Santorum goes into the contest trailing rival contenders Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, according to the latest polls.
Recent polls have shown Huntsman trailing rival contenders competing for the GOP nomination by a wide margin in the conservative state.
And he is trailing the Democrat contender, Ted Strickland, by the astonishing margin of 20 points in some polls.Mr Strickland is something of a dream candidate: a pro-gun minister endorsed by the National Rifle Association.
Mr. Stringer, a Democrat from the Upper West Side, had been trailing other likely contenders in early polls, and decided the math was insurmountable.
In the Republican race, State Senator William L. Gormley, a veteran lawmaker from the Atlantic City area, was neck and neck with United States Representative Robert D. Franks, with two other contenders trailing.
And with former Representative Anthony D. Weiner — and his $4 million in campaign funds — now seemingly no longer a factor in the mayor's race, Mr. Stringer is likely to have the second-biggest war chest among the major Democratic contenders, trailing only the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn.
If you ask me, On The Town, which is currently slightly trailing both other contenders in my Tony polling, deserves the win.
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, a leftist contender, was trailing well behind, and millions of voters were still undecided.
But he already ranks among the leading Democratic candidates in the race, trailing only one other contender, Christine C. Quinn, in a poll of voters released on Tuesday.
A recent CNN/ORC poll, seven out of 10 Democratic voters favored her, while her closest Republican contender trailed her by 12 points.
Democrats were quick to point out that most recent polls show Paul flagging with young voters, falling behind Hillary Clinton with 18-24 year-olds, and in some surveys, even trailing other likely Republican presidential contenders with that age group.
