A new snap poll of the South Carolina Republican primary race shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with a 13 point lead, a much larger margin than he saw during the last week of polling. Former Newt Gingrich has been a close second to Romney, making the SC primary a real race — but a new We Ask America snap poll of likely voters conducted Sunday shows the former Gov. 31 percent of the vote, Gingrich with 18 and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) with 12. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who is attempting to corral the religious conservative voting bloc, was fourth with 9 percent.
The current TPM Poll Average shows Romney with a comfortable 10.1 percent lead in South Carolina.
