Posted on 11/30/2011 6:59:15 AM PST by Notwithstanding
Newt Gingrich is the current favorite in Florida’s Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary, picking up supporters who fled Herman Cain to claim 41 percent in a poll conducted Tuesday night for the Florida Times-Union.
Gingrich has as much support as the next four candidates combined in the telephone survey of 513 registered voters who say they’re likely to cast ballots in the primary. The poll, conducted by InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research, has a margin of error of 4 percent.
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Mitt Romney 17
Herman Cain 13
Rick Perry 7
Ron Paul 4
Michele Bachmann 3
Rick Santorum 1
Other 3
No opinion 11
Cain supporters driving by this thread to throw eggs and spitballs in 3...2...1.....
I trust Newt about as far as I could throw him.
I don’t trust Mitt enough to let him out of my grasp.
Cain is history, I can bring myself to support Newt if it means stopping Romney.
Hang in there Herman!
Cain was never going to be the nominee. Newt is a better option than Romney.
LOL
read the source data: 500 and change likely voters - not republican primary voters .... POS push poll. really..... Dems really like Newt.
Florida is the 4th primary/caucus.
If the polls are somewhat accurate, then Newt is likely to take at 3 of the first 4.
IA: Newt
NH: Romney with Newt second
SC: Newt
FL: Newt
But the polls can change, of course.
Funny, but Quinnipiac had Cain winning 2 days ago
What a sorry group of candidates to challenge the worst president in U.S. history.
Check my tagline. I like Cain for many things, VP or cabinet seat, but not at the top of the ticket.
its amazing watching how people can be manipulated by media ‘propaganda polls’.
a semi-competent pollster could make a poll result in granny’s parakeet “soaring” in Florida with 41%.
the actual primary result on Jan. 31, 2012 won’t even be close to this nonsense.
You are misinformed.
The poll is of likely primary voters, and Florida has a closed primary (only registered GOP party members can vote).
Perfectly stated!
I’ll dust off my prediction from ~1 year ago: I think there’s a significant chance that the eventual GOP POTUS nominee will be one that is drafted at the GOP Convention.
Amazing that ‘Cain is done’, but sitting only 4 behind Romney who has not even received any flak yet. Romney is just not palatable option. Zero excitement level for a candidate is never the formula for victory.
the media really is running the republican primary this year. they let a candidate build up, then knock him down, let another build up, etc. Want to bet the nominee is the one they are going to leave at 20% the entire time until the end - romney?
I have heard this a lot lately. Is this a back door of hope to those who support Palin? If there is a brokered convention, I seriously doubt Palin would be the nominee.
I was on the Cain train for awhile, but now I am undecided, leaning Perry after the Arpaio endorsement.
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