A new poll from We Ask American shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with a ten point lead in the Arizona Republican primary set for February 28th. Romney gets 37 percent of the 1,115 likely GOP primary voters polled, former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) gets 27, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich sees 15 and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) is at ten. From We Ask America’s analysis:
While Mitt Romney may be enjoying a 10-point lead today (some say largely attributable to the sizable Mormon population in Arizona), it’s hard to ignore Rick Santorum’s impressive track record of moving up rapidly at times. Clearly, the attention that Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s controversy is creating is drawing the spotlight from the news cycles that would normally be focused on the GOP presidential hopefuls.
If (when?) Sheriff Babeau’s coverage dies down, there may be enough energy left over to move some numbers here.
Other numbers from Public Policy Polling (D) released Monday found the race much closer, and our TPM Poll Average shows the race tightening as next Tuesday approaches.
