In the end, Mitt Romney lost.
THE RESULTS: Santorum finished ahead by 34 votes
MISSING DATA: 8 precincts’ numbers will never be certified
PARTY VERDICT: GOP official says, ‘It’s a split decision’
Rick Santorum – Final total: 29,839 Change: -168
Mitt Romney – Final total: 29,805 Change: -210
It’s a tie for the ages.
There are too many holes in the certified totals from the Iowa caucuses to know for certain who won, but Rick Santorum wound up with a 34-vote advantage. ...Des Moines Register
Or Romney maybe won. We'll never know. As Iowa goes, so went America in 2000. And it just gets worse.
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Romney v. Obama doesn't look, at this point, so great for Romney, according to the latest Pew survey.
