Perry tops national poll, Bachmann wanes
Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 6:15 am
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A nationwide poll conducted following the entrance of Texas Gov. Rick Perry into the presidential race knocked Mitt Romney from the top spot and pushed back against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s inertia.
| Rick Perry | 29% |
| Mitt Romney | 17% |
| Ron Paul | 13% |
| Michele Bachmann | 10% |
| Herman Cain | 4% |
| Newt Gingrich | 4% |
| Rick Santorum | 3% |
| John Hunstman | 1% |
The Gallup poll was conducted with Republican-leaning voters between Aug. 17-21. It has a margin of error of +/- 4 percent.
The poll results, which were released Wednesday, probably come as a surprise to the Romney campaign. Romney bested a then-unofficial Perry run in Gallup polls as recent as last month, where Perry garnered only 18 percent support. But Perry also performed well in a recent Rasmussen survey.
Much of Perry’s support comes from his deep backing in the south, where he garnered 39 percent support, according to the Gallup poll. The poll results also suggest that Perry could have room to grow — his name is only recognized by 67 percent of likely Republican voters.
The poll results could signal danger for Bachmann, who dropped three points in the last month. She had earlier overtaken Romney in Iowa and was rising in national polls in the run-up to her win of the Iowa Straw Poll. Bachmann’s also slipped in recent Iowa polls since Perry officially announced his candidacy.
Perry’s official entrance into the race appears to have eaten into Bachmann’s conservative base: She lost about 10 percent of conservative supporters since the July poll.
The contest now heads into September debates where frontrunners like Perry can expect to be again tested.
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Comment posted August 25, 2011 @ 8:13 am
Rick{ELMER GENTRY}Perry is out speaking religion.I guess Michele will quit now that a MAN is speaking in her tounge.
Comment posted August 25, 2011 @ 8:59 am
Gee, this is kind of a good news, bad news piece.
Jeff Wilfahrt, Rosemount, MN
Comment posted August 25, 2011 @ 10:46 am
As I’ve said before, this is where things start getting interesting. If Bachmann continues her downward spiral, what in the heck is she going to do? I don’t think we’ve even begun to see the infighting. Things are going to get nasty and I’ll be sitting back, laughing all the way.
Comment posted August 25, 2011 @ 11:02 am
What does she expect? The base both Perry and Bachmann are pandering to is practically required to support a man over a woman.
Comment posted August 25, 2011 @ 7:05 pm
@Chayanov
I am hoping to hear that very same line from the late night tv folks!
Comment posted August 25, 2011 @ 7:43 pm
Seriously folks, one would think that Bachmann has heard the call of God’s words that tell her that she needs to get her subservient, non leading arse (cause God has spoken that women shall not lead or teach men) out of the way of the mens real work!
Comment posted August 26, 2011 @ 7:28 am
What did Bachmann Expect? After-all aren’t Women supposed to Submit to Men? Maybe she can get Coffee for Perry?
…all the GOP nitwits are a Nightmare for this country
Comment posted August 26, 2011 @ 11:14 am
PERRY and BACHMANN ticket (Bachmann as running vice-president)
EQUALS ……………
LANDSLIDE WIN FOR OBAMA !!!
OK lets just be real, with any of the candidates, it’s a landslide win for Obama.
Comment posted August 27, 2011 @ 10:17 am
I think I threw up a little in my mouth reading the ticket that Mike just propose. Even if they couldn’t win, it might give me nightmares.
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