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POLL: Presidential Primaries, Super Tuesday 2012 – Who Will Win?

Who will win the Super Tuesday primaries? Romney or Santorum? Gingrich or Paul? What do you think about President Obama? Take our poll and let us know.

 

Tuesday, March 6 is “Super Tuesday” and ten states across the country will be holding primaries or caucuses to help decide the Republican nominee for president in the general election this fall.

Massachusetts, along with Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia head to the polls.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Congressman Ron Paul are all still vying for the Republican nomination.

President Barack Obama is not facing a challenger for the Democratic Party’s nomination, so all eyes will be on the Republicans, as it has been for most of this campaign season.

Super Tuesday is a key date in the race for the nomination, but plenty of states will vote after March 6, including delegate-rich states like New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and California.

Both parties hold their nominating conventions this summer. The general election is in November 6, 2012.

Take our poll below and share your thoughts in the comments section.

  • In the Republican presidential primary, I’d vote for:

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • Mitt Romney
        304 (42%)
    • Rick Santorum
        92 (12%)
    • Newt Gingrich
        56 (7%)
    • Ron Paul
        156 (21%)
    • None of the above
        102 (14%)
    • Undecided
        13 (1%)
    Total votes: 723
  • Are you satisfied with the current slate of Republican candidates?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • Yes – Any of the remaining candidates will make a better president than Barack Obama
        284 (39%)
    • Somewhat – This is not a very deep pool and certain candidates would not fare well in a general election
        225 (31%)
    • No – None of these candidates impress me
        205 (28%)
    Total votes: 714
  • In a hypothetical general election matchup between President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney, I’d vote for:

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • Barack Obama
        215 (29%)
    • Mitt Romney
        406 (55%)
    • Neither
        102 (13%)
    • Undecided
        14 (1%)
    Total votes: 737
  • In a hypothetical general election matchup between President Obama and Senator Rick Santorum, I’d vote for:

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • Barack Obama
        250 (33%)
    • Rick Santorum
        319 (43%)
    • Neither
        147 (19%)
    • Undecided
        21 (2%)
    Total votes: 737
  • President Obama is not facing a contested primary. What if he was? Let’s do a rematch of the last Democratic presidential primary. Who would you rather see as the Democratic nominee in 2012?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • Barack Obama
        184 (25%)
    • Hillary Clinton
        249 (33%)
    • Neither
        301 (41%)
    Total votes: 734
  • What letter grade would you give Barack Obama at this point in his presidency?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • A—Excellent
        55 (7%)
    • B—Satisfactory
        123 (16%)
    • C—Average
        100 (13%)
    • D—Unsatisfactory
        175 (23%)
    • F—Failing
        288 (38%)
    Total votes: 741
  • Does Barack Obama deserve a second term?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • Yes, he needs more time to accomplish his goals
        175 (23%)
    • No, it’s time for a change
        479 (65%)
    • Let's see how the next 6-8 months go
        39 (5%)
    • Depends on who wins the Republican nomination
        43 (5%)
    Total votes: 736
  • Your vote will only count once. This is not a scientific poll. View Results Vote!
Related Topics: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Presidential primary, Republican nomination, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Super Tuesday, and What states vote on Super Tuesday?

Elaine Dahlgren

1:53 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012

I will be voting for Romney.
In my opinion, Obama is a total fraud...

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Gary Graham

6:04 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Sorry, it's just the reverse.

linda ramirez

3:24 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012

For those of you who supported the bailout...look to see who benefited and those same ....who are the largest supporters of Romney and Obama...just for the record...Of the top twenty beneficiaries...9 fund Romney..5 on Obama's side...

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samuel partner

3:47 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012

Romney 2012! Yay for a socially conservative washington outsider who will beat obama and restore the future of America!

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Go Mitt

8:47 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012

I couldn't agree more. It is time to have a successful business leader take the helm of the country. At a minimum, they understand the basics -- like you spend less than you take in. I'm for small federal government, more state control, spend less than you take in....Go Mitt

JanG

5:46 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012

Please don't be fooled, if you're middle class, once was, or want to be. Romney is a Mormon, Santorum, a MORON.Gives us good Catholic women, over 90% who practice a form of birth control, a bad name, AND IT ISN'T ABSTINENCE!

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To Nyolin

11:34 pm on Monday, March 5, 2012

As they say, be careful what you wish for - God might just punish you and give you exactly what you want!

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Roy Spears

1:06 am on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Mitt Romney is the clear and only choice we have to beat Obama in the general election.....which is paramount to restoring America and giving it back to the people. I voted for Obama last time around and am very disappointed. Rick Santorum is a fake and should not be trusted, Gingrich is a complete laugh and I dont even know what to think of Ron Paul.....I think he is there to make us laugh.

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Diane E. Peterson

6:28 am on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Mitt Romney would be the BEST choice. We need a business man to get us out of this mess. GO MITT

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Bruce Promisel

8:44 am on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Just a word of caution to those who think Mitt will be best for our country. I hope our VP is very good and everyone likes. Based on his "performance" as govnah we can expect a very short attention span from Mr Romney.

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Matt

12:52 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

More importantly is how are my fellow independents going to vote?? That is where the election will be won.

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jimma

1:12 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

I voted for obama to be president, but am supporting romney now. Romney will get the nomination however we all know obama will get a second term.

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Elaine Dahlgren

1:59 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

I sincerely hope that whoever wins the primary they pick Col. Alan West as their running mate!!

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Kurt Buermann

4:19 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Elainia--
Primus Pilus Westius: Hunc tu caveto, hostis hvmani generis et hic puer est stultissimus omnium!

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Gary Graham

6:04 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

None of the Republican candidates are are worth anything. It's like watching a bunch of clowns come out of a Volkswagen. May Obama win by a landslide!!!!

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Dennis Naughton

8:05 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The country either wins by electing President Obama, or the middle class is lost for good---and with it everything that makes America America.

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Steve

8:09 am on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

If Obama is the "best" hope for the middle class then we have already lost. Sadly I will be voting republican this time. The democrats will sink with Obama

Trot Nixon

6:37 am on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Romney may not even get the delegates needed for the nomination by the time the Republican Convention rolls around...now thats really saying something and Obama is getting all his attack material from just watching the GOP clowns go after him. The sad thing is the GOP is going to be tarnished for the next couple of years as they increasingly push out moderates and independants by pandering to the extreme right. Dwight Eisenhower must be rolling in his grave right now seeing what the party has turned into. Obama will win in a landslide in november.

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Matt

9:57 am on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Well the results of this poll tell a different story than the liberals commenting...The MSM doesn't know what to do now

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Kurt Buermann

1:04 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Matt-
Indeed the poll results tell a story. I found out one person can vote repeatedly byexiting browser, going online again. Bless your heart, I do commend you for your repeated involvement in the election process.

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javier rodriguez

2:24 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012

mitt2012 the best solution for america

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Matt

4:56 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012

Kurt - spoken like a true obamanite..keep drinking the Obama kool-aid. God help you oh sorry. shouldn't say God - bad word these days

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Concerned

8:15 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012

While Romney may not be the exact poster child for president, at least he has a brain and the ability to do simple math. Anyone can appease the masses by giving them handouts. When the cash runs out, is when the true reality will set in. I say, cut the bait now. Before the country is ruined. "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what YOU can do for your country." Different party, but words to live by.

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Kurt Buermann

9:13 am on Monday, March 12, 2012

Matt--
Obamites [should be with a capital "O"] simply heed those immortal words of your Ronald Regan:
"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."

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Bob Havey

10:54 am on Monday, March 12, 2012

First of all, Androcles, since you're fond of correcting spelling errors, it's Reagan, not Regan. Secondly, here is the origin of that quote.

"In a higher phase of communist society ... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." [Karl H. Marx, quoting Comte de Saint-Simon; originating in the "primitive communism" of early Christianity: "gave to each according to his ability" (Matthew 25:15); "according to each day's need" (Kings 8:59)]; "Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them." [Romans 12:6]; "... from each according to his ability, to each according to his possibility." [Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn]

Kurt Buermann

5:13 pm on Monday, March 12, 2012

Bob:
If the Democratic Party is spelled "Democrat party" by the righties, then the left is free to spell Reagan "Regan" or anyway they please.

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Bob Havey

10:11 pm on Monday, March 12, 2012

I have no idea what you're talking about - and I like how you dodged the fact that you attributed a quote to someone who never said it. Spelling is the least of your problems.

Susannah

8:26 pm on Monday, March 12, 2012

Obama will win, there is no contest. The republican party along with the tea party counterpart are the biggest bunch of idiots who have no basis in reality. Obama is the best president and has turned this country since Bush destroyed the country during his 8 years. Oh, and statistically speaking, liberals are much more intelligent than conservatives and democrats are more intelligent than republicans...much thanks to the new "nascar" republicans from the deep south...uneducated, inliterative, overweight welfare states who are too stupid to actually vote for laws that might benefit them. Oh well, thanks to all the nutty republicans out there, Obama will be a sure thing! Thanks all!

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lowertaxes

9:01 pm on Monday, March 12, 2012

I am a registered Independent and after reading a comment like this I would be much less likely to ever vote with any party a hate monger like you is affiliated with. You are a prime example of what is wrong with this country and why there is so much conflict in Goverment, it is all about bashing the other party rather than trying to meet in the middle.

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Bob Havey

10:12 pm on Monday, March 12, 2012

This has to be a joke, because no one could possibly be this ignorant.

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Patrick

1:24 pm on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

inliterative? You really are brighter than the rest of us, Susie. You get to make up your own words.

Susannah

12:41 am on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Of course your not Bill..and now you can research the evidence for yourself...everything I just said is true. I am proud to be a liberal social democrat and proud to be from Massachusetts where we have a democrat liberal government in place...and that is why Massachusetts has fared so much better than the rest of the country. Why don't you get informed, get educated. It is so funny how I always know a republican when I see one or hear one because they all start to call you names and don't back up anything they say with anything...Hello, just like the debates. You don't intimidate me and you can't bully me with your insults..I think that you need to google what I said and you will find studies and polls and research backing my statements up. Liberals are more intelligent and more orientated towards the good of all people not just to better themselves - a more evolved person, in other words. Sorry if the truth hurts. I for one an so sick of the republican agenda which is all about name calling and lies and propaganda...the even hate themselves. Oh and also look up the southern red states and find out that they are also called the "welfare states" for good reason....plenty of stats to back what I say up. Just have the guts to find out for yourself. And try and keep your demeaning and insulting comments out of discussion, it only makes you look like someone who can't have a healty debate. Have you ever heard of Tolerance of others opinions??

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Matt

4:44 pm on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Our whole country is becoming a welfare state! And that is what the president wants...As an independent I will vote for the party that loves America and its liberty and supports free enterprise. rather than follow all the unions that say they love America but support the most anti-american president in history. This is going to be a wild election. let the games begin

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Bob Havey

1:25 pm on Wednesday, March 14, 2012

We're becoming an 'Ineptocracy' - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

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Aaron

2:50 pm on Wednesday, March 14, 2012

This sounds like part of Obamas platform

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