Posted on 02/23/2012 12:46:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A new Gallup poll shows that presidential candidate Rick Santorum's recent rise in the polls has come mostly from those who attend religious services weekly, those who live in the Midwest and conservatives.
Santorum has a 22 percentage point advantage (44 to 22 percent) among those who attend worship weekly, a 19 percentage point advantage (40 to 21 percent) among those who live in the Midwest, and an 18 percentage point advantage (42 to 24 percent) among conservatives over main rival Mitt Romney.
The former Pennsylvania also does well among Southerners (33 to 25 percent), those who make less than $90,000 (37 to 25 percent), those without a college degree (37 to 23 percent), and those aged 55 and older (39 to 26 percent).
Santorum is tied with Romney among those who live in the East (33 to 33 percent) and West (35 to 34 percent), and those who attend religious services nearly weekly (31 to 31 percent).
Romney does well among those who seldom or never attend religious services (33 to 25 percent) and those who describe themselves as moderate or liberal (36 to 18 percent).
Santorum hails from a Midwestern state, Pennsylvania, where he served as a U.S. congressman and senator. He is also well known for his strong Catholic convictions and fighting for social conservative causes.
His economic policy has a focus on helping blue-collar workers, which is unique in the Republican field. This may help explain his advantage among those without a college degree and those with less income.
Romney lives in the Northeast and was formerly governor of Massachusetts. He also belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has a large number of adherents in some Western states, especially Utah.
Romney was born in Michigan where his father, George Romney, served as governor. He is currently in a tight race there with Santorum ahead of next Tuesday's primary. The current Real Clear Politics average of five separate polls shows the race tied with each candidate getting about one-third of the vote.
The Feb. 13-19 poll of 1,641 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who are registered to vote has a plus or minus three percentage point margin of error.
Midwesterners, eh? hm, if only there were an area of the country with lots of swing states and a decent amount of electoral votes...
I think tea party sentiment is also strongest here in the midwest.
Praise the Lord!
Hey, about we worry about the future of near bankrupt, economically stagnant USA instead of the culture wars for once?
Well, I don’t have anything against Santo, but his tax plan of favoring manufacturing is not going to work, is more picking winners and losers in society, and will not unite republicans at all.
A new Gallup poll shows:
Santorum has a 22 percentage point advantage (44 to 22 percent) among those who attend worship weekly
A 19 percentage point advantage (40 to 21 percent) among those who live in the Midwest
An 18 percentage point advantage (42 to 24 percent) among conservatives over main rival Mitt Romney.
Willard the Magic Liberal should just give it up. He’s done.
I agree.
If GOP voters are foolish enough to nominate Santorum, they (we) deserve another 4 miserable years of Obama.
It’s so obvious that Newt Gingrich is the candidate who can best take on the Marxist and defeat him, with words and ideas.
IOW, Santorum’s support is coming from the people who make this country work correctly.
At this point, its him or Gingrich. They are the only two left standing if you are conservative, unless you want the Dingbat Paul or “Mittens”.
Right now Santorum is ahead of Gingrich, so I’m backing him. If it reverses and Gingrich pulls ahead, I’m for him.
We don;t need Mittens in the White House.
“Santorum hails from a Midwestern state, Pennsylvania,...”
Umm...take it from this Pennsylvanian, we are NOT a Midwestern state. I live outside of Philadelphia and can drive to the Atlantic Ocean within one hour.
We are a Northeast or a Mid-Atlantic state. I’m not bragging by the way.
Man, have you seen all the bigoted attacks on Santorum by the Mormons, knocking the Christian faith as false, etc?
Me either.
RE: take it from this Pennsylvanian, we are NOT a Midwestern state. I live outside of Philadelphia and can drive to the Atlantic Ocean within one hour.
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What if you lived in Pittsburgh?
Short answer: Santorum strongest in red states, exactly what you’d expect of a social conservative. I think that if he gets into the general election, he will also have support among “Reagan Democrats” who are blue-color union types with family values and he’ll also have some attraction for Catholics who might find Santorum more appealing than Obama.
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Unless Romney is a Muslim, his religion is between him and God. My problem with him is his record - its LIBERAL!!!!!!!!!.
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