for Santorum in 2006 without mentioning that he suffered an historic wipeout.