Slip slidin’ away! Planet Gingrich now behind Rick Santorum in latest CNN Iowa GOP poll

rick-santorumYesterday PPP came out with a poll from Iowa showing Ron Paul leading Romney by 4 points in Iowa. The poll also showed Rick Santorum moving into double digits for the first time. Today CNN came out with their own Iowa GOP poll and it shows Romney leading  Paul by three points at 25% to 22%. Planet Gingrich has plunged from 33% in the previous poll to just 14% in this poll. Rick Santorum is up 11 points and now ahead of Planet Gingrich at 16%.

In Iowa, both Romney and Paul are each up five points among likely caucus goers from a CNN/Time/ORC poll conducted at the start of December. The new survey indicates that Santorum, the former senator from Pennsylvania, is at 16% support, up 11 points from the beginning of the month, with Gingrich at 14%, down from 33% in the previous poll. Since Gingrich’s rise late last month and early this month in both national and early voting state surveys, he’s come under attack by many of the rival campaigns.

According to the survey, 11% are backing Texas Gov. Rick Perry, 9% are supporting Rep Michele Bachmann, and 1% are backing former Utah Gov. and former ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, who’s spending nearly all his time campaigning in New Hampshire.

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December 28, 2011 · Filed Under 2012 Elections, Newt Gingrich, Political Polling, Rick Perry


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