Mitt Romney was the former Governor of Massachusetts. He popularity rose by his ability to rescue the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Romney decided to run for the presidential nomination as a supporter of Bush. One of his main issues was the Iraq War and security of the border.
Romney started strong as he came in second in Iowa and New Hampshire. He came first in Michigan and Nevada. He was in second place through most states on Super Tuesday and won in Alaska, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, North Dakota, and Utah. Romney decided to drop out with 286 delegates as McCain had a substantial lead with over 700 delegates. Romney's main support came from the hard core conservative.
The reason Romney was unable to gain more delegates was two fold, the more conservative votes were split between him and Huckabee and most states were winner take all for the delegates.
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