CNN: Perry now the clear frontrunner

[Tender Branson]

32% Perry
18% Romney
12% Bachmann
  7% Gingrich
  6% Paul
  3% Cain
  2% Johnson
  1% Huntsman
  1% Santorum
  1% McCotter
  4% Someone else (vol.)
  6% None/ No one (vol.)
  4% No opinion

Data indicates the second choice for respondents who chose Giuliani or Palin as their first choice, and indicates the third choice for respondents who chose both Giuliani and Palin as their first and second choices.

BASED ON 467 REPUBLICANS -- SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 4.5 PERCENTAGE PTS.

August 24-25, 2011.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/08/29/130.poll.pdf

[Progressive]

I really think that "Rick Perry" could be code word for "none of the above" or "someone else" even though those are already choices.

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

lol at Santorum

[King]

Clearly a srs candidate like Santorum should be at the debate over Johnson.

[Likely Voter]

For months the GOP has been in search of a non-morman conservative governor. And it looks like Perry fits the bill. And after his meteoric entry, its hard to see how Christie, Daniels, Bush, Palin, Pataki, Barbour or even Huckabee could have done any better.



And another thing...CNN's own poll makes the selection of those in their upcoming debate look a bit silly

32% Perry         IN
18% Romney         IN
12% Bachmann         IN
  7% Gingrich         IN
  6% Paul         IN
  3% Cain         IN
  2% Johnson         OUT
  1% Huntsman         IN
  1% Santorum         IN
  1% McCotter         OUT

[argentarius]

I suppose Gary can take solace in the fact that he's not dead last in the polls anymore. Poor poll for Paul, but different polls can show very different results for him, like when he went from  3 to 14 in one poll.

[Eraserhead]

Johnson is leading Huntsman now? Too funny.

[Mr. Morden]

And another thing...CNN's own poll makes the selection of those in their upcoming debate look a bit silly

32% Perry         IN
18% Romney         IN
12% Bachmann         IN
  7% Gingrich         IN
  6% Paul         IN
  3% Cain         IN
  2% Johnson         OUT
  1% Huntsman         IN
  1% Santorum         IN
  1% McCotter         OUT

It's MSNBC which is hosting the Sept. 7th debate which excludes Johnson, not CNN.  But CNN has a debate the following week in Florida.  I don't think they've announced who they're inviting to that one yet.  It's possible this poll was taken in part to figure that out.

[Mehmentum]

Ah, if only Johnson had gotten 4%. I would love to see what MSNBC would do then.

[Likely Voter]

It's MSNBC which is hosting the Sept. 7th debate which excludes Johnson, not CNN.  But CNN has a debate the following week in Florida.  I don't think they've announced who they're inviting to that one yet.  It's possible this poll was taken in part to figure that out.

aha thanks for that.

Lets see what CNN does with their rules, but if they also make it so Huntsman is in but Johnson is out, that will be telling.

I think they should make 5% the cuttoff, maybe higher. Lets face it, those under 5 arent going to be around by the time of the Florida primary and it would be nice to get a debate where candidates can say more and arent relegated to raising their hands or not on the biggest issues of the day

[argentarius]

It's very hard to figure out Ron Paul's support. In the last 10 polls he's gone 9-10-3-12-14-6-9-6-11-6.

[The Mikado]

Treating Huntsman more seriously than any of the other fringe longshots is pretty damn irresponsible, IMO.

[cavalcade]

It would be hilarious if CNN limited debate invitations to candidates over the 6% threshold in their poll...the Internet would explode...

[Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P!]

Eh, this poll's demographics are very odd. It seems to focus extremely heavily on southrons in suburbs, who would probably go overwhelmingly for Perry. It isn't especially important

[Mr. Morden]

If Giuliani and Palin run:

Rick Perry 27%
Mitt Romney 14%
Sarah Palin 10%
Michele Bachmann 9%
Rudy Giuliani 9%
Newt Gingrich 6%
Ron Paul 6%
Herman Cain 2%
Gary Johnson 2%
Jon Huntsman 1%
Rick Santorum 1%

[Stan]

32 - 18? Is a very strong swing!

[tmthforu94]

I honestly think Perry's close to maxing out. Now that he has such a large national lead, he'll be taking hits from just about every other candidate. In a certain way, Romney should be thankful Perry jumped in, as it takes the target off his back this fall.

Several weeks before Perry's announcement, I was hearing other candidate's and their supporters take small swipes at Romney. Most of those swipes have now disappeared, as everyone's beginning to focus on Perry. The more people learn, the less they like.