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Iowa: Romney 23%, Gingrich 20%, Paul 18%

For the fifth straight survey, the GOP field has a new frontrunner in Iowa.

On this first release video, Scott Rasmussen reveals Mitt Romney as the new frontrunner in the Iowa Caucus.

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2012 Iowa Republican Caucus

12/13/2011

11/15/2011

10/19/2011

8/31/2011

8/4/2011

Mitt Romney

23%

19%

21%

17%

21%

Newt Gingrich

20%

32%

9%

2%

5%

Ron Paul

18%

10%

10%

14%

16%

Jon Huntsman

5%

2%

2%

3%

2%

Herman Cain

Withdrew

13%

28%

4%

4%

Rick Perry

10%

6%

7%

29%

12%

Michele Bachmann

9%

6%

8%

18%

22%

Rick Santorum

6%

5%

4%

4%

Not Polled

Some other candidate

2%

1%

4%

0%

7%

Not sure

8%

6%

8%

10%

0%

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The survey of 750 Likely Iowa Republican Caucus Participants was conducted on December 13, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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