Thursday, September 29, 2011

Huntsman polls higher than 2 percent in third poll, qualifies for CNN debate

Gov. Hunstman understands the challenges he is facing to receive the Republican nomination. His characterization of himself early in his campaign as the "margin of error" candidate certainly makes light of the challenge. The most recent poll shows 4% support of Republican voters. This is a gain of 4x over his beginning 1%. This is especially encouraging as many candidates' polling numbers are falling (i.e. Perry and Bachmann).

The poll adds to Huntsman’s claim that he’s been building momentum of late. This past summer, he joked that he was a “margin-of-error” candidate. More recently, he celebrated two polls that had him with double-digit approval in New Hampshire — a crucial state for presidential candidates in general and Huntsman’s campaign in particular. Huntsman said he is no longer a fringe candidate.


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