Sorry for the delay, but the New Hampshire primaries, the first primary, was yesterday. I was not surprised at all by the results.
Romney won. No surprises there, this has been the predicted outcome for quite a while. He has a summer house in New Hampshire, so he is there constantly, he has had "boots on the ground" in the state for forever. The state is the backyard of his own Massachusetts. Romney got 39% of the vote with no one coming close to him in the polls.
The closest was Ron Paul's 23%. He has done surprisingly well I think. So far he has done well in Iowa and now in New Hampshire, but South Carolina will probably be the end of his streak. In that state, he is polling at around 11% with both Gingrich and Santorum polling above him.
My predictions were correct. Santorum, though he had a lot of momentum going into Tuesday thanks to Iowa, it was not nearly enough. In the Live Free or Die State, Santorum polled second to last, albeit with Gingrich only 50 votes ahead of him.
Jon Huntsman came in third, good for him, except that he is from the state and currently lives there, so...I think he should be the next to drop because seriously? Does he really think that he can win, but it is his money...
Rick Perry only had .7% of the vote. 1,766 votes. Nice.
There is a debate and yet another primary, South Carolina, in the coming weeks, I will try to write about both of them, however I have my mid-terms next week so we shall see. Until next time...
Judging by the look of things, Romney could very well be the candidate. I have seen a bunch of his opponents sort of teaming up against him (attack ads, attack stances, etc) But it hasn't done much to knock him down. I have to respect him for staying consistent and then surfacing when it really counted.
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