January 30, 2012

Florida Primary Predictions Thread

Nobody has started a predictions thread for the Florida Primary yet. Considering it is now less than 24 hours away, that needs to be remedied.

So, let the fun begin!

:-) :-)

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114 Responses to “Florida Primary Predictions Thread”

  1. GNV Says:

    Romney by 15.

  2. Bobinator Says:

    BLOWOUT!

  3. Liz Says:

    Romney breaks 50%. Then Callista goes out on a spree and buys $50,000 in lingerie.

  4. David Says:

    Romney – 41%
    Gingrich- 30%
    Santorum – 16%
    Paul – 13%

  5. Matthew Kilburn Says:

    Romney 46.1%
    Gingrich 28.4%
    Santorum 13.8%
    Paul 10.7%
    Other 1.0%

    =====

    No guarentees I can get this all set up before the voting.

  6. RayinRI Says:

    Romney – 46%
    Gingrich- 25%
    Santorum – 16%
    Paul – 13%

  7. I Cheated On My Wives For You America, newt Says:

    I predict a ROMNEEEBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

  8. Tommy R Says:

    Romney 38
    Gingrich 33
    Santorum 16
    Paul 13

  9. Machtyn Says:

    Ah! Liz, you beat me to the 50+ comment. As unlikely as it *might* be.

    Wish Prediction:
    Romney = 51
    Gingrich = 21
    Santorum = 15
    Paul = 13

    (slightly more) Realistic Prediction:
    Romney = 47
    Gingrich = 24
    Santorum = 15
    Paul = 14

  10. CF Says:

    Nate Silver just tweeted Romney has 20 point lead in new FL Suffolk poll!!!!!!

    BOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

  11. Massachusetts Conservative Says:

    Romney – 46%
    Gingrich – 31%
    Santorum – 13%
    Paul – 9%
    Others – 1%

  12. Paul8148 Says:

    45 romney
    30 Newt (Does not win one country outside the pandlehandle)
    15 Santorum
    10 Paul

  13. Jason Demarcus Says:

    Romney 43
    Gingrich 31
    Santorum 11
    Paul 11
    Other 4

  14. G Buttersnaps Says:

    Romney – 46%
    Gingrich – 28%
    Santorum – 13%
    Paul – 11%
    Other – 2%

  15. Matt C Says:

    Romney – 42%
    Gingrich – 31%
    Santorum – 16%
    Paul – 10%
    Others – 1%

  16. Jeff Fuller Says:

    Just a hint to everyone . . . Mitt is up on Newt 47% to 31.5% based on an EARLY VOTERS average of four recent polls. I guess that’s supposed to be only about 20% of the vote, but that’s a pretty sizable sample to base things on (and Paul is doing REALLY poorly in early voting . . . average of like 8%)

    I’ll put those links here and below, but just something to consider.

    http://race42012.com/2012/01/29/poll-watch-nbc-news-marist-florida-2012-presidential-survey-2/

  17. Jeff Fuller Says:

    http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=d5499f5d-fe8e-4423-80d6-51b54ed472d0

  18. Jeff Fuller Says:

    Two more polls with early voting results coming:

    http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2012/january/375474/#results

  19. Jeff Fuller Says:

    http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/01/little-movement-in-florida.html

    MY PREDICTION:

    Mitt 47%
    Newt 28%
    Rick 15%
    Paul 10%

  20. asparagus Says:

    15 How accurate is early voting polling? Wouldn’t a typical Gingrich early voter be ashamed of his candidate by this point and lie to the pollster, say he voted for Romney? Also, early voting shows intensity but the poll is a statistical sample that cannot measure intensity. I would think that it would be difficult to predict actual early voters votes based on polling of early voters.

  21. gatorboy Says:

    Romney 48%
    Gingrich 23%
    Santorum 17%
    Paul 10%
    Other 2%

  22. Dave Says:

    Mitt 51%
    Newt 29%
    Paul 11%
    Rick 9%

  23. Huckarubio....returns Says:

    Romney: 45%
    Santorum: 23%
    Gingrich: 22%
    Paul: 10%

    Crazy I know….but Santorum is going to see a surge. Newt is plummiting but there is still plenty of anti-romney vote. Santorum will also be seen in a good light after showing what is truly important after his daughter was sick.

  24. Sean Says:

    Romney 47%
    Gingrich 27%
    Santorum 16%
    Paul 10%

  25. Jeff Fuller Says:

    19 . . . Early voting is more accurate than anything else that is polled IMO. What would you rather have, someone who says they’re PLANNING to vote for you, or someone who says they ALREADY voted for you. I don’t think the “shame” factor you mention is very prevalent, but it should fall out with the sample size (especially over 4 different polls).

    I think we can call Florida right now for Romney based on early voting . . .

    I view early voting as just early exit polls, and they are great right now for Mitt!

    You are correct that more intense supporters will more likely “early vote” but when you start at 47%, for Mitt to really end up with some of the numbers people are posting (38,41) he would need to have a “day of” voting percentage of between 34-38%. He’s not going that low as I don’t think he’s been below 40% in any poll in the last few days after undecideds are factored out.

  26. Ryan60657 Says:

    Romney 48%
    Gingrich 23%
    Santy 18%
    Paul 11%

  27. Greg Says:

    Romney – 47%
    Gingrich – 33%
    Paul – 11%
    Santorum – 9%

  28. Ryan60657 Says:

    Second prediction: Santorum “suspends” campaign by Friday of this week.

  29. ngthagg Says:

    Romney 49.3
    Gingrich 22.1
    Santorum 18.5
    Paul 10.1

  30. Matthew Kilburn Says:

    “Second prediction: Santorum “suspends” campaign by Friday of this week.”

    God I hope not. I’d really like to see him outlast Gingrich…although…I’m not sure our second-placer this year will have much to do with the future of the party either way.

  31. Bobinator Says:

    I agree with Ryan, and he will site his daughter’s health as the reason for suspending his campaign. This is the perfect out for Rick, to leave without admitting defeat.

  32. Micah Says:

    Romney 45.6%
    Gingrich 28.2%
    Santorum 16.6
    Paul 9.8%

  33. Abe Says:

    Mitt – 50%
    Newt – 26%
    Rick – 14%
    Ron – 9%
    Other – 1%

  34. bumskyred Says:

    mitt 49%
    newt 25%
    rick 17%
    ron 8%
    other 1

  35. OSUPhantom Says:

    Romney: 47.5%
    Gingrich: 23.5%
    Santorum: 19.0%
    Paul: 10%

  36. Thunder (Romney/Rubio 2012) Says:

    My prediction…..

    Romney – 46%
    Gingrich – 28%
    Santourm – 15%
    Paul – 11%

  37. aspire Says:

    Romney 47%
    Gingrich 31%
    Santorum 11%
    Paul 9%
    Other 2%

  38. Heil Preußen! Says:

    Romney 45.6%
    Gingrich 26.7%
    Santorum 15.5%
    Paul 9.9%
    Other 2.1%

  39. OhioRepub Says:

    Romney: 46.5
    Gingrich: 27.5
    Paul: 13.5
    Paul: 12.5

  40. Petunia Says:

    This is a good day.

  41. Michael Says:

    Mitt 45
    Gingrich 29
    Santorum 16
    Paul 10

  42. Conservative Independent Says:

    Romney 48
    Gingrich 25
    Santorum 17
    Paul 10

  43. TennJoe Says:

    Mitt 46%
    Newt 28%
    Rick 16%
    Ron 10%

  44. Merkis Says:

    45.4% – Romney
    28.4% – Gingrich
    14.2% – Santorum
    10.5% – Paul
    1.5% – Other

  45. BD1 Says:

    Romney 45
    Gingrich 28
    Santorum 15
    Paul 10
    Other 1

  46. lutie Says:

    Mitt – 42
    Newr 32
    Rick – 15
    Paul – 10
    other 1

  47. Jman Says:

    Romney 51%
    Gingrich 25%
    Santorum 14%
    Paul 9%
    Other 1%

    Mitt is the man!

  48. joe c Says:

    mitt – 42
    newt – 34
    santorum -14
    paul – 10

  49. Nodaker Says:

    Romney – 46
    Gingrich – 28
    Santorum – 16
    Paul – 10

  50. alaska jake Says:

    Romney 45.5
    Gingrich 25.2
    Santorum 15.6
    Paul 12.2
    Other 1.5

  51. Ryan60657 Says:

    31. Exactly. Santorum will explain that given his daughter’s health issues, family is more important than his campaign. Unlike Perry, however, he will not endorse Gingrich. He will also not endorse Mitt or Paul, not surprisingly.

  52. jaaron Says:

    Romney 47
    Newtster 30
    Santorum 14
    Paul 9

    Lock it in!!!!!

  53. Chickentrooper Says:

    50 – Romney – eventual winner of nomination
    25 – Gingrich – I’m still hoping for a Dean scream
    15 – Santorum – resumes campaign for one last try (maybe Michigan as part of his manufacturing message) but is out before super Tuesday
    10 – Paul – despite his worst finish yet, continues in race to come in second in the delegate count

  54. Kevin W Says:

    Romney 45.1
    Gingrich 32.2
    Santorum 12.3
    Paul 9.7
    Others 0.7

  55. MarqueGHossephat Says:

    Romney 80
    Gingrich 7
    Santo 7
    Paul 6

    The tide has tuned!

    General election results:
    Obama 50 states
    Romney 0

  56. Huckarubio....returns Says:

    31, 51….he is back on the campaign trail. That doesnt look like suspending his campaign for his daughter’s health to me. She seems to be doing much better and I think Santorum sees the writing on the wall that newt is once and for all imploding and that there still needs to be a non-mitt candidate.

  57. SoupDog Says:

    Romney 44
    Gingrich 31
    Santorum 15
    Paul 9
    Others 1

  58. davidg Says:

    Romney – 50.5
    Gingrich 24.5
    Santorum 14
    Paul 11

    Newt would make a bunch of money still if he would just man up and retire. He could still be the wize old GOP codger that everyone asks his opinions. if he stays in it he becomes the insane grandpa that no one wants to be associated with.

  59. Joe (R42012 Groupie, Joe For Mitch) Says:

    Romney 39.5
    Gingrich 32.5
    Santorum 28
    Paul 12

    Being conservative this time and taking into account relative viral strength of Santorum/Paul campaigns plus (slightly) lower turnout due to expected Romney shallacking

  60. NY4Romney Says:

    Romney 48
    Gingrich 26
    Santorum 16
    Paul 10

  61. Joe (R42012 Groupie, Joe For Mitch) Says:

    59
    CORRECTION
    Romney 39.5
    Gingrich 32.5
    Santorum 18
    Paul 12

  62. Ryan Says:

    Romney 48
    Newt 26
    Sant 16
    Paul 10

  63. John Galt Says:

    My prediction is that Romney kills Gingrich and Gingrich will yell and scream voter fraud or something ridiculous.

    no really he will just say, its because of his money. he outspent me. if i had more money i would beat him.

    Romney by 9 points.

  64. WasAlso Says:

    Romney: 44
    Gingrich: 34
    Santorum: 11
    Paul: 8
    Other: 3

  65. glenn for president romney 2012 Says:

    President Romney – 49%
    Colony Director Grinch – 26%
    Great Dad Santorum – 16%
    Florida? Paul – 9%

    Best part? GINGRICH CAN’T SAY, “Oh, combine us and we’ll beat Romney convincingly!” Mitt is running away with this. I actually kind of want Santorum to drop out just so Mitt can beat him in a 3 man race. I REALLY, REALLY think that Mitt, in non-early voters, will get > 50% of vote, but not so much from those first ones. He has huge momentum now. It was a firewall for winning, not it’s a firewall against absolute annihilation!

  66. Anybody but NEWT Says:

    Romney 44
    Gingrich 32
    Santorum 14
    Paul 10

  67. Smack1968 Says:

    Romney 49%
    Gingrich 31%
    Santorum 11%
    Paul 9%

  68. Gordon Says:

    Romney 43%
    Moonbeam

  69. Gordon Says:

    Romney 43%
    Moonbeam 32%
    Santorum 16%
    Paul 9%

  70. Heath Says:

    Romney – 47%
    Gingrich – 30%
    Santorum – 13%
    Paul – 9%
    Other – 1%

  71. E-dawg Says:

    Rom 60
    Ging 23
    Rick 9
    Paul 8

  72. Matthew E. Miller Says:

    Romney 46
    Gingrich 29
    Santorum 15
    Paul 10

  73. Hudson Valley Rep Says:

    Romney-45
    Ginrich-26
    Santorum-15
    Paul-13
    Other-1

  74. Ci2Eye Says:

    Romney: 41
    Gingrich: 31
    Santorum: 16
    Paul: 12
    Other: 1

  75. teledude Says:

    Romney 41%
    Gingrich 35%
    Santorum 15%
    Paul 9%

  76. ricksantorum's union grandpa Says:

    Prediction:
    1. Rick Santorum’s ghost haunts his son’s 3rd place finish. Microphones clearly pick up a haunting “You are the 1%!!!”
    2. Sarah Palin sets herself up for all aggrieved ABRS declaring to the so-called establishment (who didn’t even lift a finger for Mitt) “we will not sit in the back of the bus”.
    3. Newt is hospitalized as he begins foaming at the mouth during his concession speech. Newt’s behavior this week is then attributed to a rabies afflicted squirrel that bit him during a fund raising visit to a petting zoo.
    4. An assassition attempt is made on Mitt Romney for quoting America the Beautiful one too many times. Killer screams out “Your Iowa joke is NOT funny!!!”. Bullet holes reveal complex android techonology with the inscription “Made in China”. Jon Huntsman finds this ironic.

  77. Tony Says:

    Romney 44
    Gingrich 31
    Santorum 17
    Paul 8

  78. aj rabin Says:

    Romney-42
    Gingrich-33
    Santorum-13
    Paul-11

  79. Dr J Says:

    Romney- 50
    Santorum- 21
    Gingrich- 19
    Paul- 9
    Others- 1

  80. Todd Richmond Says:

    Romney 42
    Gingrich 27
    Santorum 17
    Paul 14

  81. Florida Conservative Says:

    Romney 45
    Gingrich 25
    Santorum 18
    Paul 12

  82. Massachusetts Conservative Says:

    75

    Desperate wishful thinking. Keep dreaming.

  83. Harold Says:

    And a very good evening to my friends here in the willardbot fever swamp! ;-)

    RCP has it at Willard by 12.5 points, and my prediction would be that Willard will underperform to that expectation, as per his usual.

    How badly will he underperform?

    Decent chance that his blowtorch will have incinerated him to a margin of single digits. And the above delusions of +50 Willard and 20 point margins are, well, delusional.

    And if it’s at 5 or less, look out, because that means he effectively lost, but at least his campaign will not have ended, as he was facing 7 days ago.

    But a tainted, marginal win, and still stuck underneath his historical Gallup ceiling? Tsk tsk… it would appear the blowtorch strategy isn’t quite what Willard HQ had in mind, no?

  84. jrcutler Says:

    Romney 45%
    Gingrich 28%
    Santorum 15%
    Paul 12%

    Badda Bing, Badda Bang!!!!

  85. jrcutler Says:

    83
    “And if it’s at 5 or less, look out, because that means he effectively lost, but at least his campaign will not have ended, as he was facing 7 days ago.”

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LET THE SPIN BEGIN, LOOK, IF MITT WINS BY 5 HE EFFECTIVELY LOST!!! HAHAHAHAHA

    Joke of the day my friends, to bad the moon colony king won’t even be able to spin a 5 point loss, more like 10-20 points.

  86. Chickentrooper Says:

    5% margin of victory is more than enough to collect ALL THE DELEGATES!

  87. Jeff Y Says:

    Mitt Romney 44.3%
    Newt Gingrich 30.4%
    Rick Santorum 15.7%
    Ron Paul 9.6%

  88. PTuck Says:

    Ya’ll have drank the KOOLAID! and it’s flavor is RED! LOL! Romney will win the overall… but Newt will carry more counties.

  89. Jonathan Says:

    Mitt Romney: 45.6%
    Newt Gingrich: 27.9%
    Rick Santorum: 16.3%
    Ron Paul: 10.2%

  90. Harold Says:

    5% margin of victory is more than enough to collect ALL THE DELEGATES!

    Good thing for Willard, as then he’s no longer in last place. ;-)

    Now let’s make a real prediction here. Anybody wanna give me odds that Willard is behind in delegates after Super Tuesday? Come on, brave fever swampers… here’s your chance!

    You know what, I don’t see Gingrich going away soon. And if he gets some message discipline and free media, and Santorum drops out and Paul stays in, there’s a chance for a brokered convention. And a brokered convention can’t likely pick either him or Willard, because they both gotta go in the garbage can at that point. Paul will demand compensation, so will Gingrich, and Willard’s head on a pike would likely be part of either’s, no matter how many delegates he shows up with. Less than 1,144 might as well be zero.

    Now, I don’t think Gingrich can suddenly acquire the requisite message discipline, but if he does…

    I haven’t really tabbed up these delegates… but a Texas swath might be coming Gingrich’s way at some point. Others?

    If Willard had any brains, he’d call a truce, go positive and just try to beat this guy straight up.

  91. michael Says:

    Gingrich slits his wrist

  92. Adam Graham Says:

    Romney 44%
    Gingrich 27%
    Santorum 19%
    Paul 10%

  93. eric Says:

    Mitt – 41
    Newr 33
    Rick – 15
    Paul – 10
    other 1

  94. Doug NYC GOP Says:

    Romney The Nominee 47%

    Newt Potty Pants 29%

    Righteous Rick 14%

    Rockin’ Ronnie P 10%

  95. Swint Says:

    Romney: 47.2
    Gingrich: 28.5
    Santorum: 13.1
    Paul: 9.7

  96. Shane Says:

    Romney: 45.8
    Gingrich: 29.7
    Santorum: 13.4
    Paul: 11.1

  97. Mushroom Says:

    mittens-43.2%
    gingrinch-30.6%
    santa-15.4%
    ronulus-10%
    other-0.8%

  98. Case Says:

    Romney:39
    Gingrich:30
    Santorum:19
    Paul:12

  99. NY4Romney Says:

    Rescinding my earlier after realizing I was thinking with my heart.
    New:

    Romney 45%
    Gingrich 29%
    Santorum 15%
    Paul 11%

  100. RH Says:

    Romney. 63%
    Gingrich. 18%
    Santorum. 10%
    Paul. 9%

  101. criggs Says:

    And here’s my prediction (ta-dah!):

    Romney 37
    Gingrich 33
    Santorum 15
    Paul 12
    Others 3

    Yes, I am concluding that PPP and Insider Advantage are right and that We Ask America is wrong. And yes, this is a very weak Romney victory and a very strong Gingrich second place. I suspect the story tomorrow night will be yet another comeback by the historian from Georgia.

    And if PPP and Insider Advantage are wrong, then I’m a bum.

  102. jarvis Says:

    Romney – 46
    Newt – 30
    Santorum – 11
    Paul – 10
    Other – 3

  103. Still Hurting Says:

    Romney – 44.7%
    Gingrich – 29.7%
    Santorum – 14.3%
    Paul – 10.1%
    Others – 1.2%

  104. NCRightWinger Says:

    Romney – 42%
    Gingrich – 31%
    Santorum – 14%
    Paul – 10%
    Others – 3%

  105. OSUPhantom Says:

    Correction to mine;
    Romney: 46.5%
    Gingrich: 24.7%
    Santorum: 18.2%
    Paul: 10%
    Others: .6%

  106. OSUPhantom Says:

    Sorry that was a typo:

    Romney: 44.5%
    Gingrich: 32.7%
    Santorum: 11.5%
    Paul: 10%
    Others: 1.3%

  107. John Galt Says:

    Romney 39
    Gingrich 31
    Santorum 17
    Paul 10
    others 3

  108. Al Orfi Says:

    Gingrich 36%
    Romney 34%
    Santorum 18%
    Paul 8%
    Others 4%

  109. criggs Says:

    101. Well, those ARG figures just came out, which means that I need to post a revised prediction. That previous prediction of mine can be tossed. Here’s where I think we’ll end up now:

    Romney 39
    Gingrich 32
    Santorum 15
    Paul 11
    Others 3

    So Romney moves from a four point victory to a seven point victory. Still not overwhelming, and it’s still shallow enough that it could trigger talk of a Gingrich comeback.

    And, incidentally, ARG doesn’t contradict PPP and Insider Advantage, though the extent of the Romney bleed is somewhat minimized; hence my revised prediction.

  110. Stephanie Foley Says:

    Romney 42
    Gingrich 40

    others 18

  111. Mittwitt Says:

    Romney 46
    Gingrich 34
    Santorum 11
    Paul 9

  112. Mittwitt Says:

    Romney 46%
    Gingrich 34%
    Santorum 11%
    Paul 9%

  113. John Gustavsson Says:

    Romney 43
    Gingrich 29
    Santorum 16
    Paul 12

  114. Thomas Alan Says:

    Romney 43
    Gingrich 28.5
    Santorum 17
    Paul 10
    Other 1.5

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