Santorum taken down as Romney wins New Hampshire primary (LGBTQNation) 
The New Hampshire primary results took anti-gay Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum down several notches Tuesday night and boosted the more progressive Jon Huntsman up a few.
Many pundits are now all but assuming Mitt Romney — who came out on top in Iowa and New Hampshire — will be the Republican nominee to challenge President Obama in the general election. But Republican voter support still seems dramatically split among several candidates, a trend that could easily continue in the next primaries, South Carolina on January 21, and Florida on January 31.
Romney had earned 38 percent of the Granite State vote, Ron Paul had 23 percent, and Huntsman 17 percent. Newt Gingrich got 10 percent, Rick Santorum got nine percent, Rick Perry received one percent, and 24 other Republican candidates earned one percent collectively.
Mo Baxley, head of the New Hampshire Freedom to Marry group and a long-time activist in New Hampshire, predicted Santorum’s opposition to same-sex marriage would not play well there. She noted that a survey in December showed that the idea of repealing the state’s marriage equality law resonated with only 25 percent of voters.
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Complete article at LGBTQ Nation : http://bit.ly/yTTkNA
