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Politics Early Texas polling shows strong lead for Santorum

In addition to his growing national lead and current top spot in Michigan, a poll released Monday by the University of Texas and Texas Tribune shows former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum holding a commanding lead in the Lone Star State, arguably the hub of the conservative base in America. The Texas poll shows Santorum up 27 points on Newt Gingrich and 29 points ahead of Mitt Romney.

Early Texas polling shows strong lead for Santorum

The Tribune notes that the race in Texas remains highly volatile, and the numbers could change significantly between now and the state’s primaries. The same poll in October had Herman Cain leading with 27 percent, followed by Rick Perry at 26 percent, Paul at 12 percent, and everyone else in single digits. Santorum had just 1 percent in the October survey.

The Texas primaries were originally scheduled for March 6, but have been delayed by redistricting litigation. Texas still doesn’t have all of its congressional and legislative maps in place, and the Texas Tribune reports that May 29 appears to be the earliest possible primary date.

The internet poll surveyed 800 Texas voters from February 8-15, and has a margin of error of +/- 3.46 percent. The poll also found that all four remaining GOP candidates have a fairly strong lead over President Obama head-to-head in Texas.

Early Texas polling shows strong lead for Santorum

Comments (6)

  • Jubie
    Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:39pm

    Santorum‘s rise is because of Gingrich’s fall. the link below show it. if you look at Gingrich’s highest point to what Rick is at today. so I see this as the anti Romney vote and that means that this could go all the way to the convention, or to Utah. it is the last state to vote.

    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/republican_presidential_nomination-1452.html

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  • swimmer1940
    Posted on February 20, 2012 at 2:01pm

    TEXANS! Go ahead and vote for this sanctimonious loser. Then sit in your churches, bars and golf clubs and complain about how the second Obama term is screwin‘ y’all over. Moan and groan about that porous border, and how much it costs to raise all those Mexican anchor babies. Santorum is a hypocritical wuss, and maybe, if the GOP is so enamored of his theology, then they deserve what they get, and may god have mercy on your souls for your shortsightedness.

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  • JoeE71
    Posted on February 20, 2012 at 1:15pm

    Texas is not the hub of Conservatism in America. Sorry. No Conservative state would have such ridiculously high property taxes or vote for Progressive Sanotorum and Gingrich.

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  • jack82431
    Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:51pm

    Rick Santorum is NOT a small government or fiscal conservative. He backed Bush’s big spending and is part of the reason we are in the mess we are in today! His ideas on how far the government should be allowed to intrude into our personal lives is frightening!

    http://youtu.be/E_OEjdh697o

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    • neverending
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 6:06pm

      He is big government and helped get through some of the biggest government programs – Medicare Part D and no child left behind act which were pretty much put together by none other then teddie kennedy.

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  • skiz
    Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:29pm

    Go Rick go!

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