Which candidate has the best shot at beating Obama?
Romney voters:
Romney 93%
Santorum 1%
Santorum voters:
Santorum 58%
Romney 28% (I think)
They put this up on MSNBC.
Looking at the Alabama exit polls, Santorum got 96% of the 23% of voters who thought he had the best chance of beating Obama. So about 22% of the total number of voters were Santorum voters who thought that he had the best chance of beating Obama, which, divided by his 35% vote share, suggests that about 63% of Santorum voters in Alabama thought he had the best chance of beating Obama.
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/epolls/al59% of AL voters thought the economy was the most important issue, and 35% thought that being able to beat Obama was the most important candidate quality.
All these numbers are useful context for what they're releasing from IL.