Polling,  President 2012

President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Romney’s Lead Decreases – Republicans Want Santorum and Gingrich in the Race

While we await tonight’s GOP primary results in Alabama and Mississippi, we can digest these poll results from Gallup.

Gallup Daily tracking of the GOP race based on interviewing conducted March 8-12 shows that Romney continues to be Republicans’ first choice for their party’s nomination, but by a smaller margin than has been the case in recent days. Going into Tuesday night’s Southern primaries, Romney now has 32% support nationally, Santorum 27%, Gingrich 17%, and Ron Paul 12%.

Conservatives are most likely to support someone dropping out, but by and large most Republicans I talk to want the race to play out – with their chance to vote on the matter.

I can only foresee that if Mitt Romney was to win both elections tonight, there will be a call for both Santorum and Gingrich to drop out due to Mitt’s inevitability.

I don’t think he will win both tonight, however.