Election 2012: South Carolina Republican PrimarySouth Carolina: Gingrich 33%, Romney 31%, Paul 15%
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has now surged ahead of Mitt Romney in the final Rasmussen Reports survey of the South Carolina Republican Primary race with the vote just two days away. The latest telephone survey of Likely GOP Primary Voters in the state finds Gingrich with 33% support to Romneys 31%. Two days ago, before the last debate, it was Romney by 14 percentage points. Texas Congressman Ron Paul now runs third with 15% of the vote, followed by former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum at 11%. Paul's support is steady while Santorum's support has dropped five points since Monday. At the beginning of the month, just after Santorums strong showing in the Iowa caucuses, he ran second to Romney with 24% of the vote. |
Good news!
It’s breakout and exploitation time!! Newt needs to bloody Romney HARD tonight and leave a smokin’ hole! As Patton said, “Like s*** through a goose! Kick some RINO ass, Newt!!
How come last week when the same polling showed Romney with a healthy lead, the storyline here was “Rassmussen polling cannot be trusted.” Now that the polling has flipped, is Rassmussen suddenly reliable?
“Santorum at 11%”
Seems a great awakening for the Santorum folks has occurred.
Will Santorum be as eloquent and graceful when he drops out, as Perry most certainly was?
GO NEWT GO......President Newt Gingrich, it’s going to happen.
YAY!!! Go, Newt!
I’m still surprised to see Romney breaking 30 percent. Go Newt.
Problem is don’t democrats also vote in SC ?
Ras only polls GOP voters
Go Newt!
I hope this is the beginning of a downward spiral for the liberal democrat Romney.
You know, I’ve become so suspicious of “being played” by the media and by our political system, that I cannot help but wonder if the John King smackdown by Newt was a set-up between Newt’s campaign and CNN.
Newt’s response made a huge (good) impression on me and on many others (in the blogs I’ve read).
When it comes to politics, NOTHING surprises me anymore.
NOTHING!