Other new polls today:
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Michigan Republican Presidential Primary @Detroit Free Press/WXYZ
Santorum 37, Romney 34, Paul 10, Gingrich 7
NEWTORUM +10 OVER Willard the Lib (BIG thanks again to Newt for not contesting Michigan hence allowing conservatives to help Rick)
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Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary @Franklin & Marshall
Santorum 45, Romney 16, Gingrich 9, Paul 7
NEWTORUM +38 OVER Willard the Lib
Pennsylvania actually has all their delegates officially “unpledged”, and most (59) are elected by district separate from a presidential “preference” vote. One would expect that candidates have slates of delegates for each district, and that voters would select the slate corresponding to their preference.
If so, it is possible if Santorum has such a large lead that he would actually be the plurality winner in all 18 districts, and take all the delegates, but in reality it is likely that someone will beat him in one or more districts.
The rest of the delegates are selected by the central committee, and will probably just vote for whoever has the most delegates when they get to the convention.
It’s going to be hard for the PA Republicans to win their liberal state in the fall. I would imagine huge Democrat opposition there to Santorum if he were the upset nominee.