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Perry's number have come down a fair amount. He was polling at 38% two weeks ago. That's not surprising, given that it was expected there would be a surge from the excitement from his initial announcement, followed by a decline.
There have been a series of polls with and without Palin included. Generally, Perry's numbers have dropped by 8-10% when Palin has been included, implying that Palin's supporters are supporting Perry when Palin is not in the race. However, this was the first poll without Palin showing Perry at the lowest number yet since he entered the race. It could be an outlier, however.
Romney has to be concerned, given that he can't crack the ~20% level.
Perry isn't losing ground against the other candidates...there are more undecided's in this poll.
The other polls don't give "as yet undecided" as an option...only "not sure"
In this poll 22% answer undecided...where in the other polls, only 2 to 10 percent answer not sure.
In the poll you are referring to only 5% answered "not sure".
That says to me that when pressured, the undecided's overwhelmingly break for Perry. (<----my opinion)
Good point.
Here's another recent poll.
http://media.bloomberg.com/bb/avfile/rE6BuEG98dFM26 Rick Perry
22 Mitt Romney
9 Michele Bachmann
8 Sarah Palin
8 Ron Paul
4 Herman Cain
4 Newt Gingrich
2 Rick Santorum
1 Jon Huntsman
6 None of these
10 Not sure
You can see that Perry has come down from that ~35% level nonetheless. But this poll includes Palin, who drags down Perry in the polls.
That Bloomberg poll covers the same time period as the CNN and PPP polls.
They have Perry at 30/31 and Romney at 18/18.
Bloomberg is the outlier.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep.../republican_presidential_nomination-1452.html
Plus the CNN poll has Palin at 15.
And there is not a chance at 71% disapproval that Palin is jumping into this race, so most of that is going to break for Perry.
The poll I posted in the OP is the first since the CNN/Tea Party Express Debate.
Even taking punches from all sides, Perry is still going strong.
Romney is stagnant.
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