CBS News/New York Times 2012 GOP Nomination Poll
- Mitt Romney 54% (30%) [27%] {28%} (19%) [20%] {15%} (21%) [17%] {16%}
- Newt Gingrich 20% (13%) [10%] {21%} (15%) [20%] {15%} (10%) [8%] {7%}
- Ron Paul 12% (8%) [12%] {15%} (10%) [10%] {5%} (8%) [7%] {5%}
- Enthusiastically support 33%
- Support with reservations 40%
- Support only because nominee 18%
- Not support 8%
When asked if Santorum should have suspended his campaign, 63 percent of those polled said yes; 30 percent said no.
Still, many Republicans expressed lukewarm feelings toward Romney, with 40 percent of primary voters having reservations about him compared with 33 percent saying they supported him "enthusiastically." In January, the last time a CBS News/New York Times survey asked primary voters about Romney, 28 percent said they supported him enthusiastically and 38 percent had reservations.
Among Republicans with reservations of Romney are primary voters who identified themselves as white evangelicals, conservatives and supporters of the tea party movement. Half of white evangelicals told pollsters that they had reservations about Romney over the 27 percent who supported him enthusiastically. Romney received enthusiastic support from more than a third (36 percent) of conservatives and tea party backers; however, 41 percent have reservations about him.
Although evangelicals were some of Santorum's strongest supporters, 52 percent of those polled agreed that he did the right thing to bow out of the race.
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