In case anyone’s interested, here are the numbers from Lee County (the Fort Myers area):
********** (REPUBLICAN) **********
PRESIDENT
Votes Percent ABS VIO POLLS PROV
Rudy Giuliani Percentage of Votes 12,014 14.12% 1,317 3,177 7,520 0
Mike Huckabee Percentage of Votes 7,428 8.73% 669 1,457 5,302 0
Duncan Hunter Percentage of Votes 58 .07% 8 16 34 0
Alan Keyes Percentage of Votes 141 .17% 15 37 89 0
John McCain. Percentage of Votes 27,946 32.85% 2,238 4,947 20,761 0
Ron Paul. Percentage of Votes 2,427 2.85% 212 452 1,763 0
Mitt Romney. Percentage of Votes 33,929 39.88% 2,052 6,070 25,807 0
Tom Tancredo Percentage of Votes 71 .08% 7 20 44 0
Fred Thompson Percentage of Votes 1,056 1.24% 300 517 239 0
I just feel McCain’s going to win. The “Romney was against the war” lie did it’s job, and McCain will eek out a victory.
But it will be close enough, and neither will have 40% of the vote, meaning McCain will still be carrying a minority of the vote.