Three top pack in GOP race

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Three top pack in GOP race

Posted on by Eason Jordan

In the remarkable race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, it now appears to be a three-way contest among embattled frontrunner Herman Cain, one-time favorite Mitt Romney, and the surging Newt Gingrich.

Poll Position’s national scientific survey of Americans saying they plan to vote in the 2012 Republican primary or caucus was conducted Tuesday night as Cain found himself embroiled in a growing controversy over sexual allegations made against him by four women – allegations Cain emphatically denies as baseless.

The poll found 24% backing Cain, 20% Romney, 19% Gingrich, 7% Rick Perry, 6% Ron Paul, 4% Michelle Bachmann, 2% Jon Huntsman, 3% someone else, and 15% with no opinion.

Excluding independents and Democrats who say they’ll vote in the Republican primary or caucus, Cain and Romney were tied at 22% among self-proclaimed Republicans, 19% of whom backed Gingrich and 9% of whom picked Perry.

Among Independents planning to vote in the Republican primary/caucus, 30% picked Cain, 23% Gingrich, 12% Paul, and 11% Romney.

These poll results reflect the views of 604 likely Republican primary voters with a margin of error of +/- 4%.  The poll’s full crosstabs are below.

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15 thoughts on “Three top pack in GOP race”

  3. Herman Cain has my vote..All this sexual harassment
    crap is obviously being pushed and paid for. If not, why
    did it just all of a sudden come out when Mr. Cain reached the top of the polls ..especially after 15 years???
    Doesn’t this seem to be an unbelievable coincedence?

  5. I agree with kswanson. When Mr. Cain was at 1% and jumped up to 5%, you didn’t hear anything from those women – where were they then? Can anyone out there from the Media answer that for me. Just remember all media media individuals that trying to bring him down – “You reap what you sow”. Now that he’s out front, someone out there (you know who you are) wants to bring him down, It won’t work. Also, I don’t believe the allegations that have been made by those women, but I do believe someone paid them off as well with TV deals, books deals and who knows what else. This hasn’t changed my mind one bit towards Mr. Cain.

  6. Rick Perry may not look good on stage but he has done an excellent job in Texas, he is more qualified than anyone else up there. The proof is in the pudding!

  11. On Neil Boortz’s radio show today, he reported that an independent investigative attorney that does insurance fraud work was given audio recordings of Sharon Bialek’s statement claiming specific actions of sexual harassment by Herman Cain for the purpose of electronic analysis to determine whether she was telling the truth or not. Also, he was given a recording of Herman Cain’s denial of her story. After analysis, the attorney stated that Herman Cain was telling the truth, 100% of his statement. On the other hand, his accuser’s statement was only partially true. The attorney said that the part of her statement where she claimed to have met and had dinner with Herman were true, the sexual harassment portion of her statement was “all fabrication”….

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