Maine results thread.

[I'm JewCon in name only.]

All jurisdictions should move to primaries and scrap the caucus method.

Republican primaries should be open to registered Republicans only.

Democratic primaries should be open to registered Democrats only.

All jurisdictions should have delegates awarded in proportion to their percentage of the popular vote received.

The drawback I see, however, is this may lead to no candidate receiving a majority of the delegates by the time of the convention, in a hotly contested nomination race.

Amen

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Has anyone made the obvious (cheap) word-based 'joke' yet?

[Mehmentum]

Amazing how long this thread has lasted.

[Joe Republic]

Amazing how long this thread has lasted.

And people said that my state's GOP were incompetent and inefficient!

[Politico]

All jurisdictions should move to primaries and scrap the caucus method.

Republican primaries should be open to registered Republicans only.

Democratic primaries should be open to registered Democrats only.

All jurisdictions should have delegates awarded in proportion to their percentage of the popular vote received.

The drawback I see, however, is this may lead to no candidate receiving a majority of the delegates by the time of the convention, in a hotly contested nomination race.

Amen

I second this. It is absolutely absurd that Rick Santorum might win more states thanks to the support of Democrats For Obama.

[Badger]

All jurisdictions should move to primaries and scrap the caucus method.

Republican primaries should be open to registered Republicans only.

Democratic primaries should be open to registered Democrats only.

All jurisdictions should have delegates awarded in proportion to their percentage of the popular vote received.

The drawback I see, however, is this may lead to no candidate receiving a majority of the delegates by the time of the convention, in a hotly contested nomination race.

Amen

I second this. It is absolutely absurd that Rick Santorum might win more states thanks to the support of Democrats For Obama.

Ah, so THIS is the 'operation backdoor' you've been prattling about......

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

All jurisdictions should move to primaries and scrap the caucus method.

Republican primaries should be open to registered Republicans only.

Democratic primaries should be open to registered Democrats only.

All jurisdictions should have delegates awarded in proportion to their percentage of the popular vote received.

The drawback I see, however, is this may lead to no candidate receiving a majority of the delegates by the time of the convention, in a hotly contested nomination race.

Amen

I second this. It is absolutely absurd that Rick Santorum might win more states thanks to the support of Democrats For Obama.

Blame the state parties.  It's the Republican Party's fault they have open primaries/caucuses.

[ajb]

All jurisdictions should move to primaries and scrap the caucus method.

Republican primaries should be open to registered Republicans only.

Democratic primaries should be open to registered Democrats only.

All jurisdictions should have delegates awarded in proportion to their percentage of the popular vote received.

The drawback I see, however, is this may lead to no candidate receiving a majority of the delegates by the time of the convention, in a hotly contested nomination race.

Amen

I second this. It is absolutely absurd that Rick Santorum might win more states thanks to the support of Democrats For Obama.

But the only way an Operation Backdoor kind of thing could ever work would be if the party affected was either so bad at getting out the vote, or its rank-and-file were so disaffected, that their numbers could be swamped by outsiders.

Oh, wait...

[Wisconsin+17]

Uh, last I checked Santorum was winning among 'Conservative', and 'Very Conservative.'

But do go on about how 'Operation backdoor' is beating Romney.

As I predicted, the margin will narrow - but there's just not enough votes out there to beat Romney in Maine. Pity. 100+ vote margin in the NE? That's a loss.

Also good to see Santorum pushing 20 percent in Maine with Gingrich so far behind. He's basically gone up 8 points from NH.

[RI]

Uh, last I checked Santorum was winning among 'Conservative', and 'Very Conservative.'

But do go on about how 'Operation backdoor' is beating Romney.

As I predicted, the margin will narrow - but there's just not enough votes out there to beat Romney in Maine. Pity. 100+ vote margin in the NE? That's a loss.

Also good to see Santorum pushing 20 percent in Maine with Gingrich so far behind. He's basically gone up 8 points from NH.

Santorum's pretty much doubled his vote share from NH to ME.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

So is there any last-chance hope for Paul?

[Lincoln Republican]

So is there any last-chance hope for Paul?

No, even after Washington County results, which Paul won, Romney still holds a 156 vote lead statewide overall.

[Joe Republic]

So is there any last-chance hope for Paul?

No, even after Washington County results, which Paul won, Romney still holds a 156 vote lead statewide overall.

And what a massive victory it is:  The total number of votes for Romney in the entire state of Maine is equivalent to nearly 3% of the number of votes he lost South Carolina by.

[Reginald]

... Are we still waiting for the official results here? There don't appear to be any updates from the past couple of days.

[RI]

... Are we still waiting for the official results here? There don't appear to be any updates from the past couple of days.

All but one of the towns have caucused. Then we have to wait for the Maine GOP to decide what to do with the latter results.