Tomorrow Republican Tea Party (GOTP) types will vote for which of the four horsemen of the GOPocalypse they hope will win their party’s presidential nomination.
Willard Mittens Romney won Tuesday’s Arizona’s Winner Take All Primary with 29 delegates, and barely squeaked by in his home state of Michigan’s Hybrid Primary winning 16 of 30 delegates, while Ricky Santorum won the remaining 14.
In Washington’s Non-Binding Caucus with 43 delegates – 3 Mar 12; a new PPP (D) poll of likely voters conducted 29 Feb – 1 Mar 12: Romney 37; Santorum 32; Paul 16 and Gingrich 13 with 2% undecided.
Super Tuesday (6 Mar 12)
Alaska’s Proportional Caucus with 27 delegates; no polling info …
Georgia Proportional Primary with 76 delegates; SurveyUSA poll of likely voters conducted 23 – 26 Feb 12: Gingrich 39; Romney 24; Santorum 23 and Paul 9 with 5% undecided. Newt is showing a second wind, at least in his home state – for the moment.
Idaho’s Non-Binding Caucus with 32 delegates; no polling info …
Massachusetts Proportional Primary with 41 delegates; Suffolk/7News poll of likely voters conducted 11 – 15 Feb 12: Romney 64; Santorum 16; Paul 7 and Gingrich 6 and with 7% undecided.
North Dakota’s Non-Binding Caucus with 28 delegates; no polling info …
Ohio Proportional Primary with 66 delegates; Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 1 Mar 12: Santorum 33; Romney 31; Gingrich 15 and Paul 11 with 10% undecided.
Oklahoma Proportional Primary with 43 delegates; Rasmussen Reports of likely voters conducted 21 Feb 12: Santorum 43; Gingrich 22; Romney 18 and Paul 7 with 10% undecided.
Tennessee’s Proportional Primary with 58 delegates; no polling info …
In Vermont’s Hybrid Primary with 17 delegates; Castleton State College poll of likely voters conducted 11 – 11 Feb 12: Romney 34; Santorum 27; Paul 14 and Gingrich 10 with 15% undecided
Virginia Hybrid Primary (where only Romney and Paul are on the ballot) with 49 delegates; a new CNU/Times-Dispatch poll of likely voters conducted 4 – 13 Feb 12: Romney 53 and Paul 23 with 24% undecided.
The regular season records for the gallant candidates: Romney 6; Santorum 3; Gingrich 1 and Paul 0 with Maine still unbelievably yet to be determined.
The GOTP Delegate Count to date is: Romney 154; Santorum 69; Gingrich 33 and Paul 26.
The current GOTP Popular Vote Count is:
Romney 1,749,677
Gingrich 978,229
Santorum 932,508
Paul 463,176
Nationally the GOTP Nomination according to the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of registered voters conducted 29 Feb 12: Romney 40; Santorum 24; Gingrich 16 and Paul 12 with 8% undecided.
So, how does each of the Four Horseman of the GOPocalypse stack up against the President? The latest Rasmussen Tracking poll of likely voters conducted 28 Feb – 1 Mar 12; if the general election were held today:
President Obama 48/Romney 42
President Obama 46/Santorum 43
If the GOTP clown car had finally stopped spinning, and the general election was held today, Mittens Romney would be the GOTP nominee, and he’d lose to President Obama in the general election.
Electoral maps are shaping up as follows: