The Maryland Republican Primary – Feb. 12 was won by the Party’s frontrunner John McCain. McCain won 55% of the popular votes, 14% ahead of his nearest rival Mike Huckabee. Mitt Romney, who has already announced his exit from the race, is at the third position with 6% of the popular votes, followed by Ron Paul at the fourth position with 5% of the total popular votes. McCain has also won 13 of the total 37 Republican voters tied for yesterday’s Primary.
The polling strength was more or less equally divided gender-wise, with males accounting for 51% of the total voters. The maximum representation came from the age group that ranged between 45 and 59.
John McCain’s victory at the Maryland Primary was predictable as he has already emerged as the clear frontrunner in the Republican race for the Presidential nomination. However, his popularity among the more conservative and religious groups of voters still remains undecided. It is generally believed that Huckabee still maintains a good popularity among the more conservative sections of the Republican voters, who continue to vote for him even after the Republican nomination race remains pretty much decided. A good section of the GOP voters in Maryland, almost 43%, described McCain as not conservative enough. Again, only about 44% of the Maryland voters said that they would be ‘very satisfied’ with McCain as the nomination. However, almost three quarters of the total voters stated that they would be ‘satisfied’ with McCain as the GOP nomination for the President, which can be quite a consolation for him. The challenge for McCain over the next months will be to increase his acceptance among the conservative and religious voting sections among the Republicans.
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