Archive

Ohio: Romney Wins the Catholic Vote

Super Tuesday

But state remains too close to call.

cheats/2012/03/06/ohio-romney-wins-the-catholic-vote/mitt-romney-poised-to-win-super-tuesday-box_oppaoe
Mario Tama / Getty Images

Exit polls are showing that Mitt Romney has captured the Catholic vote in Ohio by a 41 percent to 30 percent margin, though the state remains too close to call. Romney also made good with voters who changed their minds in "the last few days," another exit poll showed, leading that count by 50 percent to just 28 percent for Rick Santorum. Santorum had led in the Ohio polls by as much as 10 points before Romney seemingly closed the gap in what was a deadlocked race going into Super Tuesday. Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich is projected the winner in his home state of Georgia, while Romney has been projected to win in both Virginia and Vermont.

Read it at The New York Times