Rick Santorum barely edges out Marco Rubio as the top choice for Vice President among Republicans, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Rick Santorum and Marco Rubio are the top two choices among Republican voters as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday.

Eighteen percent of registered Republican voters picked former Pennsylvania Senator Santorum out of a list of 19 potential running mates for Romney, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee in the November 6 general election.

Seventeen percent chose Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida. Rubio was also the most popular pick among members of the Tea Party movement, a group that Romney wants to win over as he works to solidify his support among the party’s conservatives after a divisive primary fight.

Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney plan to meet on May 4 to discuss issues pertaining to the nature of the Republican Party platform and defeating Barack Obama in November.

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