GOP primary poll: Newt Gingrich strong, smart and lacking in character

[Douglas Carpenter]

By ALEXANDER BURNS | 11/22/11 6:33 AM EST
Newt Gingrich now outpolls Mitt Romney on most key leadership traits, except when it comes to personal character, according to a survey from Quinnipiac University.

Gingrich is ahead of Romney, 26 percent to 22 percent, in Quinnipiac’s national primary polling. In a head to head, Gingrich comes out ahead of Romney, 49 percent to 39 percent.

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A notable chink in Gingrich’s armor is on the question of personal character. Only 9 percent of voters name him as the candidate with a “strong moral character,” compared with 32 percent who choose Romney and 11 percent who choose Michele Bachmann. Romney is also seen as more electable than Gingrich by a 15-point margin.

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Gingrich at top of pack for first time in CNN polling
Source: CNN

According to the survey, 24% of Republicans and independent voters who lean towards the GOP say they are most likely to support Gingrich for their party's nomination, with 20% saying they back Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who is making his second bid for the presidency.

Gingrich's four point margin over Romney is within the survey's sampling error. A CNN poll released one week ago had Romney at 24% and Gingrich at 22%. Gingrich was at just 8% in a CNN poll in October.

Gingrich's campaign was left for dead by many in May and June, following a number of controversies that spurred some of his top advisers and staffers quit, and that left the campaign coffers in the red.

But the former House Speaker has performed well in 10 major GOP presidential debates held this year, acting as the elder statesman while many of his rivals for the nomination attacked each other


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http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/11/21/rel19b.pdf

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[savalez]

1. So he's got only 1 trait the Republican voters like:

"lack of character"

oh well, 1 out of 3.