Fractured conservative vote keeps Romney atop N.H.

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NASHUA, N.H. — Conservative voters here are deeply split among challengers to Mitt Romney, keeping the former Massachusetts governor in the lead on the eve of the state’s primary despite a lack of entusiasm for the front-runner.

Romney’s poll numbers continued to fall through the weekend, but the GOP’s conservative voting wing appeared poised to scatter its support among several candidates.

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