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CNN Projects Romney wins Ill (Original Post) grantcart Mar 2012 OP
MSNBC too.. onehandle Mar 2012 #1
Winner take all? Richardo Mar 2012 #2
no it is by district, so there are 18 smaller battles grantcart Mar 2012 #4
Thanks for the info, grantcart Richardo Mar 2012 #6
Thanks. Couldn't sit thru another Wolf Blitzer drama fest FailureToCommunicate Mar 2012 #3
Didn't the polls just close less than a hour ago? cherish44 Mar 2012 #5

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
4. no it is by district, so there are 18 smaller battles
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 08:51 PM
Mar 2012

ironically Santorum could do quite well in picking up a lot of delegates in rural districts even he loses statewide big, but he failed to register a panel in 4 districts, so Romney was guaranteed a good night even if he lost

details here

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/20/the-nuts-and-bolts-of-the-illinois-primary/?hpt=hp_c1

cherish44

(2,566 posts)
5. Didn't the polls just close less than a hour ago?
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 08:54 PM
Mar 2012

I figured Mitt would win here in IL. But damn if Santorum's robots were busy making phone calls last week (I got at least one a day!)

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