Politics & Government
Marion Votes Santorum
How did the Marion Caucus sites perform? Which candidate did Marion go for?
If Marion decided Tuesday's Iowa Caucus, Rick Santorum would have been congratulated as the winner.
During the caucus, 1,739 out of 34,768 Marion residents cast their ballot in Marion, which amounts to a turn-out rate of a little over of five percent.
Find out what's happening in Marionwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
If you are surprised/excited/happy/angry, remember, even though those who caucused did pick Santorum, only 5 percent of you went out an caucuased. So that is hardly representative of Marion on the whole, but it is still an interesting statistical point.
And for the 95 percent of you that didn't caucus, don't feel guilty — I didn't either.
Find out what's happening in Marionwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Here's the breakdown by candidate.
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Rick Santorum: 567 votes, 33 percent
Ron Paul: 326 votes, 19 percent
Mitt Romney: 228 votes, 13 percent
Michele Bachmann: 117 votes, 7 percent
Newt Gingrich: 159 votes, 9 percent
Jon Huntsman: 5 votes, .3 percent
Want to compare how Marion voted with the state?
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Mitt Romney, 30,015, 24.6 percent
Rick Santorum, 30,007, 24.5 percent
Ron Paul, 26,219, 21.4 percent
Newt Gingrich, 16,251, 13.3 percent
Rick Perry, 12,604, 10.3 percent
Michele Bachmann, 6,073 percent
Jon Huntsman, 745, 0.6 percent
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