Governor Rick Snyder endorced Mitt Romney earlier in the week. On paper, that should give him a boost in the Michigan primary on the 28th. Emphasis on on paper.
If we rewind the tape 18 months, we see that Snyder won the GOP primary with 36% of the vote; two conservatives, Pete Hoekstra and Mike Cox, came in right behind him with 27 and 23% of the vote.
Romney is getting 29% of the vote based on RCP's average of five recent polls, trailing RIck Santorum's 37%. If you allocate a 15% undecided vote, that gets Romney at about 34%, not far from Snyder's numbers.
When you note that Snyder was running as a can-do "tough nerd" (there's the Weird Al earwig from the title for you) businessman and was the moderate choice in the 2010 primary, Snyder's voters and Romney's are likely to have a large overlap. I don't see too many Snyder voters going for Santorum nor do I see too many Cox and Hoekstra voters going for Romney.
It's always nice to have the governor on board, but this shouldn't help too much.
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