А вот описание того, как проходили выборы в Вермонте, где, кстати говоря, Пол набрал на 10% голосов больше чем ему обещали опросы. Там, похоже, было все что угодно, но процедура выборов была соблюдена. Как люди пришедшие на выборы проголосовали - такие результаты и получились. Казалось бы, как просто, но именно на этой простоте и основано свободное общество. По крайней мере, ничего из того о чем нам пишет г-н Биркин, там не было.
"GOP presidential primary candidate Mitt Romney won Vermont as predicted, but he came up short when it came down to nailing delegates. The former Massachusetts governor garnered 39 percent of the vote, 11 points short of the 50 percent he needed to grab all 17 delegates from the Green Mountain State. In the end, Romney walked away with 11 Vermonters on his delegate tally.
Longtime political observer Eric Davis says Romney’s shortfall was consistent with his performance in other states where he has seen sharp competition from his rivals. Rick Santorum has attracted socially conservative voters in the Midwest, and even in Vermont won 23.5 percent of the vote. Romney’s Libertarian rival, Ron Paul, did particularly well, Davis says, because his anti-war message resonated with independent voters and enabled him to siphon off votes. Paul received 25.6 percent of the primary ballots in Vermont, according to unofficial statewide election numbers.
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Romney’s real problem, Davis said, was Ron Paul, who won close to 100 towns. Independent voters who live north of Routes 2 and 302 and tend to be Sen. Bernie Sanders supporters were more likely to vote for Paul over Romney. That’s in part because Paul, a noninterventionist libertarian, ran as a “candidate for peace” — he wants American troops pulled out of Afghanistan.
Paul would not have upset the apple cart, however, if Democrats and independents hadn’t voted in the Republican presidential primary, Davis said. Though there was no evidence that the Democratic Party organized a get out the Santorum vote, but it was clear, he said, that the primary attracted a lot of independents. Exit polls show that about 49 percent of the presidential primary voters were Republican, 41 percent were independents and 10 percent were Democrats, Davis says. About 31,536 Vermonters cast ballots for President Barack Obama on the Democratic ticket; 45,366 voters participated in the Republican primary.
Putney, Gov. Peter Shumlin’s hometown, overwhelmingly supported Santorum. Davis suspects the votes came from Democrats. ..."
http://vtdigger.org/2012/03/08/super-tu ... om-romney/