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Rick Santorum Has Sizable Lead Over Mitt Romney Heading Into Saturday's La. Primary [13% Lead]
NOLA ^ | March 20, 2012

Posted on 03/20/2012 7:28:43 PM PDT by Steelfish

Survey: Rick Santorum Has Sizable Lead Over Mitt Romney Heading Into Saturday's La. Primary March 20, 2012

Jonathan Tilove

WASHINGTON -- Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has a significant lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Louisiana heading into Saturday's primary, according to a survey conducted Monday by a Republican polling firm.

According to the survey of 2,018 likely Republican voters conducted by Magellan Strategies BR, and not paid for by any campaign or political organization, Santorum was leading Romney by 13 points -- 37 percent to 24 percent, with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right behind Romney with 24 percent.

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According to the survey, if Gingrich were not in the race, 61 percent of his support would go to Santorum, and only 22 percent to Romney. In a one-on-one contest, Santorum would defeat Romney by 21 points -- 55 to 34 percent with 11 percent undecided.

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: santorum
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To: sefarkas

“Have you noticed Romney trails by double-digits every week before every primary and in most cases comes away with a double-digit win? Say what you want (and I am no fan), but that is a talent”

No sefarkas. It’s not “talent”. It’s called trying to buy an election.


41 posted on 03/20/2012 9:21:13 PM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: Yaelle

It’s all systems go here in WI. Volunteers pouring into the state. Apparently Rick will be spending a fair amount of time here, unlike Mittens who doesn’t care about us because he no longer needs our votes.


42 posted on 03/20/2012 9:22:51 PM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: Steelfish

No, Louisiana doesn’t have a winner-take-all clause in their delegate selection.


43 posted on 03/20/2012 9:24:35 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: hinckley buzzard

It’s not over for Rick, hb. Now go back to coloring your Romney for President poster.


44 posted on 03/20/2012 9:25:09 PM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: Steelfish
According to the poll, without Gingrich in the race, Santorum's lead skyrockets to 21 points.

It's fine that Santorum has a big lead in Louisiana, but Romney isn't campaigning there. Santorum and Gingrich are contesting LA. If Gingrich does take a drubbing there and still refuses to pull out, it will just prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that his is just a vanity campaign.

45 posted on 03/20/2012 9:43:46 PM PDT by Wolfstar ('The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.' Theodore Roosevelt)
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To: Linda Frances
There are some Romney people who come to FR only to attack Rick, like they think we would vote for Romney. They apparently are so ashamed of their candidate they won’t admit supporting them.

Uh...in case you haven't noticed, anyone who supports Romney is promptly banned from FR.

46 posted on 03/20/2012 9:50:45 PM PDT by Wolfstar ('The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.' Theodore Roosevelt)
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To: varina davis

His final home, Beauvoir, is less than a mile from where I sit.

http://www.beauvoir.org


47 posted on 03/20/2012 10:04:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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To: Mountain Mary

So more donations for Rick. We HAVE to stop this Romney.


48 posted on 03/20/2012 11:25:27 PM PDT by Yaelle (Santorum 2012)
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To: Steelfish

If the current numbers hold, there’s a chance that Rick Santorum gets all 20 delegates on Saturday. To qualify for delegates in Saturday’s primary, a candidate must get 25% of the vote. With both Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney below 25%, only Rick Santorum would receive delegates. If the 6% undecideds split evenly, all three will be over 25% and the delegate split is likely to be Santorum 8, Gingrich 6, and Romney 6. If Gingrich got out the race, the split would likely be Santorum 13 and Romney 7. If we are truly at the point where every delegate counts, then the extra delegate for Mitt Romney is probably more important than the increased margin for Rick Santorum. I’m sure that the Gingrich and Santorum campaigns are hoping that the final numbers are something like Santorum 40, Gingrich 27, and Romney 24. That ending would keep Mr. Romney from receiving any delegates. In this primary, Dr. Gingrich’s presence in the race certainly has the chance of taking delegates from Mitt Romney.


49 posted on 03/20/2012 11:37:26 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: Wolfstar

And vanity is the outer layer of pride.


50 posted on 03/21/2012 12:46:42 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I visited Beauvoir a few years ago before it was damaged by a hurricane. Davis was a great man and unjustly reveiled. Deo Vindice!


51 posted on 03/21/2012 6:30:49 AM PDT by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: Mountain Mary

hehe nice try. I’m a Newt guy. I’m also a realist.


52 posted on 03/22/2012 4:10:23 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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