NEW YORK (CNN) – Mitt Romney scored well with Republican voters Saturday who ranked the economy and illegal immigration as major issues facing the country, according to early entrance poll results from the Nevada caucuses.
And the former Massachusetts governor also benefited from his Mormon religion.
The Associated Press projected Romney as the winner of the Nevada caucuses based on the entrance poll data, but CNN is still waiting for official results from the Nevada Republican Party before the network projects a winner.
Entrance poll results showed that the former Massachusetts governor did well on the economy and illegal immigration, which ranked first and second on the minds of GOP voters.
Romney also captured 94 percent of the voters who identified themselves as Mormon, which made up 25 percent of all Republicans participating in the GOP caucuses. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints estimates that there are 170,000 members living in Nevada.
– CNN’s Mark Preston and Keating Holland
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Dear sharon walker,
The next time you decide to go on an anti-Mormon rant, could you please be a little more coherent about it? I wasted too much time re-reading your babblings and trying to make sense of them. Thanks.
Allan Jones,
Thank you for your strong words. I am too sick and tired of people like J.P. It is a well know fact that AP hates Romney – every AP news article you read they criticize Romney. And now Boston Herald is on AP's wagon as well heralding the same trash. But Boston Herald endorsed McCain so I understand their strategy. They don't want to be embarrassed seeing their endorsee legging behind badly (in delegate count that is), so their strategy is to spew some dirt at the front-runner.
CONGRATULATIONS, Gov. Romney. You deserve it as you worked hard for it.
I just love how you social conservatives say that religion and race dont matter but you'll attack Obama at the drop of a hat. I guess its really hard to say that the Obama isnt experienced enough but then again alot of you social conservatives hate science, movies, tv and just about anything that is remotely fun because it doesnt promote Christian values and other dogmatic bs. Romney is a very good businessman their is no question of that but as a Latino I dont trust anyone whos religion says that my family is the spawn of Satin which probably does win points with alot of you social conservatives. You people complain about the PC liberals but you people should take a nice good look in the mirror because your all one in the same. I think when social conservatives say that they are tolerant they should have in fine print that says "white, heterosexual christians only". If there is a man in the Republican party that can reunite the country and tell the partisans on both sides to shut up its either Ron Paul or John McCain. This is Romney's moment so big props to him.
Sharon, you mentioned that Romney will let the illegals take over, yet you are supporting McCain. Wasn't it McCain that sponsored a bill with Ted Kennedy to allow illegals to stay and receive all the benefits of a citizen. I live in Ma. and Mitt changed bilingual education to english immersion, which has been highly successful, and he had the State Police working with Immigration Officials to enforce our laws, not look the other way. When he stepped into office Ma. had a large budget deficit and by the time he left we had a huge surplus. McCain is misleading people with this "Straight Talk Express". He may be a veteran, like myself, but he's not what this country needs right now. If you want to vote for someone that is a true leader vote"Mitt"
The two issues that matter most, the economy and our national border! Fix those Mitt and we will keep you in until 2016!
Vote smart America, Mitt means improving our nation where we need it most. He has a history of doing the right things for the right reasons!!
I am bothered by the way the media is reporting Romney’s win in Nevada. They attributed his first place finish to the “sizable Mormon population”, when in truth exit polls say that Mormon’s comprised 27% of the vote. The margin was so wide between first and second place that if ALL the Mormons stayed home Romney still would have won by 7% over the other candidates. It’s intellectual dishonestly to print such misleading headlines.
Enough with the Mormon thing! Only 25% of the GOP caucus goers were LDS, a far cry from the 60% Evangelical vote in Iowa and the projected 55% in SC. Honestly! Are we going to discount every state in which there's an LDS population in excess of 3%? The LDS people make up a whopping 7% of the population in NV and 12-14% in WY and yet somehow they're the reason why Romney wins. Give me a break. Romney is currently spanking McCain handily by a margin of 4 to 1. 4 to 1 people!!! How can that be attributable to the LDS voters if there were four times as many non-LDS voters? The math doesn't work. Sorry. Not a single Mormon could have voted for Romney today and he still would have won this thing handily. It just would have been 30% to 12-13%, still a humiliating defeat for McAmnesty
The other laughable element to this woodshed beating of McAmnesty is that everyone wanted to suggest that Romney should have dominated NH because he was the Governor of a neighboring state. Let's see. Romney was in MA for 4 years and was supposed to have a big advantage because of that. McAmnesty has been the Senator of a neighboring state to NV for 24 years (6x as long) and he just got taken to the cleaners. What gives? What's John's next excuse?
Let's face it. We're not going to get a candidate who has a perfect record on every issue and who has never changed their position. Indeed, I don't think I could vote for a person who was so dogmatic they couldn't reconsider a matter when circumstances change. It's a sign of personal growth.
Although I am a lifelong Democrat, I decided early on that I would vote for Romney. He is far from my idea of the perfect candidate but I think he is the best candidate to deal with the economy and his position on illegal immigration seals the deal for me. As to the war, I can only hope that he has the good judgment to surround himself with experts and the patience to work with other governments toward reconciliation.
Poles are reporting about half of Romney's Nevada votes came from Mormons, but even if you excuded them, he still won by over ten per cent.
Wake up people! America is long past due for a President that actually understands the economy, a President that understands what actually encourages job creation, a President that actually understands global economics and what this country must do to fight its way back to lead the world. Everybody else can talk and speculate and hope and repeat what they think they understood Greenspan to say, but Romney actually has credibility because that's what he spent his life doing.
VOTE ROMNEY – A PROVEN LEADER WITH THE EXPERIENCE TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY
When Mitt Romney took office as governor of Massachusetts, the state had a $1.2 billion deficit. Four years later it was in surplus. Fourth and eighth graders in Massachusetts achieved the highest scores in the nation in reading and math and his program of assessment, merit pay for good teachers, English immersion and a focus on math and science helped keep them at the top and he got all health insurance coverage. Romney is refreshingly articulate, exceedingly well prepared and self-disciplined, clearly an excellent manager with both private and government experience, happily married with a large, supportive family, and well within the mainstream of conservatism on every major issue. He is just the sort of candidate people complain that they never get. P.S. He saved the Olympics from bankruptcy making it a huge success, working without pay. His company brought us Dominoes Pizza, Stables and Timberland and many others. Valedictorion BA, MBA and Law from Harvard cum laude.
The comments should be about the candidates proven abilities not the People Magazine gossip and drivel.
Wise up America, this is life and death and the media is not helping because their agenda is ratings not selecting the best person to be president.
Posted by: CALIFORNIAMARTY
"Which candidate Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee is best equipped to handle
the worldwide economic problems of this country? Mitt Romney is a
proven extremely successful businessperson He was class valedictorian at
BYU and earned an MBA and a Law Degree from Harvard, cum laude Romney
has traveled the world over and solved the problems of major
corporations making so much money in the process that he served without pay as
Governor of Massachusetts.
Romney is the man they called in to bring the Salt Lake City Olympics
from financial disaster to financial success. He served refusing payment
and donated 1 million dollars as well. Huckabee who earned a
Bachelors degree Magna cum laude in religion at Ouchita He was Governor of
Arkansas with a terrible record of raising taxes.
Huckabee has no international business experience, nor does he claim
any.
Who is strongest between the two on national defense and crime? A man
who has been around the world and knows the difference between our
enemies and our friends–a man would not and did not pardon rapists or
murderers or the man from Arkansas who as governor pardoned over 1000
convicts, on requests from friends and relatives and over the strenuous
objections of law enforcement, including a convicted felon who committed
rape at knife point who when released by Huckabee, went on to rape and
kill?
Who is the strongest on enforcement of immigration laws? Tom Tancredo
an expert on immigration issues just dropped out of the race and
endorsed Mitt Romney as the strongest on enforcement of immigration laws.
Who is strongest and most knowledgeable about health care? Huckabee as
governor and still today advocates legalized isolation of aids
sufferers. Romney as governor joined with Democrats on legislation for
statewide health insurance coverage.
Who has the diplomacy and smarts to work effectively with the
Democrats? Romney worked with Senators Kennedy, Kerry, and the Democrats who
controlled the state legislature. Huckabee is known for his bad temper
and dictatorial ways.
Finally we have the issue of ethics in office. On Feb. 10, 2006, a
state computer eliminated material on Wikipedia criticizing Huckabee for
"his much-publicized purchase of a private jet that has been used for
what many term as personal travel."
The state purchased a Beechcraft turboprop for $1.4 million in 1997.
Records showed Huckabee or his wife Janet used the state police plane 80
times in 2005 and 55 times in 2006.
The issues confronting our nation, national security, the economy,
crime, health care and ethical behavior in government are serious and
complicated.
Mitt Romney is clearly the man best qualified to lead us safely into
the future."
CALIFORNIAMARTY SAYS MITT ROMNEY WON REPUBLICAN DEBATE ACCORDING TO DEMOCRAT CHRIS MATTHEWS AND REPUBLICAN PAT BUCHANON. Last night the Republican candidates debated on the liberal station MSNBC. Mitt Romney was clearly the winner faultlessly answering questions fromthe moderators, the audience and from fellow candidates.
He looks and acts like an ideal President. He will be an ideal POTUS.
Mitt has my vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It isn't just Washington that is "broken". It is the Republican party. Not only does Mitt Romney look and act "presidential"...look deeper. He's highly qualified, by virtue of his political and economic experience. Nevermind his religious preference–instead, take a good hard look at his "squeaky clean" family. Obviously, he and his wife did an AMAZING job of setting good examples–and like it or not–their faith played a HUGE part in raising their children–the right way. Mitt Romney is a candidate the American people can TRUST...not only with OUR MONEY, but with OUR CHILDREN, too. Character is EVERYTHING.