Newt Gingrich plummets in Iowa – now third behind Ron Paul and Mitt Romney in latest PPP poll

newt-gingrichLooks like those truthful Ron Paul ads about Newt Gingrich in Iowa are paying off. Of course, this is left wing biased PPP polling group which is used by Daily Kos, so I can’t really get overly excited about these results until I see other polls showing similar numbers. PPP says Newt Gingrich’s campaign is rapidly imploding. Ron Paul is now the leader in Iowa with 23% of the vote to Mittens Romney at 20%. Gingrich has dropped like a rock in Iowa. After hitting a peak of 27% of the vote a few weeks ago in the same poll, he’s dropped 13 points in a very short time. 10% each for Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Perry. Here’s where the rest of the poll doesn’t make any sense. Phony Jon Huntsman is at 4%? In a state he decided to stop campaigning in and skip debates? I don’t think so. Oh, and they also put Gary Johnson at 25. Gary FRICKEN Johnson who might be lucky to pull 1% in his home state of New Mexico. Again, makes no sense.

Gingrich has now seen a big drop in his Iowa standing two weeks in a row. His share of the vote has gone from 27% to 22% to 14%. And there’s been a large drop in his personal favorability numbers as well from +31 (62/31) to +12 (52/40) to now -1 (46/47). Negative ads over the last few weeks have really chipped away at Gingrich’s image as being a strong conservative- now only 36% of voters believe that he has ‘strong principles,’ while 43% think he does not.

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December 18, 2011 · Filed Under Newt Gingrich, Political Polling, Rick Perry, Ron Paul


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