My guess from my precinct___They are counting votes now. Paul santorum perry newt romney bachmann. I base that on stickers signs and people vathering together.
Just back from my caucus, I didn't stick around for the platform discussion. So you know my precinct, in 2000 it went about 45% for Forbes, 25% for Bush, and the rest, the rest. In 08, I think Huckabee got 65 or so votes, Romney and Paul tied with about 28 votes, and the rest the rest.
Smaller turnout tonite, but my above guess while I was watching was pretty close.
My precinct quantity of votes: Paul 36, Santorum 35, Newt 18, Perry 16, Mittens 12, Bachmann 5, Huntsman 5.
To start, a rep from every candidate gets a chance to speak. No one spoke for Bachmann, Huntsman, and gasps from the crowd--Romney. You are allowed to wear campaign gear, and put up signs. Mittens had none in my precinct. He tied for 2nd in my precinct last go around.
But because no one spoke for him, that doesn't mean you couldn't vote for him tho. The Newt speaker was engaging, very positive, and a good speaker. The Paul speaker read his own script, but didn't smile, and looked very nervous. The Perry speaker did a good job. And the Santorum speaker was kinda like the Paul speaker, didn't project well in a public setting.
My precinct is one of the more Republican precincts in the county. Very economic oriented, and not as much evangelical/social conservative. Thanks to my stirring speech for Steve Forbes in 2000, he won my precinct with 45% of the vote and Bush only got 25%. That kinda shows you how my precinct rolls.
Anyway, numbers were down a little, which is a bit scary. Nice night, though it is HS basketball night, and that may have kept some of the parents of HS aged kids home. I remembered a lot more sub 30 year olds last time around. Not many tonite.
Votes in my precinct: Paul 36, (my guess, for economic reasons), Santorum 35(came on strong late, and got the socon vote), Newt 18(may have been helped by the speaker for him on the uncommitted), Perry 16 (much like Newt, I'm guessing a lot of the not Romney/Paul vote), Mittens 12 (there was a gasp from the crowd when his number was called), Bachmann (toast) and Huntsman (wow!) both had 5.