Posts Tagged ‘voters’

Florida GOP voters hurt by economy, foreclosures (AP)

AP – Republicans voting Tuesday in Florida’s presidential primary expressed pain from their state’s weak economy and housing foreclosure crisis and divisions over what to do about illegal immigration, according to early results from an exit poll of voters.

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Romney confident as voters end heated Fla. primary (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gives a thumbs up as he greets volunteers at his campaign office in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, during Florida's primary election day. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Florida Republicans were putting an end to a raucous, big-spending, character-bashing primary campaign Tuesday as they decided whether a confident Mitt Romney or a defiant Newt Gingrich would win the state’s 50 delegates, the biggest prize of the GOP race so far.


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Gingrich’s baggage gives voters pause in Panhandle (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, with his wife Callista, bow their heads in prayer during a campaign event at the The Villages, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Lady Lake, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke))AP – Newt Gingrich’s personal and political baggage is giving even the most hard-core Republicans pause in a conservative swath of the state.


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GOP candidates’ pitch to voters: I’m your leader (AP)

Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a Republican Jewish Coalition rally at the South County Civic Center, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Delray Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – The pitch from the Republican presidential contenders to voters sounds a lot like the children’s game of follow the leader.


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Romney, Gingrich focus on Hispanic voters in Fla. (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney smiles as his wife Ann introduces him at The Hispanic Leadership Network's Lunch at Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami, Fla., Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney urged conservatives to back off aggressive anti-immigration policies as the Republican presidential candidates vied for Hispanic votes Friday, a day marked by heightened tensions entering the final weekend before Florida’s primary.


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Primary day at hand, SC voters have their say (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, steps over a table during a crowded campaign stop at Tommy’s Country Ham House, where former House Speaker Newt Gingrich also scheduled an appearance, on South Carolina's primary election day in Greenville, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Primary day at hand, fast-climbing Newt Gingrich told South Carolinians on Saturday that he was “the only practical conservative vote” able to stop front-runner Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential race. Romney acknowledged the first-in-the-South contest “could be real close” and prepared for an extended fight by agreeing to two more debates in Florida, next on the election calendar.


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Romney tells SC voters he’s ‘pro-life’ candidate (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP – Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Thursday insisted he is “pro-life” and said he’s raising the issue on the campaign trail to counter his rivals’ attacks.


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