A final poll by Public Policy Polling PPP suggested that the eleventh-hour
momentum was shifting sharply back towards Mr Santorum after a week in which
he saw Mr Romney claw back a 10-point lead from Mr Santorum who had a poor
television debate performance last week.
“The best sign that things have gone back toward Santorum might be that
with those polled today [Monday] who hadn’t already voted, Santorum’s
advantage was 41-31,” the PPP pollsters found.
Even so, other analysts said that Mr Romney’s superior organisation and his
advantage among early postal voters might yet yield a wafer-thin victory
that would give him precious momentum coming into next week’s “Super
Tuesday” contest when 10 states vote on a single day.
An alternative ‘dead heat’ scenario would see Mr Romney wins the highest
number of votes but claim fewer delegates than Mr Santorum whose support is
concentrated in more rural areas that have smaller voting populations.
Whatever the final result in Michigan, Mr Romney appears to have been damaged
by the bitter contest, with an ABC News/Washington Post poll showing his
support among Conservative Americans dropping by 14 points this week alone.
Asked if he would win Michigan, Mr Romney sounded non-committal:
“I sure plan on it,” he said. “It’s obviously an uphill battle.
I was 15 points down just 10 days ago, but we’re making progress.”
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