Posted on 08/27/2011 2:35:48 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Two more polls have found that Gov. Rick Perry of Texas has moved past both U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts to lead the Republican presidential pack in Iowa, site of the first caucus battle.
A poll of likely Republican caucus voters, taken by Magellan Strategies and released on Thursday, found that Perry topped the field with 24 percent with Bachmann, who won the Iowa Republican straw poll held in Ames two weeks ago, in second with 22 percent. Romney remained in the mix in third place with 19 percent.
The rest of the field lagged behind in single digits. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who came in second behind Bachmann in Ames, took fourth with 9 percent. Businessman Herman Cain stood in fifth place with 6 percent, followed by former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia who were tied with 4 percent each. Former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah, who has largely ignored Iowa, trailed with 1 percent.
The poll found that both Perry and Bachmann have left favorable impressions with Republicans in the Hawkeye State. Of voters surveyed, 60 percent had favorable views of Bachmann, who has played up her Iowa roots, while 27 percent viewed her as unfavorable. Perry also did well, with 55 percent viewing the Texas governor favorably while 20 percent saw him as unfavorable.
Some of the other candidates scored well with Iowa Republicans. Forty-nine percent of those surveyed saw Romney as favorable while 33 percent viewed him in an unfavorable light. Forty-two percent had favorable impressions of Cain while 27 percent saw him as unfavorable. Santorum, who beat out Cain for fourth place in Ames, was less well-known, with 38 percent viewing him as favorable and 28 percent as unfavorable.
Three of the candidates were upside down with Iowa Republicans. Despite his second-place finish in Ames, Paul was seen favorably by only 33 percent, while 47 percent viewed him as unfavorable. Gingrich did slightly better, with 38 percent seeing him as favorable while 46 percent saw the former congressional leader as unfavorable. Huntsman remained largely unknown, but Iowans have not forgiven him for ignoring their state. Only 7 percent viewed him as favorable while 49 percent saw the former Utah governor as unfavorable.
The Magellan poll of 676 likely Iowa Republican caucus voters was taken on Aug. 22 and 23, and had a margin of error of +/- 3.77 percent.
Make US Great Again, a PAC with connections to Perry, commissioned Wilkins Perkins Allen (WPA) to take a poll of Iowa Republican caucus voters and it had similar results to the Magellan poll. The WPA poll had Perry leading with 23 percent, Bachmann in second with 20 percent, and Romney in third with 16 percent. Paul came in fourth with 9 percent followed by Cain with 8 percent and Santorum with 7 percent. Gingrich took 3 percent followed by Huntsman with 2 percent and U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter of Michigan with less than 1 percent.
The WPA poll of 402 likely Iowa Republican caucus voters was taken on Aug. 21 and 22, and had a margin of error of +/- 4.9 percent.
A poll unveiled on Tuesday from Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, also found Perry in the lead.
Perry topped the poll with 22 percent followed by Romney with19 percent. Bachmann placed third with 18 percent followed by Paul with 16 percent. Cain garnered 7 percent followed by Gingrich and Santorum who were tied with 5 percent. Huntsman took 3 percent.
When former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has not entered the race, was added to the mix, the leaders were not severely impacted. Perry led with 21 percent followed by Romney with 18 percent, Bachmann with 15 percent and Paul in fourth with 12 percent. Palin took fifth place with 10 percent.
The PPP poll of 317 usual Iowa Republican primary voters was taken from Aug. 19-21 and had a margin of error of +/- 5.5 percent.
Perry has started building his team in Iowa. Bob Haus, who has led three campaigns in Iowa, signed on board the Perry team this week. So did Matt Gronewald, the former executive director of the Iowa GOP who had been helping Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s PAC.
Sen. Marco Rubio as VP poll question
Has any republican more hated Reagan than Perry?
Interesting though, others see what you're so trying to hide.
Gov. Rick Perry was recently asked about being compared to Ronald Reagan: CBN -- 3 minute video interview in governor’s office: Perry: Free Private Sector Key to Economy
I guess Perry sure fooled Gov. Palin.
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At least you commit yourself. D-fendr is this where you wanted to be?
Sure, I’m up late working, perusing FR while waiting on a download.
Is this where you want to be?
Good Morning CW..I see the “wedge” family is up early spewing their bovine secretions. I wonder if they will ever figure out no one is paying any attention to their same posts and rants day after day....
We also have a so-called right wing smear machine here in Iowa. It is a group we call the Westboro Republicans who claim to be better Christians than anyone else and they find fault with almost every Republican except the ones they decide to protect. I think this cycle, their protected one is Bachmann. They are ruthless.
There’s no surprise that Iowegians like Perry. They loved Hayden Fry...
Good morning AVN Airplane Driver.
Good morning CGG!
If he’s going to continue to do so, he really needs to learn to salute correctly.
Perry Ping
Conservative principles are the true test. This includes sincerity and sticking by your word.
It’s not enough to speak conservative principles during a campaign. It’s not enough to push a conservative political agenda when you know it will score points.
Before I support Rick Perry, I want to see evidence that he will do the right thing when nobody is looking.
He lied to her too. Her opinion may have shifted a bit.
Tonight I have my first opportunity to see Perry in person. I’ll be attending the Polk Co. Republican picnic. Perry will be there. I still can’t find a Perry cowboy hat and I went through pages and pages of baseball caps on the internet but not one single cowboy hat.
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