59% now in...Santorum 24%, Romney 24%, Paul 22%

[brooklynite]

CNN observing a lot of the western Counties which are Evangelical territory haven't reported in yet.

[jimlup]

1. But they are still on 59% right so it can still flip I guess

Is Iowa winner take all? Must not be... that was a stupid question. How are the delegates apportioned?

[brooklynite]

3. It's 59% on the TV display.

And no, it's proportional representation.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

5. Not a dumb question at all. If I remember correctly, the delegates are apportioned on a proportional

basis. For instance, if Santorum gets 25%, he'll receive 25% of the 25 delegates. Can't do the math in my head right now. LOL!!

[Renew Deal]

8. I think it's winner take all for most republican states

Democrats are proportional.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

13. Thanks! That helps quite a bit. Edit...

ETA: I just found out that RepubliCONs changed the IA caucuses to a proportional system. It used to be Winner Take All. Now, it's proportional...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

2. Look at the vote spread between Santorum and Mittens. It's widening. I want Mittens to be third!

[oberliner]

4. How the hell did Santorum do this?

It baffles me.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. I think it's great! Mittens spent all that money!!

[ShadowLiberal]

9. By peeking at the right time, too late for media scrunity to destroy his lead

I live in PA, so believe me, Santorum has lots of problems, it's part of why Santorum lost his last statewide election here in PA by a 3 to 2 margin.

What Santorum did right is through dumb luck peeking really late, before the media had time to shine a bright spotlight on him and cause him to collapse like Newt and the others.

Also his really radical social views probably help here in Iowa.

Also looks like Santorum's lead is widening, to almost 2 points now.

Edit: Holy cow that's a lot of votes coming in all of a sudden, now Romney's up by half a point.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

14. Romney is going to steal this thing!!!

[joshcryer]

11. With such poor candidates the media controlled the narrative completely.

Santorum didn't do anything, the media did.

[Renew Deal]

6. I wonder if it's nefarious

Seems suspicious.

[1stlady]

10. He attacked black folks

That gave him that last minute bounce that he needed.

[Tx4obama]

12. Cain and Roemer are tied for last place, so far. See link below

Iowa results for all NINE GOPers on the right side of page here: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/