How many ways can an Electoral College tie happen?

So what's up with Santorum? Now he is winning three states at once?

Quote: pacomartin

So what's up with Santorum? Now he is winning three states at once?

Kind of wild. I think Romney ignored the smaller, cacus states here and Rick took them. Many GOP voters, myself included, see Romney as another establishment Dole/McCain and are still not sold. Mitt seems to think the whole thing should have been handed to him, but he is now learning that to be the man you have to bear the man.

Or is that the wrong Rick?

Quote: AZDuffman

Or is that the wrong Rick?

Rick Santorum from Penn Hills (suburb of Pittsburgh). Two term Representative from PA 18th district, and two term United States Senator from Pennsylvania (January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007).

In the November 7, 2006 election, Santorum lost by over 700,000 votes, receiving 41% of the vote to Casey's 59%, the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent senator since 1980 and the largest losing margin for an incumbent Republican senator ever. So if he wins the candidacy it would be one of the more amazing comebacks in history.

Part of the reason he lost is that Casey was also anti-abortion. Pennsylvania has many abortion single-issue voters, and since there was no choice to be made, the Democratic candidate won. Plus Democrats were dominating in 2006, with widespread dissatisfaction with Republicans.

Catholics remain roughly 25% of the country for most of the last half century since our only Catholic President (JFK). Latino immigrations keeps the Catholic percentage steady.

Rick S. seems to have caught the attention of a lot of Catholics who are particularly displeased with Obama's insistence that the church pay for contraceptives and abortions for their employees.