You can find today’s GOP primary/caucus results… — 5 Comments
I forgot there were primaries today. Pretty important ones, too. But getting to bed on time on the East Coast is also important.
AZ looks like the vanity of the bonfires. Thus, ember by ember the republic slouches towards the district of the criminals.
Just got back from the Utah Republican caucus here. We met and voted by precinct at a middle school, and the turnout was remarkable. I hit a traffic jam 7 blocks from the school and ended up parking at a super market 1/2 mile away. The word was that 10,000 people were expected and at least twice that showed up.
Most of the caucus business was voting for precinct officers — chair, vice chair, secretary, and treasurer — and representatives for county and state conventions. At the end there was a secret ballot for president. The presidential votes get counted at the county level, so I don’t expect results until much later tonight. There was no presidential politicking, but several of the candidates for the other spots were asked their preference. I counted 7 for Cruz and 1 for Kasich and I expect Carson would have taken several if he were still running. In any case, the tone was “Cruz of course, do you think I’m crazy?” I’d say there was a strong, if unexpressed, anti Trump undercurrent. It will be interesting to see what the final count is.
The ratio at my precinct in Layton was about the same as Chuck’s. Final tally was Cruz 86, Kasich 15 and Trump 9.
Boy, did I read AZ wrong. The early voter situation hadn’t occurred to me, but it didn’t determine the outcome anyway. You could see by the later vote totals that Trump kept his lead.
Just as I said before, Trump is always close to his poll numbers. When I saw the last poll the day before the primary, I’d hoped it was a mistake, but it wasn’t.
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I forgot there were primaries today. Pretty important ones, too. But getting to bed on time on the East Coast is also important.
AZ looks like the vanity of the bonfires. Thus, ember by ember the republic slouches towards the district of the criminals.
Just got back from the Utah Republican caucus here. We met and voted by precinct at a middle school, and the turnout was remarkable. I hit a traffic jam 7 blocks from the school and ended up parking at a super market 1/2 mile away. The word was that 10,000 people were expected and at least twice that showed up.
Most of the caucus business was voting for precinct officers — chair, vice chair, secretary, and treasurer — and representatives for county and state conventions. At the end there was a secret ballot for president. The presidential votes get counted at the county level, so I don’t expect results until much later tonight. There was no presidential politicking, but several of the candidates for the other spots were asked their preference. I counted 7 for Cruz and 1 for Kasich and I expect Carson would have taken several if he were still running. In any case, the tone was “Cruz of course, do you think I’m crazy?” I’d say there was a strong, if unexpressed, anti Trump undercurrent. It will be interesting to see what the final count is.
The ratio at my precinct in Layton was about the same as Chuck’s. Final tally was Cruz 86, Kasich 15 and Trump 9.
Boy, did I read AZ wrong. The early voter situation hadn’t occurred to me, but it didn’t determine the outcome anyway. You could see by the later vote totals that Trump kept his lead.
Just as I said before, Trump is always close to his poll numbers. When I saw the last poll the day before the primary, I’d hoped it was a mistake, but it wasn’t.