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Obama leads GOP challengers in Wisconsin poll; Santorum leads GOP field (WI)
JS Online ^ | 2-23-12 | Craig Gilbert

Posted on 02/23/2012 6:21:51 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

Rick Santorum has emerged as a much more popular figure with the party’s conservative base in Wisconsin than his GOP rivals, according to a new statewide poll.

But all four Republican presidential candidates trail President Obama by double-digits in a Marquette Law School survey of 716 registered voters taken Sunday through Thursday.

Obama, who last week made his first 2012 trip to Wisconsin, leads Santorum here 51% to 40% in a general election matchup. He leads Mitt Romney 53% to 38%. He leads Ron Paul 52% to 36%. And he leads Newt Gingrich 56% to 33%.

Those numbers coincide with a slight uptick in Obama’s popularity since last month and an erosion of support for Romney and Gingrich, two big-name Republicans who’ve taken on baggage in their party’s bruising, topsy-turvy nominating fight.

Both Romney and Gingrich have seen their numbers worsen among Republicans since Marquette’s previous poll in January. And both trail Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, by double-digits among likely GOP primary voters in Wisconsin.

Among registered voters who say they plan to vote in the state’s open presidential primary April 3, Santorum leads with 34%, followed by Romney with 18%, Paul with 17% and Gingrich with 12%.

That mirrors Santorum’s rise to the top of the national polls in a GOP race that has defied a tidy resolution, creating at least the chance that the Wisconsin Primary six weeks from now could play a role in the nominating fight.

If that contest were held today, Santorum would find himself in better shape than his three competitors, who have much higher “negatives” among the GOP base.

The chart below shows how Republican voters in Wisconsin viewed their party’s presidential candidates in the February survey:

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: obama; polls; santorum

1 posted on 02/23/2012 6:21:55 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; TaMoDee; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; ..

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2 posted on 02/23/2012 6:24:14 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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3 posted on 02/23/2012 6:26:14 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
all four Republican presidential candidates trail President Obama by double-digits

Stop the world, I want off.

4 posted on 02/23/2012 6:31:04 AM PST by bgill (Romney & Obama are both ineligible. A non-NBC GOP prez shuts down all ?s on Obama's admin)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
We'll see what happens now after the debate. Santorum pretty much had to play defense, and I think that's always a loser. Now he can return to retail politics where he's best, so if he doesn't take too big a hit on the debate, he can still thump Romney in MI.
5 posted on 02/23/2012 6:33:03 AM PST by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Let be the one to ask, where was that poll taken? In the shadows of Milwaukee’s liberal center. I would NEVER even consider walking around that area after dark (or in the day time for that matter). Then we have Madistan, the home of the central American Communism’s center. Both of the two areas I speak of are where two Universities are located. Need I say more?

If we Wisconsites could only put a fence around those two places, Wisconsin would be a really great place to live.


6 posted on 02/23/2012 6:33:23 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: bgill

Look at the internals and the polling percentage by political party before doing something rash. Its more cooked than usual and most of the respondents came from the most liberal areas of WI.

We’re doing ok here.


7 posted on 02/23/2012 6:33:47 AM PST by MNlurker
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To: bgill

Meanwhile Rasmussen reports Obama up 6-8 in Virginia.

Obama is incredibly lucky that we have such a weak field of candidates.


8 posted on 02/23/2012 6:57:25 AM PST by nbenyo
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To: Progov

It was a marquette poll, according to the article. And it was probably conducted by phone.

The great thing about WI is that most people don’t ever have to go to either Milwaukee, or Madtown. I haven’t for years.


9 posted on 02/23/2012 6:58:51 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: nbenyo
Obama is incredibly lucky that we have such a weak field of candidates.

Adjusting my tin foil hat as I'm thinking this slate of so very weak candidates wasn't just happenstance...

10 posted on 02/23/2012 7:03:43 AM PST by bgill (Romney & Obama are both ineligible. A non-NBC GOP prez shuts down all ?s on Obama's admin)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

While I question the polls accuarcy

Part of that is the result is Wisconsin Governor Walker’s reluctance to connect the dots, attributing Obama’s administration orchestrating and suppogting his recall including the damaging of state property, disrupting the legislative process, and the fascist method of intimidation Walker supporters committed by members of the DCP (Demo-Com Party) and out of state members of the SEIU, NEA, and AFSME during their Walker recall campaign t.,


11 posted on 02/23/2012 7:28:37 AM PST by mosesdapoet ("The best way to punish a country is let professors run it. Fredrick the Great p/p)
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To: bgill
Adjusting my tin foil hat as I'm thinking this slate of so very weak candidates wasn't just happenstance...

Actually, we have two very strong candidates (Santorum and Gingrich) and two guys with a lot of money (Romney and Paul) who are not really conservatives but are doing everything in their power to make sure a conservative isn't the nominee.

If we can manage to show Romney and Paul the door and make them irrelevant, things will improve.
12 posted on 02/23/2012 7:33:24 AM PST by Antoninus (Mitt Romney -- attempting to execute a hostile take-over of the Republican Party.)
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To: nbenyo

We methodically destroyed each of our candidates, and now the worst President in the history of our country, is highly likely to be re-elected — perhaps by a very comfortable margin.


13 posted on 02/23/2012 7:54:17 AM PST by comebacknewt (Newt (sigh) what could have been . . .)
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To: comebacknewt

The GOP has served itself up to the media like raw steak to a lion during this primary process... Obama was so done and now he has the perception that he has a fighting chance..... look at ourselves as responsible and not being united.


14 posted on 02/23/2012 9:04:50 AM PST by Republic Rocker
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Right - I’m not sure about the others, but Madison has long been regarded one of the most liberal cities in America.


15 posted on 02/23/2012 9:26:43 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
"Marquette Law School survey of 716 registered voters"

A poll of registered voters and not likely voters is absolutely worthless.

16 posted on 02/23/2012 5:46:44 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj
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