Herman Cain – the former CEO of Godfather’s pizza – has gone from virtual unknown to frontrunner in a matter of months. In both of the national polls realeased this week, he leads Mitt Romney by four points.
Gallup’s favourability ratings are a good way of tracking the popularity of the candidates. The chart below provides a pretty good
illustration of the race so far. It shows Perry’s quick rise when he entered the race in August, and his even quicker fall following his first debates in September. You can also see Cain’s gradual rise after that
strong debate performance in May, and his much steeper rise in the past month. And through it all, Mitt Romney’s
support remains steady, if unspectacular:
Cain now has the highest “favourable” – and lowest “unfavourable” – numbers of the entire Republican field.
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