Posted on 01/18/2012 3:54:34 AM PST by TBBT
In a hypothetical one-on-one match-up between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination, Gingrich beats Romney by a wide margin.
In our national scientific telephone survey last night, we asked Americans who said they’d vote in their state’s Republican primary or caucus for whom they’d vote if only two candidates were on the ballot.
We asked for responses to three head-to-head hypothetical contests: Gingrich-Romney, Paul-Romney, and Santorum-Romney.
Gingrich topped Romney 48%-33%, Santorum edged Romney 45%-39%, and Romney beat Paul 61%-23%.
The results give credence to the argument that there’s a robust anyone-but-Romney (and Paul) movement among likely Republican voters despite Romney being the frontrunner to date in a GOP field in which three candidates are to the right of Romney.
In our national scientific telephone survey, we questioned 543 registered voters who said they’d vote in their state’s Republican primary or caucus. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 4%. The full crosstabs for the polls:
(Excerpt) Read more at pollposition.com ...
Anyone can see Newt will mop the floor with ziooerhead and they know it. The only card they have in thier deck is the race card
Waiting for the Santoum supporters to show up and start bashing Gingrich for sitting with Pelosi, etc, etc, etc.
Of course, that completely ignores Santorum’s votes for expanding the Department of Education, Medicare, etc.
When Gingrich was in office, he was reliable and kept his word. Santorum played party politics.
Neither is the perfect conservative.
So spare us your typed protests.
...and pretty much puts the kibosh on the dolts who claim a vote for anyone but Newt is a vote for Willard.
Taken in a vacuum you might have a point. But taken in conjunction with actual state polling (reality) you don’t.
Romney needs more than half of the 2268 delegates. He has not yet gotten, and probably won't get, more than 35% in any primary.
Therefore, whether the other 65% of the votes go to one guy, or a hundred, shouldn't matter.
Saying Romney is "winning" with vote levels of 25%-35% is stupid.
Just an observation but I have never heard of pollpositions.com before this.
But Newt has shown that he can trump that race card.
I take all stats and polls with a grain of salt but this certainly bolsters the argument that the white-shoe GOP types want the conservatives to eat their own.
This scenario will give Santorum more stage time to stand out and if it does indeed look like he hasn't a chance I will reconsider my vote—cause it is all about stopping Romney.
I like Newt somewhat, but I don't trust him. He can be a little “scattered” at times, & he has fits of liberalism. Paul is scary. The rest are just pathetic looking.
That brings me back to Newt, who I believe can beat Obama, which is essential. He seems to be the best of a bad bunch. I am not energized.
Except here you have a polling outfit that nobody has ever heard of before conducting the poll, and it’s a robo-call poll.
I vaguely remember there was a very similar posting about a poll and polling organization a few days prior to the Iowa Caucus that asserted that Michelle Bachmann was rapidly gaining ground.
What is pollpositions.com?
Romney’s worst nightmare is for him to be in a two man race with Newt Gingrich.. end of story there...
btw that is also Obama’s worst nightmare
And how does Newt do in a matchup with just Obama? Newt cannot defeat Obama folks. The general public will not elect him, they detest him.
Fascinating. I just caution that “what if” polling is not always the same result as “this is your real choice” polling.
I’m almost willing now to accept Newt’s walking back from his attack on capitalism. (I know it’s Perry’s term) Vulture capitalism cleanses the business environment of underperforming assets and management.
Therefore, whether the other 65% of the votes go to one guy, or a hundred, shouldn't matter.
Correct.
The thing is, will anyone besides rupaul hang in for the entire campaign.
If it ends up 41% for mittens, 35% for the non-romney that remains and 16% for rupaul while the rest go to the other two non-romneys {that have departed}.
That would mean a brokered convention and rupaul would become everyone's new best friend.
Yikes!!
I think Newt could trounce Obama in the debates. IMO, this is essential to win in November. The debates will generate much needed contrast between the 2 men, & give Newt a fair representation to the public, something the MSM would rather avoid. Live TV is something the MSM cannot distort.
But, I must say, without a solid conservative Congress (unlikely) to deal with, a President Gingrich will for sure make deals with the Rats that will be bad for this country.
Poll position, is a bs site, nothing more nothing less.
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