Barring a major change between now and the primaries this winter, someone among this group of five will likely be the Republican candidate for president in 2012. Each one has a path to victory and would represent a particular message that the GOP is sending to the American people for the 2012 elections.
Let's look at each of the five remaining major candidates and explore where they stand in the polls, their path to victory, and what their selection as nominee might mean for the Republicans in 2012. All polling data in this story utilizes an average of polls, aggregated at RealClearPolitics.com.
Mitt Romney:
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- New Hampshire: First Place, 36.8 percent
- Iowa: Third Place, 17.0 percent
- South Carolina: Third Place, 18.0 percent
- Florida: First Place, 25.0 percent
- National Polls: First Place, 23.8 percent
- New Hampshire: Second Place, 18.5 percent
- Iowa: First Place, 22.7 percent
- South Carolina: Second Place, 20.0 percent
- Florida: Third Place, 14.0 percent
- National Polls: Fourth Place Tie, 8 percent
- New Hampshire: Third Place, 13.3 percent
- Iowa: Fourth Place, 13.0 percent
- South Carolina: Sixth Place, 4.0 percent
- Florida: Fifth Place, 4.3 percent
- National Polls: Third Place, 15.5 percent
- New Hampshire: Fifth Place, 7.5 percent
- Iowa: Second Place, 17.7 percent
- South Carolina: First Place, 21.0 percent
- Florida: Second Place, 24.8 percent
- National Polls: Fourth Place Tie, 8 percent
- New Hampshire: Sixth Place, 3.0 percent
- Iowa: Sixth Place, 6.0 percent
- South Carolina: Fourth Place, 7.0 percent
- Florida: Fourth Place, 6.8 percent
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