Presidential – (1144 delegates to win) Romney 568 (55%), Santorum 273 (27%), Gingrich 135, Ron Paul 50, Huntsman 2 (Source: WSJ) Louisiana Primary – the Republican contest
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Presidential – (1144 delegates to win) Romney 563 (56%), Santorum 263 (26%), Gingrich 135, Ron Paul 50, Huntsman 2 (Source: WSJ) President Obama Job Approval 47-48% (14 day rolling average) Illinois Primary
Decision 2012 (March 14 “Super Southern Tuesday” edition, Part 2 of 2 – Early voting in Louisiana at mid week)
March 24 is the date of Louisiana’s Presidential primary. While there are some local races on the ballot as well, we are limiting our discussion to the Republican Presidential race, as President Obama has minor opposition in the Democratic primary (three opponents qualified in Louisiana to oppose him).
Decision 2012 (March 14 “Super Southern Tuesday” edition, Part 1 of 2)
Presidential – (1144 delegates to win) Romney 495 (53%), Santorum 252 (27%), Gingrich 131, Ron Paul 48, Huntsman 2 (Source: WSJ) President Obama Job Approval 47-49% (14 day rolling average) Alabama, Mississippi, and Hawaii
Decision 2012 (March 7 “Super Tuesday” edition)
Presidential (1144 delegates to win) Romney 415 (56%), Santorum 176 (24%), Gingrich 105, Ron Paul 47, Huntsman 2 (WSJ) President Obama Job Approval 47-49% (14 day rolling average) Last night, 10 states held their Presidential contests, and the results seem to indicate two things: (1) the Republican primary contest is very much still […]
Decision 2012 (February 29 edition)
Presidential (1144 delegates to win) Romney 163, Santorum 83, Gingrich 32, Ron Paul 19, Huntsman 2 (WSJ) President Obama Job Approval 47-49% (14 day rolling average) The ever changing Republican Presidential contest has now swung back to Mitt Romney, although not as decisively as he may have hoped. Despite the apparent inconsistency of the […]
Decision 2012 (February 23 edition)
Presidential – (1144 delegates to win) Romney 123, Santorum 72, Gingrich 32, Ron Paul 19, Huntsman 2 (WSJ) President Obama Job Approval 48-48% (14 day rolling average) Ever since the “mini Tuesday” Presidential contests of Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri, the Presidential race has been relatively quiet. The Maine caucuses did conclude shortly thereafter, and while […]
Decision 2012 (February 8 edition)
Presidential – (1144 delegates to win) Romney 107, Santorum 45, Gingrich 32, Ron Paul 9, Huntsman 2, Perry 2 The Republican Presidential contest is back to square one, so to speak. Despite the fact that three of the four contests held this past week were in states Mitt Romney carried in his 2008 Presidential quest, […]
Decision 2012 (February 1 edition)
Presidential Even though (from a delegate count perspective, anyway), the Republican Presidential race is only 6% “complete”, the conclusion of the Florida primary is a signal that the nomination contest has entered into a new phase. This is because Florida was the first contest in which the Republican electorate was a mosaic of different ethnicities […]
Decision 2012 (January 23 edition)
Presidential Rarely has a Presidential primary hinged both on a news reporter’s question, as well as the word “maybe.” Yet, the combination of these two items less than 48 hours before Saturday’s balloting during the GOP debate provided the fuel for Newt Gingrich’s 40-28% victory over Mitt Romney in South Carolina. This basically was a […]