A new poll of likely voters in Tuesday’s Illinois Republican primary show former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney maintaining a lead in the state. The survey from state pollster We Ask America shows Romney with 37 percent of the vote, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum 31, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich sees 14 and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) eight. From Fox News’s Chicago affiliate, who commissioned the poll:
Despite all the recent focus on sexual reproductive issues, we found no gender gap, no difference between Republican men and women on these candidates.
Jobs and the economy were the issues at the forefront of voters’ minds during this poll. An overwhelming 60% of those called said these were the most important topics for their candidate to agree with their views.
The other choices were abortion, the right to bear arms, gay marriage, none of these choices, and al of these choices. The second largest group of voters chose all of these, at 26%.
The TPM Poll Average of the Illinois GOP primary shows Romney with a 4.3 percent lead.
