PPP Washington state Republican Caucus poll: Rick Santorum 38 percent, Mitt Romney 27%, Ron Paul 15%, Newt Gingrich 12%

rick-santorumWhile everyone is focused on next week’s Arizona and Michigan primaries, and Super Tuesday, there’s still an important caucus state in between those two dates. Washington is holding their Republican caucuses on March 3rd (a Saturday) and Rick Santorum is beating Romney by double digits. According to the latest PPP poll (and the only poll I’ve seen from Washington), Rick Santorum leads with 38% of the vote, while Mitt Romney only gets 27%. Ron Paul is third at 15% and Newt Gingrich is fourth with 12%. Ron Paul always seems to over perform in caucus states, so this could get interesting.

The groups fueling Santorum’s lead in Washington are the same ones he’s doing well with everywhere: he’s up 50-20 with Tea Partiers, 50-18 with Evangelicals, and 50-19 with voters describing themselves as ‘very conservative.’ His state by state formula for success definitely seems to include leading with each of those groups by at least 25 points.

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February 21, 2012 · Filed Under 2012 Elections, Political Polling, Rick Santorum


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  • Angeliclight

    lets see what happens once Romney campaignes there. Could be an interesting outcome.

    • Delraybchflres

      President Obama wants to run against Santorum as he’s a shoe-in for his re-election.  This is only one of the democrats that came on camera to speak on how they voted for Santorum in order that President Obama would win in the fall. It is also mentioned about Detroit – Bail Out where in the end the 2 Car Manufactures did go through Capture 11 … http://bit.ly/A1qsVf.

      • http://www.aquilamagna.blogspot.com/ Mr. P.

        That’s fine.  In 2008, the GOP ran a moderate against him and lost.  In 2012, the GOP will run a solid conservative against Obama and win.  That’s the difference.

    • Mr. P.

      Let’s see how Romney does when his attention is split.  He can’t be in 11 states at one time the way he was in Michigan.

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