Unit 3: Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media

“Romney wins Washington state caucuses”

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/03/politics/washington-caucuses/index.html  

Synopsis: Mitt Romney has won the Republican caucuses in Washington. Washington is the last state to hold their caucuses before Super Tuesday, when ten states hold their primaries, and holds 40 delegates. Washington holds open caucuses meaning that Democrats and Independents also came out to vote. Romney won Washington with 38% of the vote. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul were very close to each other with their percent of the vote. Santorum had 24% and Paul had 25%. Newt Gingrich had 10% of the vote.

Analysis: Washington was the last state to vote before Super Tuesday where many delegates are at stake. Super Tuesday could change the whole GOP race with so many states holding their primaries and so many delegates at stake.  I think that the reason that all the presidential candidates campaigned so much in Washington was that with its forty delegates whoever won the majority of them had some kind of security going into Super Tuesday. Also, with their win so close to Super Tuesday it could cause more people to look into the candidate and see what their opinions are on certain issues, and maybe decided to vote for them, because so many people voted for them in Washington.