New Iowa Poll: Romney, Paul, Santorum Are 1-2-3

While Gingrich continues to fall
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 30, 2011 11:44 AM CST
New Iowa Poll: Romney, Paul, Santorum Are 1-2-3
Mitt Romney pauses during a visit to St. Paul's Lutheran Church while campaigning in a Berlin, N.H.,neighborhood Thursday.   (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

With zero hour approaching in Iowa, the polls seem to be settling into a kind of clarity: Mitt Romney (23%) and Ron Paul (21%) are essentially tied at the top in a new NBC survey, with a surging Rick Santorum in third (15%). Former frontrunner Newt Gingrich, meanwhile, continues to fall. He's in fourth (13%), a point behind Rick Perry. Everyone else is in single digits. Sound familiar? It's pretty much the same results reported in a recent CNN-Time poll. Click to read about Michele Bachmann's rough, steep fall from the top. (More Mitt Romney 2012 stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X