Poll: Santorum slightly ahead in Ohio before Super Tuesday
The weekend before Super Tuesday, an NBC-Marist Ohio poll of registered voters shows Rick Santorum edging out Mitt Romney, but just barely.
The topline results:
34% for Rick Santorum
32% for Mitt Romney
15% for Newt Gingrich
13% for Ron Paul
1% other
6% are undecided
The poll, conducted February 29 - March 2 with 2,518 registered voters, has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percentage points.
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