SC Pollsters: Newt will win on Saturday

Published January 20, 2012 5:00am ET



Pollsters at Clemson University are out with a new poll showing Newt Gingrich with a 6-point lead over Mitt Romney in South Carolina and are now predicting that the former House Speaker will win Saturday’s primary there.

“We expect a reaction by the electorate to the personal revelations about Gingrich to be registered on Saturday, however, we do not think it will be substantial enough to erase the lead Gingrich has over Romney,” Clemson University political scientist Dave Woodard said in satement.

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