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Popular or not — candidates head into Republican debate

Jon Cohen

For all of Mitt Romney’s evident trouble wrapping up the Republican nomination—and sliding support against his rivals in national polls — his favorable numbers among the party’s base have steadily improved since a bad defeat in South Carolina, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

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