Local Conservative Bastion Not Too Hot On GOP Presidential Contenders?

A poll posted on Patch Lake Elsinore-Wildomar during the afternoon of Super Tuesday showed that people aren’t thrilled about their Republican presidential candidates.

And the poll results from this GOP-held region seem to jive with other results out this morning.

The Patch poll was by no means scientific and represents just a small sampling, and only 45 percent of respondents said any one of the GOP candidates would make a better president than Barack Obama.

The poll, which was posted at 12:57 p.m. Tuesday, found that 21 percent of respondents felt the Republican pool was shallow and certain candidates would not fare well against President Obama. Thirty-two percent of poll respondents said they are not impressed with any of the Republican contenders. (Voting continues on the local poll. to weigh in.)

The local poll appears in sync with what happened across the nation during Super Tuesday, when 10 states weighed in on the GOP presidential nomination race.

Romney came out ahead yesterday, and has emerged as the clear frontrunner for now, but polls suggest voters are underwhelmed by the Republican prospects. Only in three Super Tuesday states did most people say they strongly supported the contender they backed, and in four states where polling was conducted yesterday, less than half expressed that degree of support for their candidate, according to the Associated Press today.

Even in Romney’s Massachusetts, there were nagging concerns Tuesday about the candidate. According to the Associated Press, one-third of all primary voters in that state said they had reservations, yet about three-quarters of those people voted for Romney.

In Ohio, 41 percent of primary voters said they, too, had reservations about the candidate they supported, the Associated Press reported.

The Super Tuesday polls come as 45 percent of Americans say they approve of the job President Obama is doing, according to the latest Gallup figures.