Longboat voters pick Romney

More than two-thirds of Longboat Key Republican voters chose Mitt Romney as their candidate in the Jan. 31 presidential primary. In Manatee County Precinct 95, Romney received 387 votes, or 64% of the total. In Sarasota County Precinct 19, Romney got 965 votes, or 72% of the total.

Romney received 1,352 Longboat Key votes, or 69.26% of votes cast.

Longboat Key voters cast 1,952 votes, with just over 59% of the island’s 3,304 registered Republicans casting ballots.

The box below shows a breakdown of how Longboat Key voted in the primary:

                                Total      Longboat %           
Mitt Romney         1,352     69.26%               
Newt Gingrich      400        20.49%                
Rick Santorum     119        6.10% 
Ron Paul               71          3.64%     
All others               20          1.02%      

                               Manatee     %
Mitt Romney        387              63.96%
Newt Gingrich     141              21.69%
Rick Santorum     47               7.77% 
Ron Paul              20                3.31% 
All others             10                 1.65% 

                              Sarasota     %
Mitt Romney       965              71.64%
Newt Gingrich    259              19.22%
Rick Santorum   72                 5.34%
Ron Paul             41                3.05%
All others            10                 0.74%