Comments on: The Huntsman-Santorum Effect: Will Republicans Become Self Aware? https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/10/the-huntsman-santorum-effect-will-republicans-become-self-aware/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:21:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/10/the-huntsman-santorum-effect-will-republicans-become-self-aware/#comment-19491 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:21:13 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1910#comment-19491 Merrimack is on the border.

]]> By: daniellavine https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/10/the-huntsman-santorum-effect-will-republicans-become-self-aware/#comment-19490 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:46:05 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1910#comment-19490 As I’ve pointed out elsewhere, NH Republicans are a different breed from those in most red states. As a result, NH Republican primaries are almost always a pretty bad indicator of the results of the other primaries. (McCain in 2000 ring any bells?) I don’t have any polls or statistics to back this up but in my experience NH Republicans tend to lean libertarian rather than social conservative.

Nailed in terms of many NH residents essentially living in Northachusetts. Wikipedia provides a few statistics, such as that the center of population is currently in Merrimack, NH (google to see how close to the MA border that is).

And nailed the fact that there was never any doubt Romney would win this primary because he’s a hero to pretty much all New England conservatives.

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