New list of total raw votes per candidate from all states to date

[RileyE104]

Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina (w/ 99% of SC precincts reporting..)

Romney - 295,170 (33%)
Gingrich - 282,041 (31.6%)
Paul - 161,063 (18%)
Santorum - 155,336 (17.4%)


The percentages, of course, come from not including voters who cast their ballot for any of the candidates that have dropped out.

[Scott_in_PA]

Thanks, I was hoping to see those numbers.

Did anyone else notice that SC had record turnout. +150,000 or more from 08'.
That seems strange with the weather being so bad.

[CplKoontz]

good news:)

[PierzStyx]

Yeah! Top three was what I was looking for!

[Philosophy_of_Politics]

I believe SC was compromised with "Dead Voters." There is substantially higher numbers.

[ZENemy]

I believe SC was compromised with "Dead Voters." There is substantially higher numbers.

This!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/21/south-carolina-attorney-general-informs-justice-department-dead-voters/

[JamesButabi]

Very nice numbers! 18% in South Carolina is awesome!

[sailingaway]

Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina

Romney - 295,170 (33%)
Gingrich - 282,041 (31.6%)
Paul - 161,063 (18%)
Santorum - 155,336 (17.4%)


The percentages, of course, come from not including voters who cast their ballot for any of the candidates that have dropped out.

promoted it to the front page.

[badger4RP]

Thanks, I was hoping to see those numbers.

Did anyone else notice that SC had record turnout. +150,000 or more from 08'.
That seems strange with the weather being so bad.

interesting... not worth our time tho...

[Dsylexic]

Very nice numbers! 18% in South Carolina is awesome!

no,this is total votes. a meaningless statistic.

[sailingaway]

no,this is total votes. a meaningless statistic.

It isn't meaningless. To date, more people have cast a vote for Ron than for Santorum.

[Mini-Me]

EDIT: Nevermind...thought this was a new total from SC only. :-/

[RileyE104]

It isn't meaningless. To date, more people have cast a vote for Ron than for Santorum.

I suspect we might dip after Florida but hopefully February will be a good month for us.



EDIT: Nevermind...thought this was a new total from SC only. :-/

Sorry, I should have worded the title better. :\

[seapilot]

I believe SC was compromised with "Dead Voters." There is substantially higher numbers.

That is get out the grave vote. There were zombies voting in SC!

Seriously this is messed up. I hope that AJ finds out who it is and they get exposed.

[sailingaway]

I suspect we might dip after Florida but hopefully February will be a good month for us.





Maybe. Dunno. If we can get Ron's social security position, and Santorum's out (he wants to cut it) I'm not so sure we'll go below him. Florida is expensive and I can't imagine why anyone would send Santorum money at this point. But getting Ron's message out would have to be grass roots.

[sailingaway]

This just in from twitter!

davecatanese davecatanese
Santorum is actually 4th in raw vote after 3 contests: Romney 294,616 Gingrich 282,727 Paul 160,877 Santorum 155,256
21 minutes ago

[muh_roads]

Wow SC really changed the numbers. We went from second to fighting to just stay above 4th.

That many people can't be voting...

[RonPaulVolunteer]

Trust me friends, don't be discourage. There's a bigger strategy at play here!! We are FAR from out of this race. Really, we need your unbridled passion and support now. Don't step away please, now's the time to call upon all the strength you have and push.

[Diurdi]

Topic is extremely misleading. Please clarify it.

[luctor-et-emergo]

Thanks, I was hoping to see those numbers.

Did anyone else notice that SC had record turnout. +150,000 or more from 08'.
That seems strange with the weather being so bad.

2008 - 445,677 total votes cast.
2012 - 600,695 total votes cast. (google politics map)

Thats ±35% MORE votes then 08'

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=710389
http://www.wcnc.com/news/Election-Officials-137823539.html

So the only thing I don't really get is how loads of thunderstorms, and 'varying turnout' can result into 35% higher turnout then 08'. That's all.

[UK4Paul]

So the only thing I don't really get is how loads of thunderstorms, and 'varying turnout' can result into 35% higher turnout then 08'. That's all.

Thunderstorms bring out the dead people.

[newbitech]

2008 - 445,677 total votes cast.
2012 - 600,695 total votes cast. (google politics map)

Thats ±35% MORE votes then 08'

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=710389
http://www.wcnc.com/news/Election-Officials-137823539.html

So the only thing I don't really get is how loads of thunderstorms, and 'varying turnout' can result into 35% higher turnout then 08'. That's all.

absentee ballots. People can vote when it's not raining, and they can vote without leaving their homes.

Same thing is about to happen in Florida. Don't be shocked when it happens. There may be some fraud going on, but more than likely, the inflated turnout number is not coming from some conspiracy more than it is coming from people REALLY wanting to make sure that B.O. is not in office.

And how about Ron Paul bringing more people in to the GOP? Isn't that a good thing? What happens when you grow the party is more people turn out to vote. That is a dynamic that the Ron Paul campaign and the grassroots campaign has touted as a strength and a reason to be taken seriously in the party.

But since people wanted the rain to keep away "old people" and that didn't pan out, now all of a sudden growing the party is not being attributed to Ron Paul and the new people he brings in. Instead, it must be some kind of conspiracy.

That's a load of horse shit.

The fact is, yes Ron Paul's supporters are passionate and dedicated. But you know what? So are the other 85-90% of voters who DON'T support Ron Paul. There is nothing exclusive or special about Ron Paul's supporters that should make people feel ENTITLED to winning based on enthusiasm, or bad weather..

[sdsubball23]

I don't know what's it's like in other states or other cities but here in San Diego I have seen more signs and posters in the public than other candidates combined. In fact I don't recall seeing any support like this for any candidate except I did see a commercial for Rick Perry. Am I just not seeing the support for these other guys or does Ron truly have more support?