<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - attitudes</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/attitudes</link><description>Newsvine - attitudes</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:00:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 03:12:15 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Poll: 87 percent say never OK to cheat on taxes</title>
<description><![CDATA[With tax season in full swing, a newly released poll says an overwhelming majority of adults don't believe it is ever OK to cheat on their income taxes, with most citing personal integrity as a reason to be truthful.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17103497-poll-87-percent-say-never-ok-to-cheat-on-taxes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17103497-poll-87-percent-say-never-ok-to-cheat-on-taxes</guid><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>politics</category><category>attitudes</category><category>cheats</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:33:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=083b9a89-f483-47a2-8224-1fdec14014d4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=083b9a89-f483-47a2-8224-1fdec14014d4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, file photo, dressed as the Statue of Liberty, part-time employee, Zidkijah Zabad, waves to passing motorists while holding a sign to advertise for Liberty Tax Service in Los Angeles. With tax season in full swing, a newly released poll says an overwhelming majority of adults don't believe it is ever OK to cheat on their income taxes, with most citing personal integrity as the biggest reason why. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>CORRECTION: Tables on racial attitudes</title>
<description><![CDATA[A table posted on surveys.ap.org showing results of the survey used to assess anti-black attitudes incorrectly indicated that 18 percent of respondents believed President Barack Obama to be Jewish. That figure is less than 1 percent. The numbers saying "Muslim," "some other religion," "no religion," and "don't know" were displayed in the wrong rows. The correct results have now been posted on surveys.ap.org. The incorrect numbers were not contained in the story that moved on Saturday, Oct. 27.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/29/14783657-correction-tables-on-racial-attitudes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/29/14783657-correction-tables-on-racial-attitudes</guid><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>poll</category><category>politics</category><category>attitudes</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>racial</category><category>chart</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:39:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How The Associated Press polls were conducted</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press polls were designed to dig into one of the most sensitive subjects in American politics: racial attitudes and their effect on how people will vote in an election in which the nation's first black president could be re-elected.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/27/14737137-how-the-associated-press-polls-were-conducted</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/27/14737137-how-the-associated-press-polls-were-conducted</guid><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>poll</category><category>politics</category><category>method</category><category>attitudes</category><category>associated-press</category><category>racial-attitudes</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 07:44:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonya Ross]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sonya Ross]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/27/14736950-ap-poll-majority-harbor-prejudice-against-blacks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/27/14736950-ap-poll-majority-harbor-prejudice-against-blacks</guid><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>poll</category><category>politics</category><category>attitudes</category><category>united-states</category><category>associated-press</category><category>racial-attitudes</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 07:35:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=538c5384-80a2-4639-8004-3fcbd0647128.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=538c5384-80a2-4639-8004-3fcbd0647128.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to supporters at a campaign event at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland Ohio. Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not. Those views could cost Obama votes as he tries for re-election, the survey found, though the effects are mitigated by some Americans' more favorable views of blacks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Survey: Half of Chinese like US ideas on democracy</title>
<description><![CDATA[People in China are increasingly worried about corruption, inequality and food safety, according to a survey that also found that about half of Chinese like American ideas about democracy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Watt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Louise Watt]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14480765-survey-half-of-chinese-like-us-ideas-on-democracy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14480765-survey-half-of-chinese-like-us-ideas-on-democracy</guid><category>china</category><category>attitudes</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:02:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4594f2de-770c-4e87-8c0b-5f6a2226d396.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4594f2de-770c-4e87-8c0b-5f6a2226d396.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -In this Sept. 21, 201 file photo, people view housing models on display during the China Property and Investment Show in Beijing, China. People in China are increasingly worried about corruption, inequality and food safety, according to a survey that also found that about half of Chinese like American ideas about democracy.  (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a542ddce-e7e4-4c72-8ccf-29a8b6092eb4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="342" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a542ddce-e7e4-4c72-8ccf-29a8b6092eb4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2008 file photo, children and parents wait for health checkups at a clinic who drank contaminated Chinese milk was diagnosed with a kidney stone in Hong Kong. People in China are increasingly worried about corruption, inequality and food safety, according to a survey that also found that about half of Chinese like American ideas about democracy.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16f42fa4-41e8-465e-a9a3-d557f129185b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16f42fa4-41e8-465e-a9a3-d557f129185b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 13, 2012 file photo, media take pictures from the back of the van of former Hong Kong Chief Secretary Rafael Hui, as Hui leaves the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) headquarters in Hong Kong. Hui and two billionaire brothers who run Hong Kong's biggest property developer were arrested in March for suspected corruption, stunning the Chinese financial center and sending the company's shares into a tailspin. People in China are increasingly worried about corruption, inequality and food safety, according to a survey that also found that about half of Chinese like American ideas about democracy. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wisconsin voters divided on bargaining, governor</title>
<description><![CDATA[Talk about a sharply divided electorate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12072784-wisconsin-voters-divided-on-bargaining-governor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12072784-wisconsin-voters-divided-on-bargaining-governor</guid><category>us</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>recall</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>us-news</category><category>wisconsin-recall</category><category>voter-attitudes</category><category>recall-voter</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:36:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney Md., Wis. wins suggest cross-class appeal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney's wins in the Wisconsin and Maryland primaries show he can win states on both ends of the GOP's socio-economic spectrum, though both states rank among the least conservative to vote so far this year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11007427-romney-md-wis-wins-suggest-cross-class-appeal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11007427-romney-md-wis-wins-suggest-cross-class-appeal</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>glance</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 23:56:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney makes inroads with the right in Wis., Md</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney won the Maryland Republican presidential primary broadly and deeply, besting chief rival Rick Santorum among conservatives as well as moderates and emerging as the runaway favorite of those who care most about beating President Barack Obama and fixing the economy. The trend was similar if less convincing in Wisconsin, Tuesday's other big win for Romney, where he made inroads with the right but faced a strong challenge for the votes of the young and evangelicals.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11005987-romney-makes-inroads-with-the-right-in-wis-md</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11005987-romney-makes-inroads-with-the-right-in-wis-md</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>maryland-republican</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 21:28:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/15e3584e-0e57-4dc5-87f4-2262cec173bc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/15e3584e-0e57-4dc5-87f4-2262cec173bc.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets people during a campaign stop at a Cousins Subs fast food restaurant, in Waukesha, Wis., Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fa5f490c-dd94-4a90-83fb-22f9bca74d2f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fa5f490c-dd94-4a90-83fb-22f9bca74d2f.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., left, votes at a polling place during a primary election in Ballenger Creek, Md., Tuesday, April 3, 2012.  (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cf0d9f2f-bfbe-45c5-810e-39f45bbc34f6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cf0d9f2f-bfbe-45c5-810e-39f45bbc34f6.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets people during a campaign stop at a Cousins Subs fast food restaurant, in Waukesha, Wis., Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a09e5ff1-0a97-4785-a85f-b271461fe8af.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a09e5ff1-0a97-4785-a85f-b271461fe8af.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Chairman of the House Budget Committee, right, addresses an audience as Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, looks on during a Romney campaign event at an oil company in Milwaukee, Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Conservatives, blue collars help Santorum's LA win</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum turned in his most impressive performance yet with conservative, blue-collar and religious voters as he rode to triumph Saturday in Louisiana's Republican presidential primary, capturing robust support from people across the board, according to an exit poll of voters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/24/10846934-conservatives-blue-collars-help-santorums-la-win</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/24/10846934-conservatives-blue-collars-help-santorums-la-win</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:38:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4b2a1404-1893-4141-bb58-448a00d4d2fc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4b2a1404-1893-4141-bb58-448a00d4d2fc.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;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)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5dd41c30-5ef2-4c79-8921-8b20e9ea6426.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5dd41c30-5ef2-4c79-8921-8b20e9ea6426.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;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)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Enthusiastic backers lift Santorum in Louisiana</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum carried the Louisiana Republican primary with a broad base of enthusiastic supporters and his widest margins of the campaign over Mitt Romney among the conservatives and evangelicals who have lifted his campaign across the South, according to exit polls conducted there for The Associated Press.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10784141-enthusiastic-backers-lift-santorum-in-louisiana</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10784141-enthusiastic-backers-lift-santorum-in-louisiana</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>glance</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>associated-press</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>illinois-republican</category><category>louisiana-republican</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:16:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Voters out to beat Obama hand Romney big IL edge</title>
<description><![CDATA[Voters hunting for a candidate who can defeat President Barack Obama and with the proper experience helped vault Mitt Romney to victory Tuesday in Illinois' presidential primary, according to results of an exit poll of voters. His win was also powered by robust margins from people worried about the economy and federal deficits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10676654-voters-out-to-beat-obama-hand-romney-big-il-edge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10676654-voters-out-to-beat-obama-hand-romney-big-il-edge</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>illinois-gop</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:27:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bfced7ea-52ee-4dc7-ba4d-c2f755ee364f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bfced7ea-52ee-4dc7-ba4d-c2f755ee364f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Danny Cooper, of Chilton County, Ala. waves to motorists outside a polling place, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Vestavia Hills, Ala. Alabama voters would be deciding Tuesday whether Mitt Romney has deep South appeal, if it's time for Newt Gingrich to go forward or go home, and whether Rick Santorum can trim the Republican field. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney grows edge among high-income voters in Ill.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Early exit polls show Mitt Romney's win in the Illinois Republican primary rests on broad leads among voters with higher incomes and more formal education, with a boost from those focused on defeating President Barack Obama in November.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10675730-romney-grows-edge-among-high-income-voters-in-ill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10675730-romney-grows-edge-among-high-income-voters-in-ill</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>glance</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>illinois-republican</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:14:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Santorum AL edge from voters motivated by religion</title>
<description><![CDATA[Preliminary exit poll results in Alabama show Rick Santorum leading his two chief rivals for the Republican presidential nomination among the huge bloc of voters saying they wanted a candidate who shared their religious beliefs. That same group of voters is more evenly divided in Mississippi among the top three contenders.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10674420-santorum-al-edge-from-voters-motivated-by-religion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10674420-santorum-al-edge-from-voters-motivated-by-religion</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:03:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bfced7ea-52ee-4dc7-ba4d-c2f755ee364f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bfced7ea-52ee-4dc7-ba4d-c2f755ee364f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Danny Cooper, of Chilton County, Ala. waves to motorists outside a polling place, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Vestavia Hills, Ala. Alabama voters would be deciding Tuesday whether Mitt Romney has deep South appeal, if it's time for Newt Gingrich to go forward or go home, and whether Rick Santorum can trim the Republican field. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Born-again Christians dominate GOP vote in AL, MS</title>
<description><![CDATA[White born-again and evangelical Christians were dominating Alabama's and Mississippi's Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday, showing up in numbers unsurpassed by any state where voters have been polled so far this year, according to preliminary results of exit polls of voters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10673557-born-again-christians-dominate-gop-vote-in-al-ms</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10673557-born-again-christians-dominate-gop-vote-in-al-ms</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>bc</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:22:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bfced7ea-52ee-4dc7-ba4d-c2f755ee364f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bfced7ea-52ee-4dc7-ba4d-c2f755ee364f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Danny Cooper, of Chilton County, Ala. waves to motorists outside a polling place, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Vestavia Hills, Ala. Alabama voters would be deciding Tuesday whether Mitt Romney has deep South appeal, if it's time for Newt Gingrich to go forward or go home, and whether Rick Santorum can trim the Republican field. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Close races in Ala., Miss. fueled by ideology</title>
<description><![CDATA[Voters going to the polls for the closely divided GOP primaries in Mississippi and Alabama expressed strong support for their chosen candidate, according to preliminary exit polls. And those polls suggested the ongoing nomination battle would not lead to a major fracture in the party come November.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10596218-close-races-in-ala-miss-fueled-by-ideology</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10596218-close-races-in-ala-miss-fueled-by-ideology</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>glance</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>1st</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2012 02:55:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d13f7328-f78d-45dd-82e8-2adc8adcac75.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d13f7328-f78d-45dd-82e8-2adc8adcac75.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Poll worker, Dollie Scott, center, points the way for voters who cast their ballots on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at E. Rivers Elementary School, in Atlanta.  Republican Presidential candidate Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was favored to win in Georgia on Tuesday, but his rivals have spent time and resources in the state, hoping to grab a share of the states 76 delegates.(AP Photo/Atlanta Journal &amp; Constitution, John Spink)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/76702463-80cc-4203-9368-a09bf4cf3837.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/76702463-80cc-4203-9368-a09bf4cf3837.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A voter casts his ballot for the Republican presidential primary, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Economy key issue to GOP voters across states</title>
<description><![CDATA[The economy is weighing heavily on voters' minds from north to south, even as Super Tuesday is showcasing vastly different slices of the Republican electorate, according to early exit polls conducted for The Associated Press in seven states. From more moderate Massachusetts and Vermont to more conservative states such as Oklahoma and Tennessee, the economy was the top issue.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Henry C. Jackson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Henry C. Jackson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10595348-economy-key-issue-to-gop-voters-across-states</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10595348-economy-key-issue-to-gop-voters-across-states</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>glance</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>associated-press</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2012 01:07:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d13f7328-f78d-45dd-82e8-2adc8adcac75.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d13f7328-f78d-45dd-82e8-2adc8adcac75.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Poll worker, Dollie Scott, center, points the way for voters who cast their ballots on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at E. Rivers Elementary School, in Atlanta.  Republican Presidential candidate Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was favored to win in Georgia on Tuesday, but his rivals have spent time and resources in the state, hoping to grab a share of the states 76 delegates.(AP Photo/Atlanta Journal &amp; Constitution, John Spink)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/76702463-80cc-4203-9368-a09bf4cf3837.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/76702463-80cc-4203-9368-a09bf4cf3837.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A voter casts his ballot for the Republican presidential primary, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How the exit polls were conducted</title>
<description><![CDATA[Voter surveys in the March 6, 2012, presidential primaries were conducted for the National Election Pool (The Associated Press, ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX and NBC) by Edison Research. NEP members prepared the questionnaires.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10594820-how-the-exit-polls-were-conducted</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10594820-how-the-exit-polls-were-conducted</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>method</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-election-pool</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2012 23:19:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Born-again Christians dominate GOP vote in AL, MS</title>
<description><![CDATA[White born-again and evangelical Christians were dominating Alabama's and Mississippi's Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday, showing up in numbers unsurpassed by any state where voters have been polled so far this year, according to preliminary results of exit polls of voters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10594756-born-again-christians-dominate-gop-vote-in-al-ms</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10594756-born-again-christians-dominate-gop-vote-in-al-ms</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>ohio-republicans</category><category>georgia-republican</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2012 23:11:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d13f7328-f78d-45dd-82e8-2adc8adcac75.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d13f7328-f78d-45dd-82e8-2adc8adcac75.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Poll worker, Dollie Scott, center, points the way for voters who cast their ballots on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at E. Rivers Elementary School, in Atlanta.  Republican Presidential candidate Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was favored to win in Georgia on Tuesday, but his rivals have spent time and resources in the state, hoping to grab a share of the states 76 delegates.(AP Photo/Atlanta Journal &amp; Constitution, John Spink)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/022a4ef4-87a6-4d59-9641-84f38080f7ec.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/022a4ef4-87a6-4d59-9641-84f38080f7ec.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bob Belew, a coach at Sylvan Park Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., welcomes students and voters at a polling place at the school, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cf18c9e7-1ec7-4b66-953c-2ae5c92a5293.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cf18c9e7-1ec7-4b66-953c-2ae5c92a5293.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Voters fill out their ballots for the Republican presidential primary at the Faith Assembly church in Tulsa, Okla.  on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.   (AP Photo/The World,Matt Barnard)   TV OUT; TULSA OUT  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9424677c-0545-4192-8db2-4b5392245621.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9424677c-0545-4192-8db2-4b5392245621.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Voters  in Cobb County, one of the largest precincts in the state, participate in the Georgia GOP primary on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Noonday Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga. Republican Presidential candidate Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was favored to win in Georgia on Tuesday, but his rivals have spent time and resources in the state, hoping to grab a share of the states 76 delegates.(AP Photo/Atlanta Journal &amp; Constitution, Bob Andres)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bfced7ea-52ee-4dc7-ba4d-c2f755ee364f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bfced7ea-52ee-4dc7-ba4d-c2f755ee364f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Danny Cooper, of Chilton County, Ala. waves to motorists outside a polling place, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Vestavia Hills, Ala. Alabama voters would be deciding Tuesday whether Mitt Romney has deep South appeal, if it's time for Newt Gingrich to go forward or go home, and whether Rick Santorum can trim the Republican field. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney wins Ariz. and Mich. on economy, experience</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney played to his strengths in Arizona and Michigan, carrying economy voters and those seeking the most electable candidate, according to exit polls conducted for The Associated Press in both states. Romney was able to expand beyond those reliable bases, which have backed him in each state with an exit poll except for South Carolina, and also capture voters focused on a candidate's experience or concerned about the deficit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10533432-romney-wins-ariz-and-mich-on-economy-experience</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10533432-romney-wins-ariz-and-mich-on-economy-experience</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>glance</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>associated-press</category><category>mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:12:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8adefdcf-0595-47cc-9422-8a2ca9ee9441.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8adefdcf-0595-47cc-9422-8a2ca9ee9441.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks to supporters at his election watch party after winning the Michigan primary in Novi, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e3c62206-0a03-421d-9b4f-271229e302d5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e3c62206-0a03-421d-9b4f-271229e302d5.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, addresses supporters at his election night party in Novi, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP voters focusing on economy, beating Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[Early results from exit polls in seven states holding Super Tuesday Republican presidential primaries show that the economy is the top issue across every state.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10533172-gop-voters-focusing-on-economy-beating-obama</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10533172-gop-voters-focusing-on-economy-beating-obama</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>michigan-republican</category><category>rival-mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:36:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/71fdfa98-e530-4f5d-9e1b-e0994ad25efc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="417" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/71fdfa98-e530-4f5d-9e1b-e0994ad25efc.jpg" width="120" height="125" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks to supporters at his election watch party after winning the Michigan primary in Novi, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney's NV win rests on improvements on the right</title>
<description><![CDATA[Preliminary results of an entrance poll show Mitt Romney coasted to victory in Nevada on the strength of improved margins among conservatives, tea partiers and senior citizens combined with a big boost from the state's large contingent of Mormons.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/31/10282692-romneys-nv-win-rests-on-improvements-on-the-right</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/31/10282692-romneys-nv-win-rests-on-improvements-on-the-right</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>glance</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>florida-republican</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:46:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mormons, conservatives help Romney win Nevada</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney rode overwhelming backing from Mormons and his best performance yet among conservatives to his emphatic victory Saturday in Nevada's Republican presidential contest, according to preliminary results of a poll of voters entering the caucuses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/31/10282182-mormons-conservatives-help-romney-win-nevada</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/31/10282182-mormons-conservatives-help-romney-win-nevada</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>nevada-republicans</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:25:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d1997111-516d-42d2-a0c2-1e67a0432e61.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d1997111-516d-42d2-a0c2-1e67a0432e61.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unidentified man votes at a Haileah, Fla. library, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, during the Republican primary election. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/63e412f6-7aac-4c7c-bb3a-f3c48a569c64.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/63e412f6-7aac-4c7c-bb3a-f3c48a569c64.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Two voters cast their  ballots in a west Miami fire station, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012,  during the Republican primary election. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/981e880e-99cb-4286-8421-75b8952eac02.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/981e880e-99cb-4286-8421-75b8952eac02.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jerry Robin, left, and Gary Reed continue to debate the candidates after a Republican caucus meeting at Del Sol High School, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e6dfa5c1-21d6-4bbe-8830-6bc1f459ede9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e6dfa5c1-21d6-4bbe-8830-6bc1f459ede9.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A voter casts his ballot at a Nevada Republican Caucus meeting, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Genoa, Nev. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/366c474a-276d-4e3b-b00d-721d8a14c2f4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/366c474a-276d-4e3b-b00d-721d8a14c2f4.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A caucus participant hands an extra ballot back to a caucus chairman during a Republican caucus meeting, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c2d70497-7e4c-43e8-94ff-6babed524cf2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c2d70497-7e4c-43e8-94ff-6babed524cf2.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gary Reed holds up a precinct number sign before the start of caucusing at a high school caucus site, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Exit poll shows SC voters made up their minds late</title>
<description><![CDATA[South Carolina's late-deciding voters pushed Newt Gingrich to victory, according to exit polls in the state. The former House speaker's strong performances in the debates leading up to the contest plus a conservative-leaning electorate led to a sizable win for Gingrich.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Agiesta ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/21/10207439-exit-poll-shows-sc-voters-made-up-their-minds-late</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/21/10207439-exit-poll-shows-sc-voters-made-up-their-minds-late</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>glance</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>us-news</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:05:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8650e61b-490e-47f4-a1cc-942d609733f7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8650e61b-490e-47f4-a1cc-942d609733f7.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, campaigns  at Whiteford's Restaurant, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Laurens, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0c12cbe7-2d6f-4c32-88c4-e008c5e338b0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0c12cbe7-2d6f-4c32-88c4-e008c5e338b0.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks at his South Carolina primary election night reception at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Republican candidate Newt Gingrich stormed to an upset win in the South Carolina primary Saturday night. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Conservatives, economy fuel Gingrich win in SC</title>
<description><![CDATA[Strong backing from conservative and religious voters and people fretting about the uncertain economy fueled Newt Gingrich's victory in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary, an exit poll of voters showed Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/21/10207353-conservatives-economy-fuel-gingrich-win-in-sc</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/21/10207353-conservatives-economy-fuel-gingrich-win-in-sc</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>attitudes</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:34:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9e8a7ce0-72aa-4bbc-9a52-8a5835f9dd48.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9e8a7ce0-72aa-4bbc-9a52-8a5835f9dd48.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alfred Zadig Jr. casts his ballot at the Hazel V. Parker Playground polling place in Charleston, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, on South Carolina's Republican primary election day.  (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/28d6e093-fdeb-4c6e-aa6b-266cc1d4aae5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/28d6e093-fdeb-4c6e-aa6b-266cc1d4aae5.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man shelters himself from the rain prior to a scheduled campaign event for Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, outside a polling station at Powdersville Middle School, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Greenville, S.C., on South Carolina's Republican primary election day.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/79cfffbb-9b3c-4439-bb63-e9bc554efc9f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/79cfffbb-9b3c-4439-bb63-e9bc554efc9f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, leaves after a campaign event at  Chick-Fil-A, in Anderson, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, on South Carolina's Republican primary election day.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ee5b10bd-34d1-49a6-b714-a66be6ff8125.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ee5b10bd-34d1-49a6-b714-a66be6ff8125.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate former, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, campaigns at Tommyís Country Ham House, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Greenville, S.C., on South Carolina's Republican primary election day. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e887365f-5746-4676-a280-c13397bcac94.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e887365f-5746-4676-a280-c13397bcac94.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, stands with, from left, his wife Ann, obscured left, granddaughter Allie, son Tagg, son Matt, and granddaughter Chloe, as he speaks at his South Carolina primary election night reception at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich won the Republican primary Saturday night.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney broadens coalition in NH GOP primary win</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney performed strongly among conservatives and won decisive backing from voters worried about the economy and eager to vanquish President Barack Obama in this fall's elections, propelling him to victory in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, exit polls of voters showed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/10/10102608-romney-broadens-coalition-in-nh-gop-primary-win</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/10/10102608-romney-broadens-coalition-in-nh-gop-primary-win</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>attitudes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:20:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ca75a08e-f9c7-4675-a986-d715ce57d679.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ca75a08e-f9c7-4675-a986-d715ce57d679.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, react as it was declared that he was the winner of the New Hampshire primary election at his reception in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>