Louisiana primary chat

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By the way, way to ignore how the amount of people saying they're "very conservative" might be record breaking. Not good for Mitt.

No, I'm saying that Santorum's strongest support is from Evangelicals.  There are not as many as in other southern states, so that was a weakness Santorum.

Romney has done reasonably well with "very conservative" voters, at least better than with Evangelicals.  Nobody is talking about a Romney upset, but possibly a closer race than we thought.

Umm, no. In the Midwest, Santorum's run about the same with both groups. In the South, he's done much better with "very conservative" voters than with evangelicals.

Maybe you were thinking of "severely conservative" voters, J.J.?

Alabama Exit Poll:
"Very conservative": Santorum 41 Romney 18
Evangelical: Santorum 35 Romney 27

Mississippi Exit Poll:
Very Conservative: Santorum 39 Romney 22
Evangelical: Santorum 35 Romney 29

Illinois Exit Poll:
Very Conservative: Santorum 48 Romney 37
Evangelical: Santorum 46 Romney 39

Ohio Exit Poll:
Very Conservative: Santorum 48 Romney 30
Evangelical: Santorum 47 Romney 30

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Voters who thought the economy was the most important issue picked Santorum over Romney, 45-31. And look at low-income voters:

under 30k: Santorum 64 Romney 12
30-50k: Santorum 48 Romney 22.