Religion and the 2012 Florida Republican Primary

February 1, 2012

In his commanding win in the 2012 Florida Republican primary, Mitt Romney received strong support from Catholics and from voters who do not describe themselves as white born-again/evangelical Christians, according to results from the National Election Pool exit poll. Among both white evangelicals and Protestant voters, Romney ran about even with Newt Gingrich. Romney's performance among Florida evangelicals represents an improvement over his showing in Iowa (where he lost to Rick Santorum among evangelicals) and in South Carolina (where evangelicals supported Gingrich). Romney's share of the Florida evangelical vote was roughly comparable to the share of the evangelical vote he received in New Hampshire (36% of evangelicals in Florida voted for him, as did 31% of evangelicals in New Hampshire).

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