Only two
primaries were held this week, in Puerto Rico and Illinois. Both elections were
wins for Romney. They provided him with gains of 20 and 42 delegates
respectively. Neither race was particularly close, with Romney winning by at
least 10% in both cases. These results are not particularly surprising given
the previous trend. Romney wins consistently in states that are traditionally
less conservative. This makes sense since Santorum is the more polarizingly
conservative of the two candidates. With the wins, Romney’s delegate count
moves up to 560, while Santorum’s delegate remains 246. As it has for much of
this primary season, Mitt Romney remains the frontrunner. Realistically, in
order for Santorum to have a shot at winning the nomination, he would have to
win a significant number of delegates from states that are generally found to
be more moderate. The only way this could happen is if some damaging
information became available about Romney, and even then it would be unlikely.
Still, it is physically possible, so I will not call it officially for a few
more weeks.
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One of the
primaries this week was in Puerto Rico. Many people are unclear about the
voting rights of Puerto Ricans given their status in relation to the United
States. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the U.S., meaning that citizens of
Puerto Rico are also citizens of the United States. They have social security
numbers and do not need to go through any special process to move from the
island to mainland America. Based on this, people who live in Puerto Rico are
able to vote in the primaries. However, people who live in Puerto Rico cannot
vote in the general elections in November, unless they move to mainland America
and register to vote where they live.
The last
primary in March is Saturday the 24th in Louisianna. Following that,
the next primaries are on April 3rd.
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