Thursday, January 11, 2007

Romney Far Behind in the Carolinas

Sure, polls for 2008 are mostly based on name recognition at this point, but even so, it seems like former governor Mitt Romney has a lot of catching up to do in North Carolina. A recent survey by Public Policy Polling of Raleigh has him at a distant fourth in the Tar Heel State. (via Political Wire)

Rudy Giuliani30%
Newt Gingrich29%
John McCain22%
Mitt Romney6%
All Others13%

That's a little unfair, though, because it's been South Carolina that Romney's been paying attention to, not North Carolina, after all. So, how's Mitt doing there? ARG did a poll in mid-December of South Carolina Republicans.

McCain35%
Giuliani28%
Gingrich15%
Romney5%
Huckabee1%
Undecided16%

Ouch. It looks like all those trips to Spartanburg have yet to pay off for the former Gov.