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Gingrich Surges Past Romney in GOP Race - WSJ.com
Republican voters now heavily favor Newt Gingrich over Mitt Romney as the party's nominee, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey, but the poll also found deep unease with Mr. Gingrich among independents and swing voters who normally decide presidential elections. ...
Half of all voters say they wouldn't vote for Mr. Gingrich if he were the Republican nominee, compared with 44% who say they wouldn't vote for Mr. Romneya slight improvement of three percentage points for him since November. Some 45% said they wouldn't vote for President Barack Obama. ...
The latest survey offered a stark illustration of the challenge Republicans face as they lean toward two candidates who have yet to generate much spark among the wider electorate.
Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who directed the survey along with Democratic pollster Peter Hart, said that outside their foothold within the core of the party, the two Republican front-runners "are not in particularly good shape in terms of overall good standing in the country." ...
But large majorities of two of the country's fastest-growing voting blocsindependents and Hispanicssay they wouldn't vote for Mr. Gingrich. President George W. Bush, by comparison, won 40% or more of the Hispanic vote in 2004.
Mr. Gingrich "is a candidate who, for the moment, clearly has a ceiling," said Mr. Hart, the pollster. "Voters have an opinion, and that opinion, outside of this small segment of the Republican Party, is overwhelmingly negative." ...
The poll found that a Romney-Obama election would be exceedingly tight, with 47% supporting the president and 45% for Mr. Romney. Mr. Obama would beat Mr. Gingrich by a wider margin, 51% to 40%, the poll found.
Gingrich Surges Past Romney in GOP Race - WSJ.com