Realclearpolitics.com has not picked this up. I haven't seen many stories about it. However, if this poll is right, then I think the game is over and Mitt is the nominee.
Reuters:
Jeff Mason
Reuters
5:10 p.m. CST, January 14, 2012
The poll showed 37 percent of South Carolina Republican voters back Romney. Congressman Ron Paul and former Senator Rick Santorum tied for second place with 16 percent support.
Gingrich, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has fallen far back after holding a strong lead in South Carolina in December. He was in fourth place at 12 percent in the Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Can anyone tell why this is such an outlier? Dems in sample, but primary is open.
UPDATE: Nate Silver is doubtful of it as an online poll.
This is interesting. Didn't realize online polls were considered mainstream polls now:
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online from January 10-13 with a sample of 995 South Carolina registered voters. It included 398 Republicans and 380 Democrats.
Statistical margins of error are not applicable to online surveys but this poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 5 percentage points for Republicans and 3.4 percentage points for all voters.