Alabama poll Newt 21% Romney 20% Santorum 17% RP 15% MOE 5%

[Paulite]

A poll by the Center for Leadership and Public Policy at Alabama State University found Mr. Romney with 20.2% support among likely Republican primary voters, virtually tied with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 20.7% of the vote. Former Sen. Rick Santorum was close behind with 16.6% among Republicans in Alabama, which will hold its primary on Tuesday along with Mississippi and Hawaii. Other candidates, including Rep. Ron Paul, received 15.1%. The poll’s error margin is five percentage points.

Many voters — 27.4% — remained undecided. But the poll’s finding was still a notably strong showing for Mr. Romney because the more-conservative, evangelical-heavy South has been considered more hospitable to Messrs. Gingrich and Santorum, who are competing to be recognized as the principal alternative to the Massachusetts Governor. Mr. Romney in a Thursday campaign appearance downplayed expectations in Alabama and Mississippi by comparing the region’s contest to “an away game.’’


http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/03/09/poll-dead-heat-in-alabama/

[bluesc]

Ron within the MOE of first and he is "other candidates"?

[sailingaway]

Well, what do you know.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWUOmk7wO0

that's a lot closer than I expected

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lol! you took 'other candidates' as Ron, and mostly I am sure it is. But he wasn't polling great there earlier.

[ZakCarter]

Colonel Macgregor will be on a Birmingham radio show Monday afternoon, hope it sways some of those undecideds!

[Bama Boy]

"Other" does not equal Ron Paul. We will be lucky to break 8%.

For good reasons, the campaign is bypassing AL and MS.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

This poll didn't include Ron Paul. It's:

Gingrich: 21%
Romney: 20%
Santorum: 17%
Other: 15%

Paul doesn't do well in the deep south, at all.

[ronpaulfollower999]

No one else is going to get more than 1%. Ron Paul equals "other."

[Bama Boy]

No one else is going to get more than 1%. Ron Paul equals "other."

Other will turn into Romney, Newt, or Santorum on election day. Basically those are "undecideds". You are seriously setting yourself up for huge disappointment if you think we have a chance in AL.

RP got 15K votes in 2008 on Super Tuesday, which was less than 3% of the 550K votes. It would be a feat if RP got 30K votes

[HOLLYWOOD]

This poll didn't include Ron Paul. It's:

Gingrich: 21%
Romney: 20%
Santorum: 17%
Other: 15%

Paul doesn't do well in the deep south, at all.Stick a NASCAR sticker on his forehead

[Paul Or Nothing II]

He'd be doing a lot better if campaign had been spending on presenting him as "electable" & anti-Obama due to his ability to pull in Independents & Democrats but the electability issue hasn't been raised in our ads or even in Ron's speeches (not enough anyway) even though the label of "unelectable" was the FIRST thing we should've been looking to counter

The only reason, Romney has been the "frontrunner" despite widespread dislike about him amongst Republican is because "he's electable" & "can beat Obama" so we have to realize that Republican Party is more or less Anyone-that-can-beat-Obama Party & that's where Ron's appeal amongst Independents & Democrats comes into play to show us in a better light amongst Republicans

[revned]

- "the poll's error of margin is five percentage points"

Why even do polls anymore? They aren't reliable. Look at Virginia.