Newt wins big in Pike

On Super Tuesday, 10 states held primary elections, including Georgia. Local results started rolling in shortly after 7 p.m. when the polls closed and were all calculated before 9 p.m. In Georgia’s 2012 primary election, around 31% of Pike County’s registered voters cast their vote. With a total of 3,182 votes cast in Pike County, Gingrich received an overwhelming majority of the votes with 1,739 or around 55% of all votes. Rick Santorum received a total of 583 votes, Mitt Romney received a total of 471 votes, Ron Paul received a total of 198, Obama received a total of 187 votes, Rick Perry received 5 votes, Michele Bachmann received 4 votes, Jon Huntsman received 3 votes, Gary Johnson received 2 votes and Buddy Roemer received 0 votes. According to the Associated Press, 47.2% of Republican voters chose Gingrich over the other eight Republican candidates (with only 10% of precincts reporting).See exact voting totals below. The first results came in around 7:10 p.m., with Barack Obama receiving 57 votes and Newt Gingrich receiving 289 votes from in-person advanced voting. On absentee mail-in ballots, Obama received 23 votes and Newt Gingrich received 54 votes. In Zebulon, 18 voted for Obama and 164 voted for Gingrich. In Concord, 17 voted for Obama and 137 voted for Gingrich. In Lifsey Springs, 20 voted for Obama and 134 voted for Gingrich. In Williamson, 10 voted for Obama and 198 voted for Gingrich. In Molena, 9 voted for Obama and 112 voted for Gingrich. In Hollonville, 7 voted for Obama and 173 voted for Gingrich. In Meansville, 14 voted for Obama and 162 voted for Gingrich. In Second District, 12 voted for Obama and 316 voted for Gingrich. Early (advanced) voting: 598 TOTAL VOTESBarack Obama – 57Michele Bachmann – 0Newt Gingrich – 289Jon Huntsman – 1Gary Johnson – 1Ron Paul – 25Rick Perry – 2Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 84Rick Santorum – 139Absentee voting (mail in ballots): 120 TOTAL VOTESBarack Obama – 23Michele Bachmann – 0Newt Gingrich – 54Jon Huntsman – 0Gary Johnson – 0Ron Paul – 5Rick Perry – 0Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 16Rick Santorum – 22ZEBULON precinct: 296 TOTAL VOTESBarack Obama – 18Michele Bachmann – 0Newt Gingrich – 164Jon Huntsman – 1Gary Johnson – 0Ron Paul – 11Rick Perry – 1Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 46Rick Santorum – 55CONCORD precinct: 256 TOTAL VOTESBarack Obama – 17Michele Bachmann – 0Newt Gingrich – 137Jon Huntsman – 0Gary Johnson – 0Ron Paul – 16Rick Perry – 0Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 35Rick Santorum – 51LIFSEY SPRINGS precinct: 219 TOTAL VOTESBarack Obama – 20Michele Bachmann – 1Newt Gingrich – 134Jon Huntsman – 0Gary Johnson – 0Ron Paul – 14Rick Perry – 0Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 21Rick Santorum – 29WILLIAMSON precinct: 314 TOTAL VOTESBarack Obama – 10Michele Bachmann – 0Newt Gingrich – 198Jon Huntsman – 0Gary Johnson – 0Ron Paul – 18Rick Perry – 0Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 49Rick Santorum – 39MOLENA precinct: 254 TOTAL VOTESBarack Obama – 9Michele Bachmann – 1Newt Gingrich – 112Jon Huntsman – 0Gary Johnson – 0 Ron Paul – 32Rick Perry – 0Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 47Rick Santorum – 53HOLLONVILLE precinct: 307 TOTAL VOTESBarack Obama – 7Michele Bachmann – 0Newt Gingrich – 173Jon Huntsman – 1Gary Johnson – 1Ron Paul – 19Rick Perry – 1Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 52Rick Santorum – 53MEANSVILLE precinct: 278 TOTAL VOTESBarack Obama – 14Michele Bachmann – 1Newt Gingrich – 162Jon Huntsman – 0 Gary Johnson – 0Ron Paul – 17Rick Perry – 0Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 36Rick Santorum – 48SECOND DISTRICT precinct: 551 TOTAL VOTESBarack Obama – 12Michele Bachmann – 1Newt Gingrich – 316Jon Huntsman – 0Gary Johnson – 1Ron Paul – 41Rick Perry – 1Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 85Rick Santorum – 94PIKE COUNTY VOTING TOTALS: 30% of registered votersTOTAL VOTES: 3,182Barack Obama – 187Michele Bachmann – 4Newt Gingrich – 1,739Jon Huntsman – 3Gary Johnson – 2Ron Paul – 198Rick Perry – 5Buddy Roemer – 0Mitt Romney – 471Rick Santorum – 583The system Georgia uses to distribute its 76 delegates is a bit complicated. As The Atlanta Journal-Constitution explains it, each of the 14 new congressional districts awards three delegates, for a total of 42, and 34 are selected proportionally based on statewide results.If a candidate gets a majority in a congressional district, he gets all three delegates. Otherwise, the top vote-getter receives two delegates, and the runner-up gets one.In the statewide distribution, a candidate needs at least 20 percent of the vote to get a share. Nine candidates are on the GOP ballot: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Gary Johnson and Buddy Roemer. Only President Barack Obama is on the Democratic ballot.So as the Georgia results come in, watch whether Gingrich can break the 50 percent mark, meaning he’ll take the lion’s share of Peach State delegates, and whether Romney and Santorum finish above or below the 20 percent line to get any statewide delegates.