# Michigan Primary

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-primary/614301>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 29, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-primary/614301 "2012-02-29T01:39:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-primary/614301/101 "2012-03-01T23:01:07Z")

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> [@Simplicio](#):
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> If he gets an extra delegate he can plausibly claim to have won the Michigan Primary, at least in the sense of having won the larger share of the delegates.

He didn’t win the larger share of delegates before. From what I’m reading, [it was 15-15 and now it’s 16-14 for Romney.](http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/politics/primaries/index.html?hpt=hp_t3) Meanwhile Romney also won a plurality of delegates in the Wyoming caucuses. He gets 10 delegates, Santorum gets 9, Paul gets six, and Gingrich gets the other one.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-primary/614301/102 "2012-03-02T02:24:05Z")

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This shit is fucking with my political biases, big time and down town. You got the small money guy fighting against the big money guy from the Establishment, I’m rooting for the populist kinda guy. Can’t help it.

But that’s _Santorum_! Encouraging schizophrenic thinking is not good mental hygiene. “Get thee behind me, Santorum.” No, wait. “Get thee the fuck far away from me, Santorum!” Better. Less risky.

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-primary/614301/103 "2012-03-02T03:56:19Z")

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Has anybody else noticed that in a lot of states Romney is winning by smaller margins than in 2008: Nevada, Michigan, and parts of Florida for starters?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-primary/614301/104 "2012-03-02T15:16:02Z")

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> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#):
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> Has anybody else noticed that in a lot of states Romney is winning by smaller margins than in 2008: Nevada, Michigan, and parts of Florida for starters?

And in the states he’s winning, he’s often received fewer votes than he did in 2008. Either people are taking for granted that he’s going to win, or enthusiasm is just low.

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-primary/614301/105 "2012-03-03T00:09:48Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> And in the states he’s winning, he’s often received fewer votes than he did in 2008. Either people are taking for granted that he’s going to win, or enthusiasm is just low.

The GOP turnout rates in the primaries are generally lower than '08-this is bad news (or good news depending on one’s politics) considering in 2008 the Republicans were quite unpopular after eight years of Bush and Obama went on to win quite comfortably.

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