Blog Post 3.1 "Iowa Caucus Results"

January 3, 2011 was the date for the 2012 Iowa Republican Caucus. The results were surprising because of the 8 vote lead between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.  The vote count was 30,015 votes for Romney and 30,007 for Santorum. Ron Paul came in third place with 21% of the vote and Newt Gingrich came in fourth place with 13% of the votes. 

The candidate responses were varied although the top four geared up for the New Hampshire Primary. The losers were easy to acknowledge as well. Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann came in fifth and sixth place respectively. They both put all of their resources into Iowa and their losses confirmed their doomed campaigns.

1. It was only an 8 point victory.

2. Romney and Santorum

3. Paul and Gingrich

4. Santorum will try to "get America to work" and Romney will "go to work to get america to work"

5. He's going to start responding in kind to negative ads.

6. He use to try to decry negative ads.

7. I think they are because they caused Gingrich to lose horribly.

8. Two debates, hours of TV ads, and countless campaign events leading up to the Granite State Primary

9. He has already one the Iowa caucus meaning people no more of him and he has a lot of votes to be the Republican candidate

10. Primaries are less likely to change than caucus.

11. South Carolina is more of a Conservative state than New Hampshire and Iowa

12. Democrats, independents, young people and genuinely excited volunteers

13. Rick Santorum will probably run ahead of Mitt Romney or they will be neck and neck for the entire race.