According to the results from the Green Papers, former Louisiana governor and current Americans Elect (AE) presidential candidate Buddy Roemer, who previously ran as a Republican, came in third place yesterday at the Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary. He received more votes than both former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Congressman Ron Paul.
Roemer won 2,622 votes (2.21%) behind first place Mitt Romney, who had 98,375 (82.88%), and second place Rick Santorum, who received 9,524 (8.02%). Gingrich finished fourth with 2,431 votes (2.05%), while Paul came in last place with 1,452 (1.22%). Paul actually received less votes than gay rights advocate Fred Karger, who won 1,702 (1.43%). There were 2,590 write-in votes.
Roemer ended his Republican Party presidential campaign last month after announcing he would seek the Reform Party nomination. He has run for the AE nomination since December, and leads all announced candidates on the organization’s website with 1,745 supporters.
Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, who announced he would seek the nomination last week is second with 517.
20 responses so far ↓
1 Richard Winger // Mar 19, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Buddy Roemer was listed first on the Puerto Rico ballot.
2 Trent Hill // Mar 19, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Thanks, Richard.
3 RJo // Mar 19, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Ron Paul has 6107 supporters at AE followed by Jon Huntsman at 2198, and neither has even declared an independent run yet.
4 Jose C. // Mar 19, 2012 at 11:15 pm
Raun Paul you are the weekest link. Good by!
Or in the board room:
Ron Paul you have not won a primary, you have not won a caucus, you have finshed last in the Puerto Rico primary finishing behind Buddy Roemer. Ron Paul your fired!
5 Jose Can't Spell // Mar 20, 2012 at 12:39 am
Raun Paul you are the weekest link. Good by!
Ron, not Raun
weakest, not weekest
Good-bye, not Good by
Ron Paul your fired!
you’re, not your
6 S. Marty Pantz IV, Esq. // Mar 20, 2012 at 9:45 am
Being pedantic may win you some spelling bees, but little else.
7 Jose Can't Spell // Mar 20, 2012 at 11:01 pm
If someone makes one mistake, that may be overlooked. It would be pedantic to correct.
But if someone makes four mistakes, then that just cries for an intervention.
8 Dan Reale // Mar 20, 2012 at 11:50 pm
Puerto Rico is not a state.
It can’t have any electors in the electoral college.
It has zero say in who becomes president.
This isn’t even relevant at all.
It’s like saying “Buddy Roemer placed third when the Swiss voted on who should be the next president. Ahead of him were Mr. War on Porn Santorum and Mittens Obamacare Romney because the Swiss were so disillusioned with their ability to influence the outcome that they voted for the yokel they thought would be popular to endorse unless they voted merely in protest. After polls closed, the Swiss wished that the actual 50 states would take their meaningless expression into consideration.”
9 William Saturn // Mar 21, 2012 at 12:29 am
Puerto Rico has 23 delegates in the Republican Party nomination process.
Your analogy does not work. Switzerland is not an American territory.
10 RedPhillips // Mar 21, 2012 at 8:18 am
Give Puerto Rico their independence now. It should have been done a long time ago.
11 paulie // Mar 21, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Red and I agree, although probably for different reasons.
12 Trent Hill // Mar 21, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Puerto Rico doesn’t actually want independence, Red, I don’t think. Look at the polling, I’m pretty sure they want to remain a commonwealth (wouldn’t you? All the rights, no income tax).
13 paulie // Mar 21, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Trent,
Do you think the US should admit any other country that may like to join? I realize the US has been occupying Puerto Rico for over a century, but the same held true for Cuba, the Philippines, etc., for decades.
Should they have been kept as part of the US if the majority there voted for it?
14 Humongous Fungus // Mar 22, 2012 at 4:54 am
Viva libertad!
15 Melty // Mar 24, 2012 at 9:13 am
At the rate Buddy Roemer’s been picking up supporters at Americans Elect, he’ll surpass Jon Huntsman within a few days and go way beyond.
Since Rocky Anderson declared, he too has picked up supporters quickly. Before the first round of voting in early May, Anderson’ll almost certainly exceed Bernie Sanders, and maybe Jon Huntsman too.
Still, nobody’s catching up to Ron Paul. For picking up supporters at AE, Paul seems unassailable, even though he shows no interest whatsoever in their nomination. I wonder if he’s even heard of it.
16 paulie // Mar 24, 2012 at 10:58 pm
One serious recruiting effort will swamp all that by orders of magnitude.
17 Nick // Mar 31, 2012 at 3:19 pm
He was on the top of the ballot. It’s not unheard of for people to vote for the top name, and is a known phenomenon.
18 Nick // Mar 31, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Never mind that last one, I posted that in the wrong tab. Gah.
19 NobodyAskedMe, But // Mar 31, 2012 at 9:40 pm
As stated above by Richard Winger, Buddy Roemer was listed first on the Puerto Rico Ballot. His name begins with “Ro” just as Romney, who won by a landslide. Both of their names have six letters. Roemer did not campaign at all in Puerto Rico. Do you really think the voters there intended to vote for Roemer? Have any of them ever heard of Roemer or knew he was on the ballot?
20 George Phillies // Mar 31, 2012 at 9:54 pm
@5 It appeared that a sarcasm warning tag might have helped.
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