Ron Paul SOARS 5 percentage points UP in brand new South Carolina Rasmussen Poll

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From 11% a week ago to 16% today. Now if he just DOUBLES his support in 4 days he will only be behind Romney by 3%, within the margin of error!

Election 2012: South Carolina Republican Primary

South Carolina: Romney 35%, Gingrich 21%, Santorum 16%, Paul 16%

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Jon Huntsman’s endorsement seems to be already paying off for Mitt Romney in South Carolina. With the former Utah governor’s decision to drop out of the Republican presidential race, Romney moves even further ahead in the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Saturday’s South Carolina Primary.

The former Massachusetts governor now earns 35% support from likely South Carolina GOP Primary Voters, according to the latest telephone survey in the state. That’s up from 28% late last week. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich remains in second place with 21% of the vote, followed by former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum and Texas Congressman Ron Paul, each with 16%. The vote totals for Gingrich, Santorum and Paul are unchanged from the previous survey.

Texas Governor Rick Perry runs last with five percent (5%) support, essentially unchanged from six percent (6%) last week. Huntsman, who announced Monday that he was quitting the race, picked up five percent (5%) in the previous survey. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

These latest findings come in a survey from Monday evening, after Huntsman’s announcement but before the remaining five candidates held a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The prior survey found Romney’s support essentially unchanged from the 27% he had earned a week earlier, while Santorum was down eight points, Gingrich up three and Paul up five.

Romney’s rivals continued to question his conservative credentials and to batter his business record in last night’s debate. But Romney has now moved into a tie with Gingrich among voters in the state who call themselves Very Conservative and continues to run well ahead among those who are Somewhat Conservative. Sixty-two percent (62%) of all GOP voters in the state view Romney’s business record as a reason to support him.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/south_carolina/election_2012_south_carolina_republican_primary

[luckytxn 2,264]

Go Ron Paul.

[dalegg 143]

This will be the last week of Perry.

[luckytxn 2,264]

This will be the last week of Perry.

South Carolina can keep him if they want.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

This will be the last week of Perry.

And then there were four....

[Darnell 8,478]

Perry in the Rear in 2012 !!!

( No No, not MY rear - your rear, perhaps???)

I'm now thinking a photo ,

showing the POV of a farmer,

when shot/taken when plowing a field,

directly behind the plow mule.