Mitt Romney has been announced as the winner of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll with nearly 38% of the vote. This is big news for Mr. Romney who is looking to over come recent losses in the last three primary/caucus events to Rick Santorum. Though Santorum…
(Source: washingtontimes.com, via kopoint)
Maine is the only contest today on deck in the GOP primary/caucus schedule, however it may be an important day for either Ron Paul or Mitt Romney depending on the results. Many feel that Maine may be the state that gives Ron Paul his first win this election season, but some also feel it will be…
(Source: reuters.com, via kopoint)
Just in case you were unaware, today brings a lone caucus event in Maine. With all of the turmoil as of late, it is difficult to say for sure where this caucus is going to fall. To stay up to date on results be sure to check out a few of the following tracking sites:
(via kopoint)
In an effort to keep everyone up to date with the latest and greatest information directly from the source, be sure to check out Nevada’s State Election website for results starting tomorrow.
Google Politics will also be running their new shiny results tracking website starting at 8pm EST / 5pm PT.
Check them out and let us know what you think!
(via kopoint)
KoPoint Politics | South Carolina
This weekend the KoPoint Wire will follow the GOP nomination campaign to Charleston, South Carolina. Doc Stodden and Chris Poirier continue their Political Explainer with podcast series while Dan Patterson hits the @CNN debate, the spin room, and primary radio row.
Follow our curated coverage at #Campaign2012.
(Source: kopoint)
Slowly building some numbers on social media followers of GOP candidates:
Primary (Not Campaign Profile) Twitter (as of 8JAN12):
Roemer: 14,240
Romney: 235,808
Gingrich: 1,388,708
Paul: 166,302
Huntsman: 70,827
Bachmann: 128,584
Perry: 116,671
Santorum: 74,004
Cain: 170,065
Primary (Not Campaign Profile) Facebook (as of 9JAN12):
Roemer: 12,098
Romney: 1,302,218
Gingrich: 226,941
Paul: 708,596
Huntsman: 35,276
Bachmann: 459,905
Perry: 180,540
Santorum: 72,921
Cain: 383,450 (Note: Does not appear in “top search results”
Google+ (as of 9JAN12):
Roemer: 2,273
Romney: 4,911
Gingrich: 63,314
Paul: 114,955
Huntsman: 1,585 (Not in use by candidate)
Bachmann: No Profile
Perry: 5 (Official campaign, no personal profile)
Santorum: No Profile
Cain: 72,257
YouTube Subscribers (as of 9JAN12):
Roemer: 440
Romney: 3,334
Gingrich: 7,686
Paul: 41,098
Huntsman: 949
Bachmann: 2,896
Perry: 3,399
Santorum: 1,155
Cain: 4,379
What other sources should I look into? Will write a piece around this by the end of the week, help a brother out!
