Mitt Romney, will no longer be in the shadow associated with Mike Huckabee as well as Donald Trump as soon as they announced recently that they would not seek the Republican nomination for president, is leading in a Public Policy Poll of probable voters within Iowa.
The former Massachusetts governor, who is actually likely to toss his hat into the ring Thursday, received 21% from the nods from likely Iowans questioned who usually look at themselves as right-leaning. Sarah Palin and Herman Cain were tied for second with 15%. Newt Gingrich is next with 12%, Michele Bachmann obtained 11%, Tim Pawlenty received 10% and Ron Paul had 8% in results unveiled Wednesday.
“Cain and Palin have been the biggest beneficiaries in Iowa of Huckabee and Trump’s decisions not to run. Cain is at 15% now despite not even having been included on our last poll,” the polling firm published on its blog Wednesday. “Palin’s gained 7 points in the six weeks since our last poll compared to 5 point gains for Romney, Pawlenty, and Bachmann, a 3 point gain for Gingrich, and a 2 point bump for Paul.”
In May, Public Policy Poll launched the survey which demonstrated that, even just in the wake associated with President Obama’s launch of his long-form birth certificate, half of Republicans still did not feel that he was born in Hawaii.
On the other hand, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin had been stealing a little bit of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney