Poll: Ron Paul moves into top tier in South Carolina
Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has moved into the top tier in South Carolina. Mr. Paul surged four percentage points in the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of likely South Carolina Republican primary voters to tie former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum with 16 percent of the votes each.
The poll, released Friday, was conducted after Tuesday’s New Hampshire Primary. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney bested former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina poll by a margin of 7 percentage points.
Exactly one week ago, Rasmussen Reports polled the Palmetto State. At that time, Mr. Paul had 12 percent of the votes and Mr. Santorum had 19 percent of the votes. A week later, Mr. Paul has trended up 4 percentage points and Mr. Santorum has trended down 3 percentage points.
The latest South Carolina poll is also good news for the Gingrich campaign and bad news for the Romney campaign. Mr. Romney is down 9 percentage points to 28 percent of the votes and Mr. Gingrich is up 3 percentage points to 21 percentage points.
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If Ron Paul can continue this trend, he could move up to second place in SC.