Michigan and Arizona Set to Vote; Who's Your Presidential Pick?

We're one week away from Super Tuesday and the GOP presidential landscape is as confounded as ever. 

From CNN:

After a relative lull in the campaign, Tuesday's primaries bring new focus and urgency to campaigns of front-runners Romney and Santorum as well as trailing candidates Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul.

For Romney, Michigan amounts to a vital test because the state is considered home turf, due to his childhood years there while his father George was governor.

If Romney wins Michigan, he would seem likely to cement his status as the presumptive nominee. A victory for the recently resurgent Santorum would raise further questions about Romney's ability to attract broad conservative support in later primaries or against President Barack Obama in November's general election.

Romney made clear Monday that the Michigan outcome is important, telling supporters in Rockford to rally their neighbors to help him on Tuesday.

A survey of influential southeast Michigan Republicans shows a clear preference for Mitt Romney over Rick Santorum for the Republican presidential nomination.

According to the latest Power Outsiders survey conducted by The Huffington Post and Patch, eight of 12 Michiganders surveyed said they would choose Romney if the race for the Republican nomination came down to a choice between Romney and Santorum.

The survey was designed to get reaction from Outsiders after last week's Republican presidential debate.

For more on the Michigan primary, check out our Patch colleagues' work by CLICKING HERE.

After Michigan and Arizona vote, Wyoming residents will head to the polls on Wednesday. And after Washington holds its caucus on March 3, it's Super Tuesday, where Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia will all cast their ballots.

Missouri's for-real caucus, meanwhile, is slated for March 17.

St. Charles County Patch sites are polling readers to gauge their interest in the election, its candidates and what issues are most important to them. This poll will be published each week until the end of the election season.

We hope these numbers will provide insight into how attitudes and ideologies shifted throughout what seems sure to be a cutthroat political atmosphere.

For more on the candidates, CLICK HERE.