Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the AFP Defending the Dream Conference in Milwaukee, Wis., Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the AFP Defending the Dream Conference in Milwaukee, Wis., Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A shadow is cast on a placard by Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as he campaigns in Metairie, La., Friday, March 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum shakes hands, signs autographs, and takes photos with supporters at his prep rally Friday, March 23, 2012, at the Holiday Inn in Shreveport, La. Twenty delegates are up for grabs in Saturday?s Republican presidential preference primary, but state party chairman Roger Villere says something else is also at stake: ?Perception of momentum.? (AP Photo/The Shreveport Times, Henrietta Wildsmith) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT SHREVEPORTTIMES.COM
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Preliminary results of an exit poll of voters in Louisiana's Republican presidential primary show Rick Santorum winning with his most dominant performance yet this year among conservatives and blue-collar voters and getting robust support from nearly all types of people.
Highlighting his strength, the former Pennsylvania senator bested Mitt Romney for the first time among those calling the economy the campaign's dominant issue.
Romney retained his usual edge among voters whose most prized characteristic in a GOP candidate is backing someone who can defeat President Barack Obama this fall. But the Massachusetts governor's margin over Santorum on that question was his slimmest yet.
Santorum was winning the votes of nearly half of conservatives, and just over half of those without college degrees ? a measure of blue-collar voters.
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