with 40.24%, 36,424 and mitt romney is second with 34.9% of the vote. 22,855 votes cast. newt gingrich comes in third with 12.81% of the vote, 8,390. and congressman ron paul at 11.77% of the vote, 7,708 votes cast. we have a total of about 65,489 votes with 99% of precincts reporting. okay, mr. chairman. it s definitive. he s the winner. just characterize the campaign there in colorado for me, if you could? i mean, the romney campaign going in seemed like it felt confident on the ground. did you see a shift in late days, towards rick santorum, besides today, obviously? caller: late days, obviously.
with 40.24%, 36,424 and mitt romney is second with 34.9% of the vote. 22,855 votes cast. newt gingrich comes in third with 12.81% of the vote, 8,390. and congressman ron paul at 11.77% of the vote, 7,708 votes cast. we have a total of about 65,489 votes with 99% of precincts reporting. okay, mr. chairman. it s definitive. he s the winner. just characterize the campaign there in colorado for me, if you could? i mean, the romney campaign going in seemed like it felt confident on the ground. did you see a shift in late days, towards rick santorum, besides today, obviously? caller: late days, obviously.
can you characterize for us, i believe you have 99% of the we have 98% of the precincts reporting tonight. rick santorum has won colorado s republican poll with about 40% of the vote. we re getting the final numbers in just now. rick santorum has exceeded expectations and wins colorado s caucus called vote tonight. any major population centers out? it s about 98% of the results in. there s a handful to be reported around arapahoe and half a dozen or so up in larimer county. these won t change the outcome of tonight s results. we ll have a press conference here in a couple of moments with the actual numbers. mitt romney had about 37% of the vote. rick santorum over 40% and ron paul reporting 11% and newt gingrich around 14%. we ll have the number finals in a few moments. we appreciate everybody s attention. we appreciate everybody who has been a part of this important process. and can you tell me what this meant in terms of turnout and how this might have been a fa
that s just the way this country has been run, that s what we have a first amendment. jon: it s also true that no president comes into office enjoying the situation that he finds himself in. he recalled barack obama talking about the republicans having driving the economy into the ditch. mr. trump said many times yesterday that he inherited a mess and when you look at the polling of the country, he may have something there. back on november 8th, on election day, the clear average polling shows that 31.2% of the country thought we were on the right track, 61.9, almost 62% that it was the wrong track. move it forward to february 15th, just this week, the right direction number has improved to 34.9%. still, the majority of americans think we are heading on the