The Iowa Poll in The Des Moines Sunday Register recently published the most accurate picture of what is likely to happen with the Iowa primary in two months. Herman Cain lead with 22 percent and was followed by Mitt Romney with 22 percent. These two are close enough that the marginal difference is within sampling error. The only other candidate to receive more than 10 percent of the vote was Ron Paul with 12 percent.
The rest were clustered with Michele Bachmann of Minnesota had 8 percent, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and former Speaker Newt Gingrich each had 7 percent and former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania had 5 percent. Romney and Cain have clearly emerged as the front runners, but Rick Perry's exceptionally low showing is somewhat surprising.
As the Iowa primary is one of the most important for setting the tone of the race and extremely influential on the race for the Republican nomination, Iowa has been host to many visits and soon ads. The many people who have not yet made up their minds form a heated battle ground. While all of the prospective candidates are hoping for a good showing, Rick Perry who was basing his campaign strategy around it will be starting ads this week. It should be interesting to see how this all plays out in the next few months.
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