The Competent Conservative

by Lydia Saad PRINCETON, NJ — Six in 10 Republican registered voters, nationwide, now believe Mitt Romney is the candidate most likely to win the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, up from 39% saying this in December and exceeding his previous high of 47% from November. After nearly overtaking Romney last month in predictions of who [...]

PPP just released their South Carolina poll and the news, just like the other recent SC polls, is great. Here are the results: Mitt Romney: 30% Gingrich 23% Santorum 19% Paul 9% Perry 5% Huntsman 4% Roemer 1% A key crosstab from this poll is the following: Romney’s benefiting from very strong personal favorability numbers [...]

Forgive me for posting these constant updates on the polls in South Carolina. The news just keeps getting better and better. A new CNN/Time Poll was released today with Governor Romney at 37%, Rick Santorum at 19%, and Newt Gingrich at 18%. I recommend reading the details of the poll. Mitt Romney did better than [...]

Aside from the fact that Mitt Romney is the epitome of what Iowans should be looking for in a moral leader, he is certainly the one who can and will beat Obama, as Governor Christie points out in this interview.  The most recent Des Moines Register poll out today has Romney leading Paul 24% to [...]

From Mark B. Lowe at Race42012 The Washington Post, in conjunction with ABC News has just released a new poll. It shows President Obama continuing his slow sinking in the polls since January. Obama’s job approval/disapproval rating is pegged at 47/50 — the worst this year for both numbers. His handling of the economy is [...]

National Journal Magazine has a new political “insiderss” poll out today showing that both Republican and Democrat insiders believe that Romney will be the strongest candidate to face Obama.   You can see the Republican insiders overwhelmingly gave Romney their confidence. Q: Who would be the Republicans’ strongest presidential nominee in 2012? Democrats (111 votes) Rank/Candidate [...]

On November 2nd, Bill O’Reilly asked the millions of people who watch his nightly cable broadcast, “The O’Reilly Factor”, to vote in a poll that is found on his personal website (www.billoreilly.com).  It’s not the fact that he has a poll for people to vote in, nor the fact that he has a personal website that is [...]

Rasmussen 2012 Republican Presidential Primary Survey Mitt Romney 25% Sarah Palin 24% Mike Huckabee 22% Newt Gingrich 14% Haley Barbour 1% Tim Pawlenty 1% Some other candidate 6% Regardless of who you would vote for, which candidate would you least like to see win the Republican nomination in 2012? Sarah Palin 21% Haley Barbour 21% [...]