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Romney Holds 8-Percentage Point lead in Florida [Romney Gingrich [Head-to-Head 50%-48%]
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| January 27, 2012
| Andy Sullivan
Posted on 01/27/2012 6:56:44 PM PST by Steelfish
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posted on
01/27/2012 6:56:46 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
This is an online poll???
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posted on
01/27/2012 6:59:06 PM PST
by
Jrabbit
To: Steelfish
Lot more political savvy people than me here, can Newt turn it around?
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posted on
01/27/2012 6:59:46 PM PST
by
Kenny
To: Steelfish
Reuters/Ipsos and on-line. You couldn’t ask for a better liberal push poll.
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posted on
01/27/2012 6:59:57 PM PST
by
DarthVader
(Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
To: Steelfish
While it is undoubtedly true that Santorum hurts Newt and will likely hand the nomination to Mitt, I have little faith in online polls - especially those that don’t have Ron Paul winning with 70% of the vote.
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posted on
01/27/2012 7:01:53 PM PST
by
TitansAFC
(Next time, GOP Establishment, back someone who isn't totally despised by the grassroots!)
To: DarthVader
In this case I would guess it’s a Mormon/GOP-E poll. Man I wouldn’t want to be the person who had to teach Bob Dole how to use his PC to vote!
To: Jrabbit; Steelfish
“...This is an online poll???...”
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Yes it is.
Which means that you and I are wasting our time being here looking at this thread.
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posted on
01/27/2012 7:05:33 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: Steelfish
"Reuters/Ipsos South Carolina Republican Primary Poll Mitt Romney 37%
Rick Santorum 16%
Ron Paul 16%
Newt Gingrich 12%
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The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online from Jan. 10-13 with a sample of 995 South Carolina registered voters. It included 398 Republicans and 380 Democrats."
nuff said
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posted on
01/27/2012 7:07:15 PM PST
by
bksanders
(I think I just had my backslashed on a carriage return)
To: Repeal The 17th
Our Great Friend of Conservatism friend Santorum pulling votes from Newt.
We will always be able to thank him for this.
To: Steelfish
Statistical margins of error are not applicable to online surveys but this poll of 732 likely voters has a credibility interval of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points. GINGRICH STRONGER IN HEAD-TO-HEAD Conservatives are still somewhat splintered. The poll found that Gingrich and Romney would be virtually tied if Santorum and Paul dropped out of the race. Romney would win by 50 percent to 48 percent if the race were just between him and Gingrich.
The above is the fine print. First, it appears to be an online poll. They say that the issue isn't error but credibility. The problem with online polls, imho, is that the respondents self-select. That makes those people responding other than random.
Notice in the other part of this that no one is suggesting that Paul drop out. No one expects him to. Santorum dropping out, though, is discussed. If that were to happen, those numbers would go to Gingrich. It is Paul who has the younger, more liberal followers who would go to Romney.
If Santorum drops out, and it isn't like that Paul would, then Gingrich would be helped.
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posted on
01/27/2012 7:11:17 PM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray Continued Victory for our Troops Still in Afghan!)
To: Steelfish
The online pollAre they serious?
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posted on
01/27/2012 7:15:37 PM PST
by
eclecticEel
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
01/27/2012 7:17:16 PM PST
by
ConfidentConservative
(If my people shall humble themselves and pray,I will hear from Heaven and heal their land.)
To: All; Steelfish
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum trails with 13 percent The margin and then some. That's something for those considering Santorum need to think about because a win for Romney here, especially a big win as suggested by this poling, could end the contest here and now.
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posted on
01/27/2012 7:20:25 PM PST
by
newzjunkey
(a FL win returns Romney to the "inevitability" path.)
To: LibsRJerks
THe great quasi-conservative Gingrich pulling votes from the more conservative and more electable Santorunm.
See, you can play that game any way you want.
To: Steelfish
Get out Santorum. He won’t though. I’ll bet you that Santorum endorsed Romney when he drops out. I smell status quo on that guy.
To: xzins
I’m not so sure. There are a lot of Santorum supporters who support him, even though they know he won’t likely win and Gingrich might. Why are they supporting Santorum? Likely because they can’t bring themselves to support Gingrich. But at least they still have a conservative they can support.
I guess some of them would force themselves to support Gingrich, IF there were no other choice. But some would probably just support Romney because they couldn’t bring themselves to support Gingrich. Others would support Paul. And some will just not vote at all.
Just look at the freepers. How many Santorum supporters got banned because they violated the rules about attacking Gingrich? YOu think they will vote for Newt if Santorum drops out?
Heck, half the Perry supporters went to Santorum, even though Perry endorsed Gingrich.
To: CharlesWayneCT; All
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posted on
01/27/2012 8:04:14 PM PST
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: CharlesWayneCT; All
THe great quasi-conservative Gingrich pulling votes from the more conservative and more electable Santorunm. Folks, remember that this same guy who describes Santorum as "the more conservative and more electable," was, four years ago, one of the biggest Mitt Romney supporters on Free Republic. Methinks he wouldn't know "more conservative" if it bit him on the nose.
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posted on
01/27/2012 8:06:21 PM PST
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
To: musicman
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posted on
01/27/2012 8:08:46 PM PST
by
GlockThe Vote
(The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
To: Steelfish
I reside in South Central Florida, Highlands County. Last night I attended the monthly Republican Executive Committee Meeting. About 40 attended. Our chairmen, who is also the County Chairperson of the Gingrich Campaign(he personally is, not as the County Republican Chairman)was not in attendance. As the meeting was about to end, the County Chairman of the Santourm and Romney campaigns wanted to say a few words. The Vice Chairman said that the Chairman (who was not in attendance) did not want any campaign speeches. The crowd objected and the Vice Chairman allowed them to speak. Each gave a 5 min. talk about their canidates.As soon as they were done the Secretary interrupted and said that she just got off the phone with the Chairman and relayed the message that he had been getting many phone calls, requesting Gingrich signs, but Gingrich has not sent any. Strange meeting, but it is what it is.
This County went for Romney in 08 in the primary, and for McCain in the general. 28,000 registered republicans out of a population of about 60,000 voters.
just a inside look of Florida for my FRiends.
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posted on
01/27/2012 8:08:57 PM PST
by
goodtomato
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