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A month ago, 55% of people viewed it as a good thing for the party, while 36% viewed it negatively. Opinion is now divided almost evenly \u2014 47% of people view the extended primary as a good thing and 43% as a bad thing. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking at the current field of candidates, Mitt Romney\u2019s supporters are more likely to view the long campaign as a bad thing for the party (52% hold this view). Newt Gingrich\u2019s (36%) and Rick Santorum\u2019s (30%) supporters are less likely to hold this view.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican evaluations of the quality of the GOP field have changed little over the course of the campaign. About half (49%) of Republicans say their candidates for the nomination are excellent (6%) or good (43%), while 48% call them fair (39%) or poor (9%). In February 2008, a few weeks after Super Tuesday, 60% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters said the field was excellent or good, while 38% said it was only fair or poor. Democrats also were more enthusiastic about their field in 2008 \u2013 fully 80% said they had excellent or good candidates. <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2012\/03\/14\/section-1-the-gop-primary\/?src=prc-number\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of Republican and Republican-leaning voters are concerned that the extended GOP primary campaign will be a bad thing for the Republican Party this year. 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