OH-Suffolk: There's still hope for Keystone Phil, uhm ... Santorum !

[Tender Branson]

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (37 percent) leads former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (33 percent) by a narrow margin, according to a Suffolk University poll of likely Republican Primary voters in Ohio. Newt Gingrich (16 percent) was a distant third, and Ron Paul struggled (8 percent) in single digits with 6 percent undecided. The race is too close to call, as the top two candidates are within the statistical margin of error.

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The statewide survey of 500 likely Ohio Republican Primary voters was conducted March 3-4, 2012, using live telephone interviews of landline and cell phone users. All respondents indicated that they were “very likely” to vote in Tuesday’s Republican Primary or had “already voted.” The margin of error is +/-4.4 percent at a 95 percent level of confidence. Marginals and full cross-tabulation data will be posted at noon on Monday, March 5, 2012, on the Suffolk University Political Research Center Web site. For more information, contact David Paleologos at 781-290-9310.

http://www.suffolk.edu/offices/50649.html

[Keystone Phil]

[Lief 🗽]

To be fair these Ohio polls are looking somewhat less dire than the Michigan polls did.

[Eraserhead]

To be fair these Ohio polls are looking somewhat less dire than the Michigan polls did.

How so?

[Tender Branson]

Yeah, if Suffolk wouldn't just suck so badly ...

[Keystone Phil]

Yeah, if Suffolk wouldn't just suck so badly ...

Oh, they do? Eh, oh well.

[rob in cal]

This poll claims Santorum with a 17 point lead among already voted, and another poll has Romney with a 7 point lead among early voters IIRC. I think that was PPP. So thats a nice 24 point divergence

[Torie]

This poll claims Santorum with a 17 point lead among already voted, and another poll has Romney with a 7 point lead among early voters IIRC. I think that was PPP. So thats a nice 24 point divergence

Only about 30,000 have voted early, so the sample size must be pathetically small, and thus has a high margin of error. Granted not a 24 point margin of error, probably.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Database entry: https://uselectionatlas.org/POLLS/PRESIDENT/2012R/polls.php?action=indpoll&id=3920120304063

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Yeah, if Suffolk wouldn't just suck so badly ...

A pity indeed.