New Fox News Poll Confirms Gov. Rick Perry as GOP Presidential Leader – 9/1/11
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New Poll – 2012 GOP Nomination – National |
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8/29-31/11 |
Perry |
26 |
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Romney |
18 |
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Palin |
8 |
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Paul |
7 |
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Bachmann |
4 |
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Giuliani |
4 |
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Cain |
4 |
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Gingrich |
3 |
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Santorum |
3 |
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Huntsman |
1 |
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Johnson |
1 |
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Roemer |
1 |
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A new Fox News Poll confirms what a raft of other polls have shown over the past week, and that is that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is now the clear front-runner for the 2012 GOP Presidential Nomination.
The Fox News poll has Perry up by 8-points over Mitt Romney, 26%-18%, with Sarah Palin well back at 8%. Michele Bachmann has fallen way back at only 4%.
Perry now holds a 9-point lead in the 40-day average of polls on the GOP Presidential race, 26.7%-17.7% over Mitt Romney.
