Posted on 01/14/2012 3:50:40 PM PST by Bigtigermike
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has opened a wide lead over his rivals in the South Carolina primary election race, trouncing Newt Gingrich and gaining momentum in his march toward the party's nomination, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, could all but quash his rivals' presidential aspirations with a victory in South Carolina on January 21 after winning the first state-by-state nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Voters in South Carolina - who have favored Republicans in nine of the last 10 presidential elections - appear to have shrugged off attacks on Romney by rivals who accuse him of killing jobs as a private equity executive for Bain Capital in the 1990s.
The poll showed 37 percent of South Carolina Republican voters back Romney. Congressman Ron Paul and former Senator Rick Santorum tied for second place with 16 percent support.
Gingrich, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has fallen far back after holding a strong lead in South Carolina in December. He was in fourth place at 12 percent in the Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online from January 10-13 with a sample of 995 South Carolina registered voters. It included 398 Republicans and 380 Democrats.Also, nearly 40% of respondents were Democrat.
I agree. From the Gaffney Ledger newspaper facebook site...
Cody Sossamon(Editor)
Something fishy was going on with our poll as more than 400 votes were cast for Ron Paul in a very short period. We have reset the vote count and will monitor the voting.
Newt is done. Stick a fork in him.
Time to get behind Santorum.
Romney will not win - period.
He is nearly identical politically to BHO and BHO will make sure everyone knows it.
DONT LET US DOWN SC FREEPERS!
TIME TO LET YOUR FRIENDS KNOW THIS IS BS
(Tell Romney supporters they can just stay home too, he’s got it sown up)
WE NEED TO PLAY MAJOR HARDBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He’ll win, we staunch conservatives are a tiny minority. Don’t worry.
Does anyone really pay any attention to Reuters biased reporting?
It’s push poll BS
Agreed; also agree the poll is bogus.
McRomDole...It’s his turn.
Good....
The fix is in. They are picking the candidate once again and probably will succeed. The thought of it makes me very ill.
One of the two will win, and you’re right, there won’t be much difference either way. Any change toward a solution will be met with anarchy. We have created a dependent class that will not be denied peacefully.
do not trust this.. internet polls are garbage.
It’s push poll BS
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Yep, my gut tells me Romneycrat will come in third in SC.
I’m saying it now.
Go SC!
Of course this poll is pure BS but it is all you will hear on the news channels tonight, expecially the Romney Network,
AKA, Faux News.
These worthless online polls usually have Rupaul winning. Let’s hope the people of SC that are brainwashed by Faux New, ranting and raving about this bogus poll every five minutes.
Newt Gingrich will win SC.
I’m with Rush in believing that anyone Obama runs against will win BIG, Romney included. So, as Rush suggest, why not nominate the most convervative candidate possible?
It’s tough, but let’s not let the bastards wear us down.
GO NEWT GO.....
Rush is wrong.
Romney WILL GET DESTROYED BY OBAMA.
And I don’t think these BS online bogus poll is used in the
Rear Clear Politics average.
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