By Michael Brendan Dougherty
Actual votes are now being counted tonight in the Iowa caucuses.
9:21 EST 15% Reporting
RESULTS HOLDING
- 24% Paul
- 23% Santorum
- 23% Romney
- 13% Gingrich
- 10% Perry
- 6% Bachmann
- 1% Huntsman
Current Rumors:
Michelle Bachmann staffers preparing to tell her she should quit.
Ron Paul overrepresented in “entrance polls” but still very much in the race.
Electorate is MUCH YOUNGER than four years ago. Share of young vote doubled in 2012 – a very GOOD SIGN FOR Paul
At 9:06 EST 10% Reporting ABSOLUTE DEAD HEAT
- 24% Paul
- 23% Santorum
- 23% Romney
- 13% Gingrich
- 10% Perry
- 6% Bachmann
- 1% Huntsman
As of 8:52 EST, with 6% of the vote in, here’s where things stand:
- 24% Santorum
- 24% Paul
- 22% Romney
- 14% Gingrich
- 9% Perry
- 6% Bachmann
Of voters under 30, a startling 58% are voting for Ron Paul, according to MSNBC.
EARLIER: Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum are locked in a dead heat in the polls going into tonight’s caucus. Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, and Michelle Bachmann are fighting for their survival in this race.
And we’re going to cover it all.
Keep checking back here for more all the updates through the night.
This Is How The Voted Are Being Tallied In Iowa — It doesn’t get simpler than this.
The Only Result That Really Matters Tonight — Is Mitt Romney Really a Frontrunner, or a Toxic Asset?
THE TRUTH ABOUT IOWA: Google Has Set Up a Massive loft to track the real time results tonight. — A grand tour of their impressive sp ead.
One Candidate Is Going To Drop Our After Getting Crushed In Iowa Tonight. — Everyone is moving on to New Hampshire, except the person who won the Iowa Straw Poll.
THE TRUTH ABOUT IOWA: It’s Like Summer Family Camp With Booze and Rock Stars –The whole thing is basically a traveling circus.
Sarah Palin To Michelle Bachmann: Maybe You Should Just Drop Out — From one firebrand woman to another.
Rick Perry Spent $6 Million Dollars On Ads In Iowa But Forgot To Do One Thing — And that is one Romney might win tonight.
All The Other Candidates Are Piling On Ron Paul Today. — They want to be the “anti-Romney” not him. “He wants to wipe Israel off the map,” said Bachmann.
Everything In Iowa Is Exactly The Same As It Was Four Years Ago For MItt Romney — He has the same personality and the same polling.
Mother Nature Is Voting For Romney — Clear Skies Mean Lots of Older Voters.
What the heck is a “Caucus” anyway? — How the voting works tonight and we there might be big surprises.