What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls For The Week Ending March 3, 2012
Seven primaries, three caucuses. No wonder they call it Super Tuesday. Is it also Santorum’s last stand?
Three of the states are gimmes as far as Mitt Romney’s concerned – Massachusetts, Vermont and Virginia. Rick Santorum was miles ahead in Oklahoma less than two weeks ago. But back then he was also 18 points ahead in Ohio, probably the biggest prize of the day. Now the Buckeye State is a tossup - Santorum 33%, Mitt Romney 31%.
Romney’s been surging since his wins this past Tuesday in the Arizona and Michigan primaries. The former Massachusetts governor now leads Santorum among Likely GOP Primary voters nationwide by a 40% to 24% margin. This is Romney's biggest lead to date and the highest level of support any GOP candidate has earned in regular surveying of the race. Two weeks earlier, it was Santorum 39%, Romney 27%.
Rasmussen Reports will report new numbers out of Ohio on Monday to see if that surge is still evident.
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