Today the voters of New Hampshire took to the polls and cast their ballot for the next Republican candidate to run against President Barack Obama. With polls closed and the votes counted New Hampshire has cast is vote for Gov. Mitt Romney with 38.3 % according to USA Today. Analysts have predicted a Romney victory, but the big question was who would take second? Second place went to Ron Paul with 23.3% of the vote.
This primary, among other things, says a lot for who can take on Pres. Barack Obama. With a big win in Iowa with the evangelicals Sen. Rick Santorum tied Romney, but those strong religious views don’t sit well with the East or California. In order to beat Pres. Obama one has to take the east coast as well as Texas, California, or Illinois; just winning the south won’t secure a victory. If Romney can win a few southern primaries in order to show social conservatives will vote for him; as well as New York’s a big east coast state I believe he will win against Pres. Obama in the fall. I also feel the big story here is Gov. Huntsman with 17% of the vote coming in third. This shows a strong moderate Republican following.
Now among all of that it is showing some candidates might need to start thinking when a time to drop is. With Gov. Perry only taking .7% of the vote, Gingrich taking 9.6% it might be time for them to say farewell. However I think it will take a loss in South Carolina to show some candidates the ride is over.
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