New CNN/Time/ORC polling has more good news for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and more bad news for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Go to the link to read the full details. Here are the top five candidates in these surveys:
Florida:
Gingrich 48%
Romney 25%
Paul 5%
Bachmann 3%
Huntsman 3%
Iowa:
Gingrich 33%
Romney 20%
Paul 17%
Perry 9%
Bachmann 7%
New Hampshire:
Romney 35%
Gingrich 26%
Paul 17%
Huntsman 8%
Bachmann 3%
South Carolina:
Gingrich 43%
Romney 20%
Perry 8%
Bachmann 6%
Paul 6%
UPDATED: The National Journal’s Ron Brownstein:
Gingrich is now succeeding among both sides of the party – dominating among the vanguard half that identifies with the tea party movement, and holding his own with the less ideological half that does not. What’s more, the evidence from these polls suggests that along each track, the voters most skeptical of Romney are moving to unite behind Gingrich, at least for now. In particular, among the groups most dubious of Romney, Gingrich is now attracting much larger shares of the vote than any single candidate did in surveys earlier this fall.
In all four states, Gingrich now leads Romney among GOP primary voters who identify with the tea party movement. Gingrich’s share of the vote among tea party supporters has increased as if launched from a rocket: since the last round of CNN/Time/ORC polls in late October he’s up from 13 percent with them in Iowa to 40; in New Hampshire he’s jumped from 6 to 37; in South Carolina from 11 to 53; and in Florida from 14 all the way to 62.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.