Republicans in close races in Iowa and S.C.
A new in-depth poll out today on the Republican presidential race shows too-close-to-call contests in two of the first three states to vote.
According to the survey by the Associated Press and the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, most voters in New Hampshire and South Carolina say they have not made up their minds for certain, and only 57 percent in Iowa say they strongly support their chosen candidate. The candidates are also closely bunched on who voters trust most on illegal immigration, the war in Iraq, and other key Republican issues, the poll found.
In Iowa, home to the Jan. 3 caucuses, Mitt Romney leads with 25 percent, but Mike Huckabee is in a statistical tie with 24 percent. Rudy Giuliani is in third with 14 percent, and Fred Thompson in fourth with 12 percent, according to the poll.
In New Hampshire, where voters go to the polls Jan. 8, Romney has 37 percent, Giuliani has 19 percent, and John McCain has 15 percent.
And in South Carolina, where Republicans vote Jan. 19, Romney and Giuliani are tied with 19 percent each, Thompson is in within the margin of error at 18 percent, McCain claims 13 percent, and Huckabee has 10 percent.
The survey was conducted Nov. 7-25 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 7 percentage points in Iowa and plus or minus 5.5 percentage points in both New Hampshire and South Carolina.
You mention three polls here. Two of them you mention the fourth place candidate. The third where Ron Paul is the fourth place candidate you do not.
Romneys mormanism should not be an issue and I dont think it will be. The man is very polished and I think Americans trust the values of LDS members even if they think their doctrines are not really christian and strange. The LDS church is mainstream now. There are millions of followers in the USA. They are part of the culture, our government, our police, our army. It bothers me that anyone would rather a secular liberal democrat or even a secular conservative republican who fakes their devout christianity to be president over a person who is not really a christian but espouses christian values in every aspect of his life. Christians are safer under a morman president than a phony christian president. Additionally, Romney's supposed flip flop on abortion from pro choice to pro life is a bit misleading. He did no more for the abortion industry than his republican opponents and supported the same small anti abortion steps that pro life govenors have been able to support under the current legal regime. This is no guiliani or clinton.
I just can't imagine why they leave out Ron Paul. Is it because they are attempting to ignore him?
Ditto on Kelly's comment. Gotta love media treatment of Ron Paul.
Kelly is right. Why doesn't the Globe mention Ron Paul?
How did he raise over $4 million in 24 hours? Did you see him in the CNN You Tube debate? Sounds like an interesting candidate to me.
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