Politics & Government

Santorum's Popularity Growing in Ohio

Latest Quinnipiac poll shows candidate is favored to win March 6 primary, but cautions up to half of GOP voters might change their minds.

A poll released Wednesday shows presidential candidate Rick Santorum springing to the most-favored spot among Ohio Republican primary voters.

The Quinnipiac University poll shows the former Pennsylvanian senator, who will appear Saturday at a fundraiser in Summit County, with 36 percent of voters.

The poll, cautions, however that 50 percent of the Republicans polled said they might change their minds in the coming days.

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Santorum is slated to appear Saturday at the Summit County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day dinner at a hotel in Akron. The event is sold out.

Santorum also is to appear March 2 at a Lake County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner at the American Croatian Lodge in Eastlake.

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Other coverage of the poll appeared on cbsnews.comcleveland.com, and  dispatch.com.


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