Why Mike Huckabee matters -- a lot

What some people forget about Huckabee’s 2008 run was that he didn’t just win Iowa; he also won Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and West Virginia. His eight wins, in fact, were not far behind second-place Mitt Romney’s 11, and Huckabee won more than 20 percent of all votes cast, despite dropping out with more than a dozen states yet to vote.

And just about every state that Huckabee won was among the most heavily evangelical in the country. Here’s a recap of the 31 states that held regular primaries or caucuses by Feb. 9, with Huckabee’s showing compared to the evangelical population of the state.