HAWAII, April 3, 2012 – 98 delegates. Three primaries. Four presidential candidates. Tonight at
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Preliminary polls suggest tonight’s contests will be another blowout victory for Mitt Romney, but with Rick Santorum aggressively campaigning in Wisconsin and both Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich seemingly on a no surrender until delegates are counted tour, will tonight’s results be yet another surprise in a long slug to convention or the decisive moment for the Romney campaign?
On Sunday, Public Policy Polling reported a commanding 25-point lead for Romney (52%) against his closest opponent, Rick Santorum (27%) in Maryland. In Wisconsin, the same poll showed Romney leading Santorum 43% to 36%. While no polls are yet available for DC, last week Romney won the District’s GOP straw poll by a whopping 72%, suggesting strong support tonight.
Polls by Rasmussen Reports also show a potentially strong Tuesday night for Romney with Romney 45% to 28% Santorum in Maryland and 44% to 34% in
According to PPP, in Wisconsin while Romney is strongest all around, he performs best with voters who identify as “Somewhat Conservative” whereas Santorum is strongest among “Very Conservative” voters (43%). Paul is strongest with voters< who identify themselves as “Very Liberal” (33%) as does Gingrich (19%).
In Maryland, Romney registers best with “Very Liberal” voters (72%), Santorum with those “Very Conservative” (36%), Paul with “Somewhat Liberal” (27%) and Gingrich with “Very Liberal” (18%).
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