It’s not just PPP showing Newt Gingrich vaulting to the top of the Republican primary field. A new survey from CNN out Monday shows Gingrich tied with Mitt Romney at the top of the field and last week’s frontrunner, Herman Cain, falling.
According the the CNN/ORC International poll, 24% of Republicans or GOP-leaning independents say Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who is making his second presidential run, is their most likely choice for the party’s nomination. While Romney’s numbers have remained fairly steady, Gingrich surged 14 percentage points in popularity, up to 22%, since October. That 2-point difference is well within the poll’s sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 percent.
At the same time, Cain has fallen 11 percentage points from 25% in October to 14% now. The poll was conducted from Friday through Sunday, well after the news of the Cain controversy broke.
