Super Tuesday produced little clarity in the presidential race for Louisiana voters, whose primary is approaching soon.

The night was split between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, the two front-runners who did little to distance themselves from each other.

“I think it shows a lot of division in the party. They don’t know what they really want,” said Daron Ables, a junior health studies major from Monroe.  “I want Ron Paul to win, but I will throw my vote to Romney to beat Santorum,” Ables said, echoing the phrase heard all too often from Republicans who are displeased with what their party has to offer.

The nail biter for Tuesday was Ohio, which awarded 63 delegates.  Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum were neck and neck when vying for the top spot in the Buckeye State. Returns eventually showed Romney winning by 1 percent of the vote.

“I think it showed the GOP is split between social and government issues. I mean that by saying Santorum is pulling the religious support while Romney is pulling the business-government support,” said Dylan Crowell, a sophomore history major from New Orleans.

Gingrich brought a win in Georgia. He is expected to do well in most southern states, given that he is a native of South Carolina and represented Georgia as Speaker of the House.  He is counting on wins in the South, if he expects to stay in the race.

“I think Mitt Romney is going to win simply because he is more put together than Newt Gingrich,” Ables said.  Ables also said he doesn’t think Romney being a Mormon will hurt him in the South and that Romney shares more values with southerners than Gingrich.

Romney ended the night winning Alaska, Vermont, Idaho, Virginia, Ohio and his home state of Massachusetts. Santorum clinched a victory in Tennessee, North Dakota and Oklahoma.  With Gingrich in Georgia, that leaves Paul winning none of the primary or caucus states of the biggest day of the nomination process.

Paul’s campaign has long been clinging to the delegate strategy in which he hoped to pick up delegates in states that held caucuses or primaries that were not winner-take-all.

“With this split, I can see the other candidates having a chance, Gingrich being the more obvious candidate. Paul could have a chance, but he will need to win a good majority of the primaries and caucuses to come,” Crowell said.

Lousiana voters can voice their choice on Saturday, March 24. The primary is closed, meaning only registered Republicans will vote