Greensboro, NC - GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney came out of the Florida Primary with the win. Newt Gingrich came in second, then Rick Santorum followed by Ron Paul.
Martin Kifer, an assistant professor of political science at High Point University joined WFMY News 2's Tracey McCain on the Good Morning Show Wednesday to weigh in on the win. Kifer says the primary went the way polls predicted.
"There were a lot of polls out there that made it look like Romney had a real advantage. In a sense, it's not a big surprise but coming into today it wasn't at all certain kind of how these candidates were going to perform," said Kifer.
As the race for the GOP Presidential Nomination moves forward, Kifer said to look at four major things:
1) The buzz about the candidates. "Listen to commentators to find out who's up and who's down," said Kifer.
2) Fundraising. "We just got new confirmed fundraising numbers so we'll know something about the resources the candidates have going forward. That's important."
3) Polls. "We don't have a lot of polling coming in from the next states so it's going to be tricky deciding who's on top."
4) Campaign Stops. As the candidates move forward, they'll have to, "Start making strategic decisions on where to spend their time and their other resources," said Kifer.
And don't look for the attack ads or personal jabs to stop either. Kifer says in a race this contentious, nothing's off limits.
The Nevada and Maine caucuses are on February 4th. Then just three days later, people in Colorado and Minnesota will vote in their caucuses while Missouri holds its primary. The caucus in the Northern Mariana Islands is on the 25th and the Arizona and Michigan primaries are on the 28th.