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CNN observing a lot of the western Counties which are Evangelical territory haven't reported in yet.
jimlup
(7,968 posts)Is Iowa winner take all? Must not be... that was a stupid question. How are the delegates apportioned?
brooklynite
(93,873 posts)And no, it's proportional representation.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)basis. For instance, if Santorum gets 25%, he'll receive 25% of the 25 delegates. Can't do the math in my head right now. LOL!!
Renew Deal
(81,802 posts)Democrats are proportional.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)ETA: I just found out that RepubliCONs changed the IA caucuses to a proportional system. It used to be Winner Take All. Now, it's proportional...
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)It baffles me.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)ShadowLiberal
(2,237 posts)I live in PA, so believe me, Santorum has lots of problems, it's part of why Santorum lost his last statewide election here in PA by a 3 to 2 margin.
What Santorum did right is through dumb luck peeking really late, before the media had time to shine a bright spotlight on him and cause him to collapse like Newt and the others.
Also his really radical social views probably help here in Iowa.
Also looks like Santorum's lead is widening, to almost 2 points now.
Edit: Holy cow that's a lot of votes coming in all of a sudden, now Romney's up by half a point.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)joshcryer
(62,265 posts)Santorum didn't do anything, the media did.
Renew Deal
(81,802 posts)Seems suspicious.
1stlady
(122 posts)That gave him that last minute bounce that he needed.