# Super Tuesday Results thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [March 7, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992 "2012-03-07T00:52:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/41 "2012-03-07T03:10:38Z")
North Dakota was just called for Santorum.
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/42 "2012-03-07T03:19:33Z")
I’m not sure- it might take a major push by Romney to squeeze out Santorum. 2/3 in and still down by 14,000 or so.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/43 "2012-03-07T03:20:12Z")
I hadn’t realized that only Romney and Paul were on the ballot in Virginia. Seems surprising Gingrich and Santorum didn’t make the effort to run in that state. I understand it’s a tough state to qualify in but if Paul could do it, you’d think Gingrich and Santorum could also. And Gingrich’s base is in the south; he shouldn’t have conceded those delegates.
And Virginia has another interesting policy. It’s a proportional state, which means that Gingrich and Santorum could have received delegates even if Romney won. But if any candidate wins a majority in Virginia then it becomes a winner-take-all state. So by making it a two man race, they pretty much guaranteed Romney would receive all the Virginia delegates.
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/44 "2012-03-07T03:22:23Z")
Recapping
Vermont - Romney (Winner)
Virginia - Romney (Winner)
Georgia - Gingrich (Winner)
Oklahoma - Santorum (Winner)
Tennessee - Santorum (Winner)
North Dakota - Santorum (Winner)
Massachusetts - Romney (Winner)
Ohio - Santorum (Leading)
Idaho - Romney (Leading)
Alaska - (0% reporting)
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### Author:  [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/45 "2012-03-07T03:24:18Z")
Any updates on what the results mean in terms of delegates? (aggregated to date) Would be interested to know how close each is to actual nomination
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/46 "2012-03-07T03:24:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I hadn’t realized that only Romney and Paul were on the ballot in Virginia. Seems surprising Gingrich and Santorum didn’t make the effort to run in that state. I understand it’s a tough state to qualify in but if Paul could do it, you’d think Gingrich and Santorum could also. And Gingrich’s base is in the south; he shouldn’t have conceded those delegates.
Gingrich and Santorum missed the filing deadline by not having the required number of verifiable ballot signatures.
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### Author:  [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/47 "2012-03-07T03:25:03Z")
Talking Points Memo just reported (sorry, don’t have the link handy) that updated exit polling has the race as a dead heat. The previous batch of exit polls at 8PM had Santorum up by 1 point.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/48 "2012-03-07T03:25:42Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> I’m not sure- it might take a major push by Romney to squeeze out Santorum. 2/3 in and still down by 14,000 or so.
At some point, it’s going to get to where Romney just can’t squeeze Santorum out anymore, and Romney’s team has to realize the whole thing’s just gone to shit.
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/49 "2012-03-07T03:25:51Z")
I really hope Santorum wins Ohio. That’ll make this race drag out. He is ahead by 16k votes with 71% reporting. But I don’t know if Ohio is a winner take all state or not. Either way.
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/50 "2012-03-07T03:26:41Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> I’m not sure- it might take a major push by Romney to squeeze out Santorum. 2/3 in and still down by 14,000 or so.
Yep, I am with you.
With 71% reporting in Ohio
Santorum 311,120 38%
Romney 295,678 36%
Gingrich 119,117 15%
Paul 76,762 9%
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/51 "2012-03-07T03:28:23Z")
I’m starting to doubt that the last 28% is going to erase a 14,000 vote deficit racked up in the first 72% of the vote. Santorum just might pull this out.
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/52 "2012-03-07T03:33:33Z")
> [@waterj2](#):
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> Talking Points Memo just reported (sorry, don’t have the link handy) that updated exit polling has the race as a dead heat. The previous batch of exit polls at 8PM had Santorum up by 1 point.
Luke Russert at NBC said they have various projections that have _either_ Romney or Santorum winning Ohio by less than 1%.
Russert also pointed out that Santorum doesn’t have a complete delegate slate in every Congressional district in Ohio, so he could conceivably win the popular vote but Romney could end up with more delegates.
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/53 "2012-03-07T03:33:36Z")
With 75% reporting in Ohio
Santorum 324,777 38%
Romney 312,670 37%
Gingrich 125,388 15%
Paul 79,941 9%
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### Author:  [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/54 "2012-03-07T03:34:39Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> I’m starting to doubt that the last 28% is going to erase a 14,000 vote deficit racked up in the first 72% of the vote. Santorum just might pull this out.
Here’s why I think it \*could \*happen:
- the current results show Cuyahoga reporting 41% of votes in, and Romney up by 7,000 votes. If the rest of the county goes the way of the first 41%, Romney will make up about 8,000 votes.
- the current results show Hamilton reporting 46% of votes, and Romney up by 4200 votes. If the rest of the county goes the way of the first 46%, Romney will make up about 4500 votes.
- together, then, when those two counties finish reporting, it’s not unreasonable to think that Romney will have made up about 12k of his current 15k deficit.
Not that either result would surprise me at this point.
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/55 "2012-03-07T03:34:42Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> I’m starting to doubt that the last 28% is going to erase a 14,000 vote deficit racked up in the first 72% of the vote. Santorum just might pull this out.
That’s what it’s starting to look like - I think Santorum has run Mittens out of stones.
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/56 "2012-03-07T03:35:30Z")
Well crap with 78% reporting Romney has narrowed the race to 7k votes.
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/57 "2012-03-07T03:35:49Z")
Mitt has made up much of the deficit now- looks like it’ll be a late night.
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/58 "2012-03-07T03:36:27Z")
Here comes Romney
With 78% reporting in Ohio
Santorum 336,052 38%
Romney 329,196 37%
Gingrich 130,124 15%
Paul 82,766 9%
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/59 "2012-03-07T03:39:14Z")
Chuck Todd just threw out that there’s a decent chance there will be a recount in OH.
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-results-thread/614992/60 "2012-03-07T03:41:30Z")
Here comes Romney
With 81% reporting in Ohio
Santorum 347,897 38%
Romney 341,880 37%
Gingrich 134,066 15%
Paul 86,083 9%
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