Posted on 03/11/2012 9:40:40 PM PDT by Steelfish
Poll says Santorum Has Big Lead in Pa. Easily outdistances Republican rivals Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era Updated Feb 24, 2012 By TOM MURSE
Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has surged to a 29-point lead over the other three Republican presidential hopefuls in Pennsylvania, a state he represented for more than a decade, a new poll shows.
And he has narrowed the gap between himself and President Barack Obama in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup among all registered voters in the state, which hasn't sided with a Republican nominee in nearly 25 years.
The findings, from a new statewide Franklin & Marshall College poll, reflect Santorum's growing support, particularly among tea party and evangelical voters, following a popular-vote sweep of three states earlier this month.
"Santorum had something the other candidates didn't, and that is a niche with social conservatives," said G. Terry Madonna, the poll director and head of F&M's Center for Politics and Public Affairs. "Even though the election was all about the economy, he continued to bring up the social issues, and that allowed him to have a core of support."
The poll shows Santorum leading his nearest rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 45 percent to 16 percent among Republican voters here. Many observers presumed Romney would be a shoo-in for the nomination, at least until Santorum won the popular votes in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri.
Newt Gingrich, a former House speaker whose campaign is being led by former Congressman Bob Walker of Manheim Township, is getting support from 9 percent of voters and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul is getting 7 percent. Twenty-two percent of Republicans are still undecided, and 1 percent indicated support for another candidate.
Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/592199_Poll-says-Santorum-has-big-lead-in-Pa-.html
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Newt already won his - big.
Yet Romney TIED with Santorum in his home state (and his father's and wife's home state), before corrupt GOP operatives unlawfully changed the total.
Do we really want a nominee who can't even win his own state?
This thing is a month old and one the smallish surveys I've seen in long time if ever:
The survey of 278 Republican voters between Feb. 14 and Monday has a margin of error of 5.9 percentage points.
Excellent!
Yo are right. After his razor-thin losses in OH and MI, and his 51% win in AK, I guess he’s lead now over the others is in the stratosphere.
Lancaster???
“The survey of 278 Republican voters between Feb. 14 and Monday has a margin of error of 5.9 percentage points.”
Are you serious???
I’m right about that it is a cheesy and old poll.
Thursday, February 9, 2012... A Tribune-Review/WPXI-TV poll conducted Feb. 2-6
Another very old poll after Santo benefited from more than 20 million dollar of BS by lying Myth ads directed at Gingrich in Florida.
The first question was likely something along the lines, “do you support Santorum?”
If not, end of survey. The results are obtained from the people who supported Santorum.
He lost in a blue state. At least he wasn’t kicked out by his own colleagues.
Santorum benefited in PA from lying Romney ads in FL who lost by an ocean? Huh? Gingrich lost every single major demographic in FL. And Santorum almost beat Romney in a photo finish from lying Romney ads in OH and MI.
It is you who forgot something RS
Ooooh is that right Fish? Newt still got over 30% of the vote in a 4 way race even after $20 million of spewing BS by Myth.
While your pal Ricky got stomped into the ground by over 33% of the vote in Florida. Ouch.
Oh that can’t be right all the pundits on FR have told me Santorum will never win Pa. hmmmmm
Rick will win a GOP primary in his home state but would lose in a rematch against Casey Jr, an empty suit nepotist legacy politician who actively bakrupted the state as State Treasurer, which is a sad state of affairs.
Yes, this is right. Gingrich got “clobbered.”
“The winner-take-all-contest gave the victor Florida’s 50 national delegates. Romney defeated Gingrich in just about every key area of the sprawling state: from portions of the conservative northern Panhandle bordering on Gingrich’s home state of Georgia, to the Interstate 4 corridor of central Florida; from Tampa-St. Petersburg to Orlando; from the Atlantic coastal area all the way down to the Miami–Dade County metropolitan area, with its large concentrations of seniors and Hispanics.”
I didn’t forget anything.
Here’s all the R primary polling done thus far in PA
Take your pick.
And all those old polls mean bupkis since the Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary is Tuesday 24 April 2012.
I’m not saying that Santo doesn’t have the inside track of winning PA, but if he gets any active competition in PA the polls will tighten. And besides, a month and a half is an eternity during this primary election season.
I guess you haven't heard from Ricky, your leader, say all those delegates are not going to Myth Romney: Your "fearless leader" says,...
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Citing Romney's victories in Florida and Arizona, Santorum told reporters, "The idea that Mitt Romney is going to get 50 delegates out of Florida, that's just simply false."
"The rules are very clear at the RNC. Arizona and Florida are not all going to go to Romney," he said following a speech at the Battleship USS Alabama pavilion. "We are going to have a proportional allocation in both those states. Why? Because that's what the RNC rules said, and the RNC is going to be forced to play by the rules whether or not Arizona and Florida want to."
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57394546-503544/santorum-disputes-romneys-delegate-count/
We know that Newt since he came in 2nd in FL will take a good amount of the Florida delegates. Ricky with 13.35% of the FL vote, may get one or two. ;^)
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