Conservative Wordsmith Susan Baldwin writes: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is leading in New Hampshire by 33%, according to the latest Fox News poll. "Romney holds the allegiance of a full one-third of likely Republican primary voters (33 percent) — up from 29 percent in the FOX News poll conducted at the end of November." This is significant, as New Hampshire's primary, which is the first one in the United States, will take place in approximately three weeks.
"McCain draws one in five voters (20 percent), close to the 21 percent he claimed in the previous poll. Giuliani garners 16 percent — down 3 points from the 19 percent he held at the end of last month. Much of the movement in the race may be due to the drop in undecided sentiment, which went from 14 percent in November to 8 percent in this new poll."
"A second tier of candidates was comprised of Mike Huckabee (11 percent) and Ron Paul (8 percent), with Fred Thompson, Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter trailing far behind in the low single digits or less."
"Moreover, Romney voters are more likely to think their candidate can win the November 2008 general election (63 percent) than are Giuliani supporters (60 percent) or McCain supporters (53 percent). This last result represents a shift in sentiment from the November poll, when Giuliani voters clearly were more confident than others on this score."
"Among the top three contenders, Romney voters also are the most enthusiastic about their choice (84 percent), followed by Giuliani voters (81 percent) and McCain voters (75 percent)."
"The share of likely Republican primary voters who would be very satisfied with a Romney nomination stands at 40 percent, while 30 percent would feel the same way about McCain being the GOP standard-bearer and 27 percent would be very satisfied with Giuliani at the top of the ticket. Just under one in five (19 percent) would be very satisfied with a Huckabee nomination."
"Nearly half of all likely Republican primary voters say they are pro-life (49 percent), with just under four in 10 saying they are pro-choice (38 percent). "Pro-life" voters give Romney a commanding 23-point lead over McCain (39 percent to 16 percent), with Huckabee claiming 14 percent of these and Giuliani getting 11 percent."
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Romney Makes Modest Gains,
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By Ernie Paicopolos
Friday, December 14, 2007.
It's interesting that Mitt Romney, member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (or Mormons), has such a "commanding 23-point lead" on the Pro-life issue over Mike Huckabee's lagging 14%. This is significant because Mike Huckabee is an ordained Southern Baptist minister. According to the Fox News poll, Mitt's supporters also have the most confidence in their candidate.
New Hampshire is a beautiful state. The motto on New Hampshire license plates is "Live Free or Die." America was founded on the principle of religious freedom, and, evidently, a good percentage of voters in New Hampshire understand this principle, and aim to put it into practice.
Related Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/New_Hampshire
http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Live_Free_or_Die
http://www.unh.edu/
linguistics/NN/papers/
livefree.pdf
http://www.mittromney.com/
http://www.mittromney.com/
Ann-Romney/index
http://www.evangelicalsformitt.org/
http://www.mittreport.com/
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The original date of this post was
December 14, 2007.
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