Arizona, Michigan Primary Recap

Both Michigan and Arizona went to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s Republican Primary, giving him a huge boost of momentum heading into next week and supper Tuesday, when ten states will hold their primaries.

Romney won Arizona with 47 percent of the vote, while Rick Santorum came in second place with 26 percent of the vote. Newt Gingrich finished third and Ron Paul finished fourth.

The win in Arizona shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to the Romney supporters because of other republican candidates not spending the time or resources in Arizona and the endorsement Romney received from Arizona Senator and former presidential hopeful John McCain.

Romney took the time during his victory Tuesday to thank McCain for his “Tireless work” and saying of McCain “what a hero.”

Romney picks up the states 29 delegates with the victory in the winner take all state of Arizona.

In Romney’s home state of Michigan he came away with 41 percent of the vote compared to Santorum’s 38 percent. Paul came in third and Gingrich finished fourth.

Romney dominated the Metro-Detroit area of Michigan, but struggled in the less populated areas of the state where Santorum faired much better.

In Oakland Country Romney won 50 percent of the vote, beating the second place finisher Santorum by around 30,000 votes.

Santorum did best with Evangelical voters in the state of Michigan. According to a CNN exit poll, 51 percent of voters who were Evangelical/Born Again, voted for Santorum and 50 percent of people voted for Santorum if religious beliefs of a candidate mattered a great deal or somewhat to them.

Romney won big with voters in Michigan that made over $100k a year, capturing 48 percent of those votes according to a CNN exit poll.

 

Among voters 18-29 Paul faired the best out of all the candidates in Michigan, getting 37 percent of the vote, according to a CNN exit poll.

Romney is currently leading all republican candidates with 165 delegates, Santorum has 44, Gingrich has 38 and Paul has 27. The number of delegates a Republican candidate needs to win in order to be the nominee for the party is 1,144.