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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSantorum clings to 37%-34% lead over Romney in Michigan, new Detroit Free Press/WXYZ poll shows
Santorum clings to 37%-34% lead over Romney in Michigan, Free Press/WXYZ poll shows
3:24 PM, February 22, 2012
By Todd Spangler
Detroit Free Press Washington Staff
A week of personal appearances, newspaper op-eds, robocalls and television ads has brought Mitt Romney back within striking distance of national frontrunner Rick Santorum in Michigans Republican presidential primary, but with six days to go Santorums upstart campaign remains on the verge of what could be a defining victory in Romneys birth state, a Detroit Free Press-WXYZ-TV poll shows.
After jumping out to an improbable lead in Michigan a week ago following a sweep in three western states, Santorum still holds a 37% to 34% lead over Romney, who until recently had been considered all but certain to win a state where he was born and grew up. It's also a state where his father, George Romney, was a nationally known auto executive and a popular three-term Republican governor.
Mitt Romney, who left Michigan decades ago as a young man to pursue a business career in Massachusetts (where he later became governor), has made inroads into what some polls showed as a sizeable Santorum advantage following wins two weeks ago in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. In metro Detroit, he leads Santorum, the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, 41%-26%.
The race remains a volatile one, perhaps right up to the end. Nearly half of the polls respondents 45% said they would consider changing their minds about who to vote for before Tuesday, and 12% of respondents said they were still undecided who to vote for on Tuesday.
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http://www.freep.com/article/20120222/NEWS15/120222050/Free-Press-WXYZ-poll-Republican-Michigan-primary?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
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The poll breakdown can be viewed at:
http://www.freep.com/article/20120222/NEWS15/120222059
To me, the most interesting stat showed that Catholics preferred Rmoney to Santorum, 38% to 32%.
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Santorum clings to 37%-34% lead over Romney in Michigan, new Detroit Free Press/WXYZ poll shows (Original Post)
Bozita
Feb 2012
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RandySF
(57,163 posts)1. EPIC-MRA is the best in Michigan.
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)2. It is scary that Santorum has this much support. nt
Bozita
(26,955 posts)3. Dems support Santorum over Rmoney, 25% to 22%.
It's in the poll breakdown, the 2nd link in the OP.
yourout
(7,518 posts)4. If Ricky would keep his mouth shut he would stand a better chance.
Like Newt he can't help himself.
applegrove
(117,885 posts)5. Could not happen to a nicer group of people.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)6. Not after his poor performance tonight. He sucked royally! :(