Rasmaussen- Alabama GOP Primary- Gingrich 30%, Santorum 29%, Romney 28%

Rasmaussen | 3-9-12 | Rasumaussen

[VinL]

Alabama Republicans are up to bat next, and right now it’s a near three-way tie going into next Tuesday’s primary.

The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary Voters in Alabama finds Newt Gingrich barely ahead with 30% support to 29% for Rick Santorum and 28% for Mitt Romney. Texas Congressman Ron Paul trails with seven percent (7%) of the vote. One percent (1%) prefers some other candidate, and six percent (6%) remain undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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This Alabama survey of 750 Likely Republican Primary Voters was conducted on March 8, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

[Impy]

Thanks to so and so keeping the viable conservative from 50% Romney will get a share of delegates from each state. Depressing.

There can be only one or Romney will secure the nomination.

[Impy]

3 polls in MS, 3 different winners.

Romney would lose 2-1 if someone wasn’t insisting on staying in the race.

[EagleInGA]

I’m very uncomfortable right now with the fact that Rasmussen now has Romney leading by eight points in Mississippi.

I share your concern. I made the case that we should back Santorum after his wins in Feb., but then I went and voted for Newt in GA. I did so knowing that Newt does not have a feasible pathway to the nomination short of a brokered convention and quite a bit of luck. But at the end of the day I ignored my advice and cast a vote for the candidate I think is the best. I suspect folks in Alabama and Mississippi will do the same.

Neither Santorum nor Gingrich will drop anytime soon. That being the case, Romney does have a good shot at winning both Alabama and Mississippi. If that happens then he will have serious momentum and wrap things up by end of April.

[campaignPete R-CT]

newt got nowhere to go after MS. He needs to stay out of ILL. MO and LA he could compete but nowhere else until MAY.

[Sun]

“Perhaps Romney and Gingrich could reach an agreement, ..”

Romney and Ron Paul reached an areement, and I sure wish Gingrich and Santorum would.

The Romney/Paul Team are beating up Gingrich and Santorum with dirty politicis.

[Clintonfatigued]

I made an error from typing in a hurry. I meant to say that if Santorum and Gingrich could reach an agreement, with Gingrich contentracting on Alabama and Santorum concentrating on Mississippi. My mistake.

[AFPhys]

Since Rick Santorum won in Kansas, I hope you lord it over your family next time they declare Romney or anyone else a “done deal”. It is important to get out and vote every time.