Poll: Gingrich Leads Iowa
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 9:44AMPresidential hopeful Newt Gingrich appears to hold a comfortable lead over Mitt Romney in Iowa, the first battleground state of the 2012 election season.
According to a new Washington Post-ABC poll, 33 percent of likely caucus-goers would vote for the former Speaker of the House. In comparison, Mitt Romney and Texas Congressman Ron Paul both come in with 18 percent. Rick Perry, at 11 percent, is the only other candidate to score double digits.
The poll initially included Herman Cain. However, after the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO left the race this weekend, his supporters’ second choices were selected instead.
Interestingly, the poll found that more likely caucus voters trust Gingrich to handle the economy over Romney, a former CEO at Bain Capital, by 27 to 20 percent.
The Iowa Caucus is scheduled to take place on January 3rd. The poll was conducted between November 30th and December 4th among 858 potential Republican caucus-goers and 356 likely caucus-goers.
The full results can be seen here.
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