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01-17-2012, 01:13 PM
Romney 35%
Gingrich 21%
Paul 16%
Santourm 16%
Perry 5%
This South Carolina survey of 750 Likely Republican Primary Voters was conducted on January 16, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/south_carolina/election_2012_south_carolina_republican_primary
Jon Huntsman’s endorsement seems to be already paying off for Mitt Romney in South Carolina. With the former Utah governor’s decision to drop out of the Republican presidential race, Romney moves even further ahead in the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Saturday’s South Carolina Primary.
The former Massachusetts governor now earns 35% support from likely South Carolina GOP Primary Voters, according to the latest telephone survey in the state. That’s up from 28% late last week. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich remains in second place with 21% of the vote, followed by former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum and Texas Congressman Ron Paul, each with 16%. The vote totals for Gingrich, Santorum and Paul are unchanged from the previous survey.
Texas Governor Rick Perry runs last with five percent (5%) support, essentially unchanged from six percent (6%) last week. Huntsman, who announced Monday that he was quitting the race, picked up five percent (5%) in the previous survey. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
These latest findings come in a survey from Monday evening, after Huntsman’s announcement but before the remaining five candidates held a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The prior survey found Romney’s support essentially unchanged from the 27% he had earned a week earlier, while Santorum was down eight points, Gingrich up three and Paul up five.
Romney’s rivals continued to question his conservative credentials and to batter his business record in last night’s debate. But Romney has now moved into a tie with Gingrich among voters in the state who call themselves Very Conservative and continues to run well ahead among those who are Somewhat Conservative. Sixty-two percent (62%) of all GOP voters in the state view Romney’s business record as a reason to support him.
Among primary voters in the Palmetto State, 39% think Romney would do a better job managing the economy, followed by Gingrich with 23% support and Paul at 19%. The rest of the field is in single digits. Nationally, 48% of all voters think Romney would do a better job than Obama with the economy.
Just 33% of South Carolina primary voters say they could change their minds by Saturday, down from 41% late last week. Eight percent (8%) say they still don’t have an initial preference. The 59% who are certain how they will vote in the primary includes 69% of Romney supporters, 65% of Gingrich backers, 63% of Santorum’s voters, 58% of Paul’s and 54% of Perry’s.
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This South Carolina survey of 750 Likely Republican Primary Voters was conducted on January 16, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Regardless of which candidate they favor, 69% of likely South Carolina Primary voters continue to think Romney will win the GOP nomination. A plurality (49%) believes he would be the strongest challenger to Obama, while primary voters still see Paul as the weakest potential challenger. Eighty-seven percent (87%) say the GOP candidate is likely to win the election in November, with 54% who believe it’s Very Likely.
Romney is the most popular of the Republican candidates in South Carolina, with favorables of 68%. He swaps places with Santorum who was the most popular last week and is now viewed favorably by 64%. Gingrich is regarded favorably by 55%, Perry by 51% and Paul by 45%.
Santorum has now faded among Tea Party voters in the state, running third with 19% support after leading among this group in the prior survey. Gingrich is now first among Tea Party voters with 30% support, followed by Romney at 27%. Romney has a two-to-one lead or better over his rivals among voters who are not members of the grassroots movement.
Romney now also leads among all religious demographic groups after running second to Santorum late last week among Evangelical Christians.
Rasmussen Reports’ most recent survey of the January 31 Florida Primary field found Romney running far ahead there as well.
Gingrich 21%
Paul 16%
Santourm 16%
Perry 5%
This South Carolina survey of 750 Likely Republican Primary Voters was conducted on January 16, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/south_carolina/election_2012_south_carolina_republican_primary
Jon Huntsman’s endorsement seems to be already paying off for Mitt Romney in South Carolina. With the former Utah governor’s decision to drop out of the Republican presidential race, Romney moves even further ahead in the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Saturday’s South Carolina Primary.
The former Massachusetts governor now earns 35% support from likely South Carolina GOP Primary Voters, according to the latest telephone survey in the state. That’s up from 28% late last week. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich remains in second place with 21% of the vote, followed by former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum and Texas Congressman Ron Paul, each with 16%. The vote totals for Gingrich, Santorum and Paul are unchanged from the previous survey.
Texas Governor Rick Perry runs last with five percent (5%) support, essentially unchanged from six percent (6%) last week. Huntsman, who announced Monday that he was quitting the race, picked up five percent (5%) in the previous survey. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
These latest findings come in a survey from Monday evening, after Huntsman’s announcement but before the remaining five candidates held a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The prior survey found Romney’s support essentially unchanged from the 27% he had earned a week earlier, while Santorum was down eight points, Gingrich up three and Paul up five.
Romney’s rivals continued to question his conservative credentials and to batter his business record in last night’s debate. But Romney has now moved into a tie with Gingrich among voters in the state who call themselves Very Conservative and continues to run well ahead among those who are Somewhat Conservative. Sixty-two percent (62%) of all GOP voters in the state view Romney’s business record as a reason to support him.
Among primary voters in the Palmetto State, 39% think Romney would do a better job managing the economy, followed by Gingrich with 23% support and Paul at 19%. The rest of the field is in single digits. Nationally, 48% of all voters think Romney would do a better job than Obama with the economy.
Just 33% of South Carolina primary voters say they could change their minds by Saturday, down from 41% late last week. Eight percent (8%) say they still don’t have an initial preference. The 59% who are certain how they will vote in the primary includes 69% of Romney supporters, 65% of Gingrich backers, 63% of Santorum’s voters, 58% of Paul’s and 54% of Perry’s.
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This South Carolina survey of 750 Likely Republican Primary Voters was conducted on January 16, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Regardless of which candidate they favor, 69% of likely South Carolina Primary voters continue to think Romney will win the GOP nomination. A plurality (49%) believes he would be the strongest challenger to Obama, while primary voters still see Paul as the weakest potential challenger. Eighty-seven percent (87%) say the GOP candidate is likely to win the election in November, with 54% who believe it’s Very Likely.
Romney is the most popular of the Republican candidates in South Carolina, with favorables of 68%. He swaps places with Santorum who was the most popular last week and is now viewed favorably by 64%. Gingrich is regarded favorably by 55%, Perry by 51% and Paul by 45%.
Santorum has now faded among Tea Party voters in the state, running third with 19% support after leading among this group in the prior survey. Gingrich is now first among Tea Party voters with 30% support, followed by Romney at 27%. Romney has a two-to-one lead or better over his rivals among voters who are not members of the grassroots movement.
Romney now also leads among all religious demographic groups after running second to Santorum late last week among Evangelical Christians.
Rasmussen Reports’ most recent survey of the January 31 Florida Primary field found Romney running far ahead there as well.