His campaign was able to achieve this by manipulating the rules of how delegates work in caucuses. Okay. Delegates are elected, but they're not bound to vote for the person who wins the state. In this case, Santorum. Because of this little quirk, Paul's campaign worked to get his supporters in positions where they would be elected as delegates, who were then free to vote for whoever they wanted. That's insane! In this case, Ron Paul. Due to this political maneuver, Ron Paul was kind of sleazily able to win 22 out of 28 elections up for grabs, even though he came in third.