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Quinnipiac poll: Santorum leads Ohio by 7
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The OT states: "among Ohio likely Republican primary voters with 36 percent".

So here is what I want to know ...
How many total "likely Republican primary voters" are there in Ohio?
What percentage of the actual population of Ohio is involved with this?

I think the main stream media inflate these "primary" stories to higher levels of relevance than they actually are. How else would they sell papers, or how would FOX and MSNBC fill their 24 hour news cycle?

Why not a story like - Here's how many Registered Voters voted in South Carolina's Open Republican Primary in 2012.

Total SC Registered voters in 2012 = 2,804,231
Total votes cast in Republican Primary = 603,770 (21.5% of Registered Voters)

Gingrich, 241,508, 40% of R, 8.6% of total SC Voters
Romney, 167,848, 27.8% of R, 5.9% of total SC Voters
Santorum, 102,037, 16.9% of R, 3.6% of total SC Voters
Paul, 78,491, 13% of R, 2.7% of total SC Voters

So, Newt Gingrich "won" South Carolina with 8.6% of possible votes. Not a landslide victory by any means. Establishment Republican favorite Romney garnered only 5.9% of possible votes.

I don't usually vote Republican and I live in California. The California Primary is June 5, 2012. For Republicans who DO live in California, what actual chance does their vote have in determining who the Republican candidate will be in the General Election?

I think there's something wrong with the Primary system.
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Re: Quinnipiac poll: Santorum leads Ohio by 7 - by BCam - 02-16-2012, 03:30 PM

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