Not that Cam Newton was a surprise winner he ran away with the award. He received the third most first place votes ever percentage wise behind Troy Smith and Charlie Ward. Some other voting highlights come from the Heisman Pundit:
Number of ballots received and tabulated: 886 of 926
Number of ballots not including Cam Newton: 105 (7.4%)
Total players receiving votes: 47
Newton was named first on 78.7% of the possible Heisman ballots
Newton had the fewest 2nd place votes (24) of any Heisman winner in modern history.
Breakdown by Region:
Far West: 1. Newton (347) 2. Luck (198) 3. James (156)
Southwest: 1. Newton (384) 2. Luck (176) 3. James (158)
South: 1. Newton (418) 2. Luck (158) 3. James (152)
Midwest: 1. Newton (356) 2. Luck (192) 3. James (145)
Northeast: 1. Newton (379) 2. Luck (168) 3. James (162)
Mid-Atlantic: 1. Newton (379) 2. Luck (187) 3. James (143)
First place votes: Newton, 729; Luck, 78; James, 22; Moore, 40; Blackmon, 1; Robinson, 6; Dalton, 4; Marecic, 3
For those who did not turn in their ballot it should lose their vote and to me the 105 voters who left of Cam Newton need to be examined, but those who left Newton off the ballot were probably still in doubt of his recruitment process.. Andy Dalton received four first place which is somewhat surprising.
Now onto his acceptance speech and post-Heisman press conference.