Official NH Primary Results Thread

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Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich are said to gain an advantage due to their positioning on the ballot.

How? They're right in the middle?

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I am now projecting that Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary.

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I'm fine with where Romney's headed in New Hampshire - granted, it's not the 45% he was polling a week ago, but let's all keep in mind that Romney has been the center of almost all attacks of the past week there. I would have been surprised if Romney had been able to get over 40%. Where he's at now, winning this by double-digits, is certainly not a failure.

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For anyone interested, you can go on Fox New's website and listen to the Romney victory speech. Ann is speaking right now, and is doing great, as usual.

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at the haters trying to dismiss this as a failure.

Mitt Romney has been brutally attacked for the past week, similar to what happened to Gingrich in Iowa. The only difference is, Mitt fought back and maintained the lead. Gingrich faltered and took a dismal 4th place.

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So Romney only got about 35%? Piss poor for the regional candidate who's supposed to be the frontrunner.

He could win 99% and you Democrats would never be satisfied.

You think 35% is a strong showing for him?

Considering the amount of attacks that have been thrown at him in the past week, yes.

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This speech is incredibly generic, but it isn't awful. He'll need some new, clever lines for the General Election.

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It's a sad day for America when only one Protestant polls above 1% in a Republican primary.

Ron Paul isn't protestant? I thought he was Baptist.

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It's a sad day for America when only one Protestant polls above 1% in a Republican primary.

Ron Paul isn't protestant? I thought he was Baptist.

Precisely. ONE Protestant is polling over 1%. That ONE person is Ron Paul.

I assumed he was referring to Perry, since Perry is at 1% right now.

Damn, he must feel really lame tonight. He was once polling 18% there.

[tmthforu94]

Romney's up to 37% right now. A 13% lead on Paul. Gingrich leads Santorum by around 150 votes.

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Paul's crowd is amazing tonight. lol

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Romney's up to 38%, FWIW. It'd be ironic if he hit 40%, considering all the bashing that's been going on here, saying he's a complete failure for NOT breaking 40.

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I'm laughing at all the comments early on tonight saying tonight was a failure for Romney, saying that when he was at 34% and led Paul by 9-10. Now he's hovering around 40%, the spot they were criticizing him for not reach, and leads Paul by 17-18. Curious to see if they still think tonight was a failure for Romney.

BTW. Great maps Homely!

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Tonight was completely unremarkable for Romney, just like most nights in his public life (not Iowa, though; that was a relative triumph).

Sure, Romney didn't blow anyone away, but it certainly wasn't a failure either. He'll be getting momentum from this, its just a matter of it will be enough to withstand Newt Gingrichs suicide mission to take him down.

Its hard to completely wipe everyone out in a state when the airwaves are filled with anti-Romney ads and there were many attacks in the final debate.

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Also, to the political junkie, this may not have been a great win for Romney. But to the average GOP voter, they're going to wake up tomorrow, read their paper and see Romney easily carried NH, and think "Okay, he's going to be our nominee. I support him." An underwhelming performance could have put everything at risk. Instead, Mitt stayed solid, and did what needed to be done. Now, barring something crazy, he'll slip through SC, take Florida, and the nomination will be his.