Ron Paul’s Maine and Nevada victories
Over the weekend, Ron Paul’s supporters won at Republican state conventions in Maine and Nevada. In Maine, pro-Paul delegates won 18 of 24 slots, and in Nevada, they won 22 of 25. Similarly to what happened in Massachusetts, 20 of the Nevada delegates are still bound to vote for Romney on the first round of ballots to reflect the portion of votes that he received in that state’s caucuses in February. But that’s not the case with Maine, whose straw poll earlier this year was non-binding.
Paul’s delegate count is now at 93, a seemingly paltry sum compared to Romney’s 865. But, as Peter Grier at the Christian Science Monitor explains, there are still ways that Paul and his supporters could have a big impact at the Republican National Convention.