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2012 Arizona Republican Presidential Primary (Santorum surges to within 4; Romney lead cut to 39-35)
American Research Group ^ | 2/25/2012

Posted on 02/25/2012 12:56:44 PM PST by Brices Crossroads

Mitt Romney leads in the Arizona Republican presidential primary with 39%. Romney is followed by Rick Santorum with 35%, Newt Gingrich with 11%, and Ron Paul with 9%.

In a similar survey conducted February 13-14, 2012, Romney was leading with 38%, followed by Santorum with 31%, Gingrich with 15%, and Paul with 11%. Support for Santorum has increased 4 percentage points since the last survey and support for Romney has increased 1 percentage point.

Romney leads Santorum 50% to 29% among likely Republican primary voters saying they have already voted through early voting. Santorum leads Romney 41% to 29% among likely Republican primary voters saying they will vote on February 28.

Santorum leads with 44% among likely Republican primary voters saying they are supporters of the Tea Party, followed by Romney with 34%, Gingrich with 18%, and Paul with 1%. Among likely primary voters saying they are not supporters of the Tea Party or are undecided about the Tea Party, Romney leads with 44%, followed by Santorum with 25%, Paul with 18%, and Gingrich with 3%.

Santorum leads Romney 43% to 32% among men, followed by Gingrich with 13% and Paul with 10%. Romney leads Santorum 47% to 26% among women, followed by Gingrich with 9% and Paul with 8%.

Details from the survey of 600 likely Republican primary voters conducted February 23-24, 2012 can be found here.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: freeperheadsexplode; romney; santorum
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To: CainConservative
Newt stumbling in a debate is the exception to the rule. While the rule for Santorum has been mediocrity with a few impressive moments thrown in on the side, along with a heaping side order of snideness.
21 posted on 02/25/2012 2:14:20 PM PST by bramps (Newt is the one)
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To: Brices Crossroads

When McPain endorsed Romney, AZ was never in doubt. It always does as McPain says. People there really believe McPain.


22 posted on 02/25/2012 2:22:18 PM PST by Theodore R. (Forget the others: It's Santorum's turn, less baggage, articulate, passionate)
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To: Theodore R.

“When McPain endorsed Romney, AZ was never in doubt. It always does as McPain says. People there really believe McPain.”

If McPain is so powerful in Arizona, why did he need Palin to save his bacon in 2010? His endorsement—even in AZ—strikes me as worthless, like Jacob Marley endorsing the Ghost of Christmas Past. Who cares?

Nobody is paying any attention to the old coot any more.


23 posted on 02/25/2012 2:27:46 PM PST by Brices Crossroads
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To: Eva
Arizona has way too many Mormons for Romney to lose there. I don’t know what Santorum was thinking, appearing at a debate in Mesa, with the high percentage of Mormons in that town.

Mormon's stacked the audience during the debate and whooped and cheered at every Romney platitude. They are a big factor and likely vote more Republican than Democrat (Harry Reid excepted). In fact, the Mormon temple in Mesa has the biggest attendance of any outside of Utah. The LDS population in the PHX area has led to the building of two more temples that will open in the next two to five years. If Santorum can cut Romney's lead or even defeat him there (as unlikely as it seems), Mitt will have trouble going forward in areas less populated by them.

24 posted on 02/25/2012 4:51:07 PM PST by CedarDave (Donna Brazile: "... we we believe that the weakest candidate ... [is] Mitt Romney.")
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To: CedarDave

Well, they said that the Mormon population in Colorado would hand Romney the victory, but it didn’t work. So, maybe there is hope.


25 posted on 02/25/2012 5:33:36 PM PST by Eva
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To: CedarDave

Are you aware that the University of Phoenix is a Mormon company and that they have been under attack from the Obama administration?


26 posted on 02/25/2012 5:35:06 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva
Are you aware that the University of Phoenix is a Mormon company and that they have been under attack from the Obama administration?

No and no, but what does that have to do with anything? Are you a Mitt supporter?

27 posted on 02/25/2012 10:38:23 PM PST by CedarDave (Donna Brazile: "... we we believe that the weakest candidate ... [is] Mitt Romney.")
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To: CedarDave

It’s just more reason for a big Mormon push for Romney in AZ.


28 posted on 02/26/2012 2:28:38 PM PST by Eva
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To: CedarDave

My son used to work at University of Phoenix. He was their top recruiter for almost two years. They treated him very badly. It was different for Mormons.


29 posted on 02/26/2012 2:32:09 PM PST by Eva
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