Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Florida Votes

Mitt Romney clearly won the Republican primary in Florida, as predicted. He received more votes than Gingrich and Santorum combined.

Newt Gingrich came in a respectable second. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul, who didn't campaign there much came in a distant third and fourth, respectively. From Google, the final vote percentages were as follows:

46.4% Romney
31.9% Gingrich
13.4% Santorum
7.00% Paul
1.30% Other

I'm not certain how Santorum justifies continuing in the race. He begins to look silly. Whose money is he spending?

Paul is less a candidate than the advocate for a set of libertarian beliefs that include isolationism and legalization of recreational drugs as well as radically smaller government.

Nevada is next and, as a neighbor of Utah, it has a substantial Mormon population - Mitt should do well there.