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November 25, 2011, 8:21 pm

Romney Dominating Race for Endorsements

By NATE SILVER

___ Using a scoring system called Endorsement Points that weights endorsements based on their importance — for instance, endorsements from governors score more points than endorsements from U.S. representatives — Mr. Romney had accumulated about 44 percent of the endorsement capital through Sept. 23 . . .

Overall, Mr. Romney has 55 percent of the Endorsement Points from Republicans who have endorsed a candidate so far . . .

. . . Although Mr. Romney has 55 percent of the endorsements, he has just 24 percent in national polls, excluding undecided voters, according to the latest Real Clear Politics average.

Do party officials lead the process, eventually coaxing the voters to their preferred candidates? Or has popular support become the key driver and grown more immune to the establishment? As Mr. Romney’s party support has grown while his popular support remains stagnant, this is the question that the nomination turns upon.


read more: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/romney-dominating-race-for-endorsements/


Romney endorsements: http://www.p2012.org/candidates/natendorse.html

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