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Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Live Blogging Super Tuesday- Exit Polls, Results and Live Discussion On 3/6/12

By Susan Duclos

[Update] Winners and placements below in alphabetical order:

Alaska- Romney, Santorum, Paul and Gingrich
Georgia- Gingrich, Romney, Sanorum and Paul
Idaho- Romney, Santorum, Paul and Gingrich
Mass.- Romney, Santorum, Paul and Gingrich
North Dakota- Santorum, Romney, Paul and Gingrich
Ohio- Projected Winner, Romney (38%), Sanotrum (37%), Gingrich and Paul [Note- 97% reported at this]
Oklahoma- Sanotrum, Romney,Gingrich and Paul
Tennessee- Santorum, Romney, Gingrich and Paul
Vermont- Romney, Paul, Santorum and Gingrich
Virginia- Romney and Paul (Sanotrum, Gingrich not on ballot)

Joining with Right Pundits, Wake up America readers can join in with the live blogging and live discussions on exit polling and tracking results throughout Super Tuesday beginning at 7pm Eastern on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

At 7pm ET click on the Cover It Live embed below to start chatting with the group, answer the polling questions, follow the links provided to see real time election results and debate the pro and cons of your preferred candidate.



Watching the Results:

http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/calendar (Click state)
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries.html (Drop menu for states)
http://www.cbsnews.com/primary-election-results-2012 (Arrow to next state)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012-primary-calendar (Click state)

The ten states holding their contests are, Alaska (caucus)- 27 delegates, Georgia (primary)- 76 delegates, Idaho (caucus)- 32 delegates, Massachusetts (primary)- 41 delegates, North Dakota (caucus)- 28 delegates, Ohio (primary)- 66 delegates, Oklahoma (primary)- 43 delegates, Tennessee (primary)-58 delegates, Vermont (primary)- 17 delegates, and Virginia (primary)- 49 delegates.

(Delegate information via The Green Papers Republican Delegate Allocation)


[Update] Raw Data: Super Tuesday poll opening and closing times

Alaska Caucuses:
Convene: 4 p.m. Alaska time (four hours behind ET)
Close: 8 p.m. Alaska time

Georgia Primaries:

Polls open: 7 a.m. ET
Polls close: 7 p.m. ET

Idaho Caucuses:
Convene: 7 p.m. MT
Close: TBD. Voting takes place in successive rounds. After each round, the candidate receiving the fewest votes and any candidate receiving fewer than 15 percent of the caucus vote are removed from the ballot. Voting continues until a single candidate receives greater than 50 percent of the vote or until a final vote is taken for the final two candidates.

Massachusetts Primary:
Open: 7 a.m. ET
Close: 8 p.m. ET

North Dakota Caucuses:
Convene: 5:30 a.m. CT/MT
Close: 8 p.m. CT/MT

Ohio Primary:
Open: 6:30 a.m. ET
Close: 7:30 p.m ET

Oklahoma Primary:
Open: 7 a.m. CT
Close: 8 p.m. CT

Tennessee Primary:
Open: 7 a.m. ET/CT
Close: 8 p.m. ET/CT

Vermont Primary:
Open: 7 a.m. ET
Close: 7 p.m. ET

Virginia Primary:
Open: 6:00 a.m. ET
Close: 7:00 p.m. ET



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