Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Diane Ellis ·
February 1, 2012 at 2:09am
With 6,773 out of 6,796 precincts reporting, Mitt Romney is the winner of the Florida primary.
As of 11:28pm ET (updated), the vote tally looks like this:
- Mitt Romney — 46% of vote — 770,991 votes
- Newt Gingrich — 32% of vote — 530,778 votes
- Rick Santorum — 13% of vote — 222,021 votes
- Ron Paul — 7% of vote — 116,643 votes
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Mar '11
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
The numbers should close toward the end since the panhandle precincts are more conservative.
Apr '11
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
It is currently a winner takes all state. Newt (or Santorum) could have a proxy challenge this with the RNC to try to get them to change it. If the race is close for a long time, expect this to be a real issue. If the race is not, not.
Dec '11
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Thanks James.
Jun '11
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
FYI, this will be -- by far -- the largest vote total Newt has received on a single election night.
May '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Let not your hearts be troubled. Obama lost tonight. Lemme splain:
Newt's appeal was that he was a "fighter". Then when he actually got a fight from someone besides a debate moderator, couldn't handle it. Complained about big money ads and "lies". Ummm, OK, you couldn't handle Obama.
Mitt, who has the reputation of being soft, is actually a bare-knuckle street brawler when pressed. Don't get in his way; he'll flatten you. And won't turn a hair nor lose sleep. This is how he'll deal with Obama.
Mitt was my 4th choice (Pawlenty, Cain & Perry). When he gets into the White House, we'll have all kinds of issues with him. But don't make the mistake of thinking he won't get in because he's too polite. Man's a shark.
Apr '11
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
This would be more true if the remaining votes were in the panhandle. They're mostly in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. The only panhandle counties with many votes left are Okalossa and Escambia counties. Romney leads in both counties, but by a lower amount than in the state in general. I'd guess that we'll not see much change from now. Could be wrong.
Dec '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Wait for the pan handle results!
Dec '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
I guess we'll see.
My big fear is that he's a shark when facing fellow Republicans, but will turn into a guppy when facing the Democrats.
McCain was like that, and I get a similar vibe from Mittens as well.
For all our sakes, I genuinely hope that I'm wrong about him.
I'm not gonna hold my breath though, either.
Oct '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
I was hoping for a Gingrich victory so I could see Jennifer Rubin's reaction.
Mar '11
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Kennedy Smith: Mitt, who has the reputation of being soft, is actually a bare-knuckle street brawler when pressed. Don't get in his way; he'll flatten you. And won't turn a hair nor lose sleep. This is how he'll deal with Obama.
Mitt was my 4th choice (Pawlenty, Cain & Perry). When he gets into the White House, we'll have all kinds of issues with him. But don't make the mistake of thinking he won't get in because he's too polite. Man's a shark. · 0 minutes ago
Amen. I have been troubled by conservatives who have complained about Romney's tactics, starting with Gingrich himself. For years, conservatives--especially Rush Limbaugh--have lamented that Republican leaders won't take the fight to Democrats and fight fire with fire. Romney now appears to be such a fighter, and many conservatives are aghast. I want our candidate to have a smile on his face while his campaign stabs the opposition in the back. Let's hope Romney keeps it up when he is facing Obama in the fall.
Dec '11
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Kennedy Smith:
Mitt, who has the reputation of being soft, is actually a bare-knuckle street brawler when pressed. Don't get in his way; he'll flatten you. And won't turn a hair nor lose sleep. This is how he'll deal with Obama.
And China and anti-business govt regulations and the EPA and the NLRB...
Oct '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Newt gave a great speech. Despite the Romney victory, Rubin, Podheretz, et al, lighting up twitter with vitriol you would expect from the left.
Dec '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
So now Romney has 69 out of the 1144 delegates needed for the nomination. There's still a long way to go.
Nov '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Andrew Barrett
Kennedy Smith: Mitt, who has the reputation of being soft, is actually a bare-knuckle street brawler when pressed. Don't get in his way; he'll flatten you. And won't turn a hair nor lose sleep. This is how he'll deal with Obama.
Mitt was my 4th choice (Pawlenty, Cain & Perry). When he gets into the White House, we'll have all kinds of issues with him. But don't make the mistake of thinking he won't get in because he's too polite. Man's a shark. · 0 minutes ago
Amen. I have been troubled by conservatives who have complained about Romney's tactics, starting with Gingrich himself. For years, conservatives--especially Rush Limbaugh--have lamented that Republican leaders won't take the fight to Democrats and fight fire with fire. Romney now appears to be such a fighter, and many conservatives are aghast. I want our candidate to have a smile on his face while his campaign stabs the opposition in the back.
Unlike you, I want a candidate who can make a positive case for conservative principles. That's the kind of fighter I want--not a backstabbing snake.
Nov '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
This idea that this dishonest creepiness is what conservatives have meant when we said we wanted someone who would fight--this is just insane. It shows how utterly out of touch Romney and his supporters are with conservatism, that they would think that this ugly behavior answers some need in real conservatives.
Dec '11
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Thanks to the magic of DVR, I'm about 30minutes behind. Just watching Newt's very good speech. But he needs to smile more. Too much bulldog face even when delivering laugh lines.
May '11
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Romney's running an outstanding race. He is using his advantage in money and organization to defeat his opponents. Can't wait to watch him use these advantages in the general...oh wait Just a little gallows humor. Looking at the map it looks like Newt won Alabama and Ga. Mitt won N.j., N.Y. and maybe Ill. On the plus side Mitt appears to have done well on I-4. This is encouraging since we will be trotting him out in the general. Finally, at the risk of upsetting a great many people, a note to Mitch, Chris, Paul and Jeb. I let people shoot at me because I felt this country was worth it. And you can't run for president? Really? They give you a really cool plane. And a helo too.
Dec '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
Mitt Romney gave a good victory speech - but I kept wondering what he would specifically do ("America needs X, and I'll do it!").
Gingrich, by contrast, specifically said he'd ask Congress to remain in session and repeal ObamaCare, and Dodd-Frank, and Sarbanes-Oxley, and have those repeal bills on his desk for right after his swearing-in so that he can sign them and issue a host of Executive Orders in the couple of hours between the swearing-in and the Inaugural Balls.
I liked Gingrich's speech better.
Jul '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
You are right that there is a long way to go but that figure you cite is grossly misleading.
Newt has been trounced, trounced, three out of four times.
His campaign was an uncoordinated mess from day one. Now?
Try getting a loan for a business that's losing money and volume.
Newt is nearly done. It will be extremely difficult for him to raise money and build an organization, to say the least.
Perhaps Santorum will surprise, but he is a massive underdog.
Edited on February 1, 2012 at 4:06amDec '10
Re: Romney's Landslide Victory in Florida
James Of England
With the anticipated exciting race of the night (Santorum/ Paul) having resulted in an overwhelming victory for the clearly not third party candidate, I agree that this is the most exciting part of the contest for the remainder of the night.
Will Romney beat Santorum + Newt? 24% of the vote still to be counted. · 1 hour ago
It's almost a dead-on tie.