Huntsman 26%
"It could be a damaging poll for Huntsman, at least in the short term," said Kirk Jowers, head of the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics and a longtime Romney supporter who is also close to Huntsman.
"I would say this is really bad news for him if he's running that far behind Romney in Utah, where name recognition is not a disadvantage," Wilson said. "If he can't hold up to Romney even in Utah, it's hard to see where he could surpass him."Crostabbs HERE.
Other poll results:
Romney 55%
Huntsman 26%
Huckabee 4%
Crostabbs HERE.
Romney 54%
Huntsman 26%
Palin 7%
Crostabbs HERE.
The poll, conducted Feb. 8-10, of 496 residents statewide, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent.The full story is HERE.
7 comments:
Wow!
Huntsman MASSACRED in his OWN TURF!
Jon baby, Save your money!
zeke
I knew Huntsman wouldn't have a chance.
They should poll him in China against Romney. I'm sure he'd win that one.
I guess that puts Huntsman's ability to best Romney to rest.
Mitt owns Utah, politically speaking, that is. This result is a reflection of that.
Nationally, he's very well positioned to make a run, and far better positioned than anyone else.
I'm looking forward to the Primary.
Go Mitt!
I guess Huntsman isn't the big deal everyone had been talking about.
I don't think that Romney should worry about Huntsman stealing Mormon voters. I think the danger of Huntsman is that he flanks Mitt to the left and could bleed off moderate votes.
Pablo,
You're right. Romney is misunderstood as an establishment Centrist and can easily be outflanked on his Left. Nobody would cut the size and scope of government more than Romney.
This isn't so much because Romney is more anti-government than some of the other candidates, but rather, because he has far more experience at cutting waste and balancing budgets under tight resource constraints, and in all 3 sectors of the economy, than any of the others.
Huntsman can play to the country club environmentalist-lite, but pro-business, elites. He's more socially moderate than any other prospective candidate, barring another Rudy run.
Therein lies the threat.
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