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Election 2008: California Republican Presidential Primary
Rasmussen ^ | February 03, 2008

Posted on 02/03/2008 11:40:39 AM PST by chaos_5

In California, Republican Primary Voters are evenly divided between John McCain and Mitt Romney. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds McCain attracting 38% of the vote and Romney earning an identical 38%. Mike Huckabee is a distant third at 10%, Ron Paul picks up 6%, and 6% say they’ll vote for some other candidate.

Earlier in the week, McCain had a small advantage over Romney. Since then, Giuliani dropped out of the race and endorsed McCain. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger also endorsed the GOP frontrunner. While those events may have helped McCain, a conservative backlash for anybody-but-McCain appears to have helped Romney.

Romney leads 42% to 37% among conservative voters while McCain leads by eleven points among political moderates. McCain has a slight lead among men while Romney leads among women.

Eight percent (8%) of Likely Voters say there’s a good chance they could change their mind before voting while another 20% say they might change their mind.

Thirty-two percent (32%) of Likely Republican Primary Voters name the economy as the top voting issue for Election 2008. In California, an identical percentage (32%) now say that immigration is the highest priority. McCain leads by sixteen points among those who see the economy as the top issue while Romney leads by twenty-five among voters focused on immigration.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: ca2008; mccain; mitt; mittromney; romney; romneyisaliberal; voters
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To: dowcaet
The vote in Orange and San Diego counties could determine the election here. They are the two largest Republican leaning counties in the state, and both are overwhelmingly conservative. Mitt has to win big in both counties to have a chance to carry the state.

The population doesn't matter this go-around. Every congressional district is a separate contest. A district in Org Cty with 200,000 Republicans people gets the same amount of delegates (3) as Pelosi's district with only 30,000.

81 posted on 02/03/2008 4:24:44 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: gc4nra
I told her to call back when she got unstupid!

ROFLMHO!!!!!

82 posted on 02/03/2008 5:03:45 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: utahagen; Bobkk47
“My CA vote (absentee) was cast for Mitt 2 weeks ago.”

Ditto.

Who was ahead in the polls in CA when their early voting started?

83 posted on 02/04/2008 12:43:06 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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