pennsylvania. today s exit poll numbers show us that illinois is a much different state from states where santorum has surged and more like states where romney has triumphed. those without a college degree have been strong backers of rick santorum, and evangelical christians go overwhelmingly for santorum. but they were only 42% of the voters today, compared to three-quarters in alabama and 8-10 in mississippi last week. illinois picked romney as the candidate who best happeneds the problems of average americans. no matter which candidate understands today s voters, the unemployment rate in illinois is well above the national average, 9.4%. 45% say the economy is getting worse and 33% feel it is in a recovery.tern and 22% see the the majority ever voters who say
the campaign trail. and two major losses to rick an storm in alabama and mississippi a week ago. and jabs at president obama. we once built an interstate, and the pipeline. we led the world in manufacturing, investments, and today, we lead in lawsuits. when we replace a law professor with a conservative man as president, that s going to end. rick santorum, in his home state of pennsylvania tonight, looking a little less cheerful but trying to state on message. we must go out and fight this fight. we must go out and nominate someone who understands, not because some pollster tells them. you know in your gut big things are adrift and at stake in this election. so, i ask each and every one of you, to join us. so, where did mitt romney get his support tonight? john king s been analyzing the voting data. he noticed some interesting trends. let s start with the county by county map. i love when you do that. what stood out in who voted for him in illinois? math is in the e
i want to go over a few exit poll numbers. here s all you really need to know. this is the perception of romney on ideology. look at that. half the voters both in alabama and mississippi just believe mitt romney wasn t conservative enough. right? look at these. about right, 27%, what was mitt romney s percentage in alabama? 28%. 34% in mississippi. guess what? we know these exit poll numbers were a little bit tilted toward romney. when we reweight the actual vote, bet you that dials down a little bit. look at santorum ideology, 53% essentially, 53% in alabama, 49% in mississippi call him about right. and look at gingrich. 51% and 56% call him about right. so the bottom line is, guess what, we knew this before tonight, ed, and we knew it going we now know it again which is mitt romney doesn t ideologically fit the south. what we don t understand is, you know, does the romney campaign regret sort of playing into the narrative of saying, okay, let s try to do this, let s see if we can w
this is the perception of romney on ideology. half the voters both in alabama and mississippi just believe mitt romney wasn t conservative enough. right? look at these. about right, 27%, what was mitt romney s percentage in alabama? 28%. 34 in mississippi, guess what, we know the exit poll numbers were a little bit tilted toward romney. when we reweight the actual vote, bet you that dials down a bit. look at santorum ideology, 53% essentially, 53 in alabama, 49% in mississippi. call him about right. and look at gingrich. 51% and 56% call him about right. so the bottom line is, guess what, we knew this before tonight, ed, and we knew it going we now know it again which is mitt romney doesn t ideologically fit the south. what we don t understand is, you know, does the romney campaign regret sort of playing into the narrative of saying, okay, let s try to do this, let s see if we can win one state and instead they give santorum this perception victory out of a night where delegate-wise,
remember, we has to win some 65% of remaining delegates left in order to get to 1,144. he s going to net four or five. he doesn t really move his percenta percentage. that s the problem. this was about perception. i want to go over a few exit poll numbers. here s all you really need to know. this is the perception of romney on ideology. half the voters both in alabama and mississippi just believe mitt romney wasn t conservative enough. right? look at these. about right, 27%, what was mitt romney s percentage in alabama? 28%. 34 in mississippi, guess what, we know the exit poll numbers were a little bit tilted toward romney. when we reweight the actual vote, bet you that dials down a bit. look at santorum ideology, 53% essentially, 53 in alabama, 49% in mississippi. call him about right. and look at gingrich. 51% and 56% call him about right. so the bottom line is, guess what, we knew this before tonight, ed, and we knew it