Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican primary on Saturday by 22 points over Mitt Romney, his closest competitor. Newt Gingrich finished in third place in Louisiana and Ron Paul finished fourth. Rick Santorum finished with 49% of the popular vote, compared to 27% for Mitt Romney.
Its all about The Religion
Religion played a crucial role in the Louisiana Primary, as Santorum won the majority of votes cast by white evangelical/born-again Christians and Catholics as well.
White evangelicals accounted for nearly six-in-ten Louisiana primary voters, and 56% of them voted for Santorum. Mitt Romney received 21% support from the evangelicals, while Newt Gingrich got 16%. Ron Paul received 5% support from this group.
Santorum also won clear victories among both Protestant and Catholic voters in Louisiana. Roughly 53% of the Protestants supported Santorum, more than twice the number who voted for Romney (25%) or Gingrich (16%). And Santorum received almost as much support from Catholics (46%) as he did from Protestants.
The Fix
This primary allocated only 20 of Louisiana's 46 total Republican delegates. The rest of the delegates will be allocated at the state party convention in June.
And since Mitt Romney won more than 25% of the votes, he'll therefore split the delegates.
So, the scoreboard, as of now, reads 568-273 for Romney!
P.S. - Mitt Romney should avoid another Etch-A-Sketch moment!
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