The results of the Massachusetts Republican Primary - 5th February saw the emergence of Mitt Romney as the clear winner. By securing 51% of the total votes cast, Romney won by a margin of 10% by defeating close rival John McCain. McCain bagged 41% of the total votes.
Romney got a total of 234,937 votes while McCain got 189,793 votes. Huckabee came third by securing 19,029 votes while Ron Paul got 12,529 votes and
Rudy Giuliani got 2,480 votes. The Republican Primary at Massachusetts witnessed a reported Precinct participation of 95%. Total Delegates were 43 out of which 40 were tied to the Super Tuesday Primary while 3 were unpledged RNC delegate members.
Mitt Romney, winner of Republican Primary at Massachusetts, was a clear favorite of the male voters. Out of the total voters who voted for Romney, 57% were males and rest 43% were females. 38% of the total voters belonged to the age group of 45 to 59 years.
Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts, had earlier contested for the US Senate elections in 1994. But the outcome was not very promising. In 2008 US Presidential Elections, however, he seems to be a strong representative of the Republican Party. His stand on issues such as abortion, immigration, same-sex marriage and social security, makes him a favorite among the conservatives.
