April 3 states (WI, MD, DC) results thread

[Mr. Morden]

I believe Maryland and DC polls close at 8pm Eastern, while Wisconsin polls close at 9pm Eastern / 8 pm Central.  Don't know about the TV schedule.

[Mr. Morden]

Early exits:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/wisconsin-exit-polls-8-in-10-voters-believe-romney-will-be-gop-nominee/

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[Mr. Morden]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/04/03/20120403exit-poll-romney-seen-eventual-nominee.html

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And Scott Walker's job approval rating among GOP primary voters is 82%.

[Mr. Morden]

Maryland exit poll (roughly):

http://edition.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/epolls/md

Romney 49%
Santorum 28%
Gingrich 11%
Paul 10%

[Mr. Morden]

CNN calls Maryland for Romney. No projection for DC.

Looks like there was no exit poll done in DC, so they have nothing to project with.

[Mr. Morden]

Maryland exit poll shows enormous variations with age.  Santorum actually won voters under 45, while Romney beats him 61%-20% among voters over 65.

Also, problems with vote counting machines reading in the absentee ballots in Milwaukee County, WI:

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/145951725.html

[Mr. Morden]

The Wisconsin exit poll has Santorum winning Democrats who voted in the GOP primary, while Romney's cleaning up among Republicans, with Independents in between with a slight tilt towards Romney.  Santorum also wins both those who say that Romney's "too conservative" and those who say he's "not conservative enough".