Rasmussen: Newt 45, Obama 43

From the story:

The Newt Gingrich surge has moved him to the top of the polls in Iowa, big gains in New Hampshire and now a two-point edge over President Obama in a hypothetical general election match-up.

Newt moving up in two NH polls; within 4 points in one

The InsiderAdvantage poll shows Mitt Romney at 31 and Newt at 27.

I will post any crosstabs of the poll when they are released.

A Rasmussen poll of New Hampshire from today has the race at Romney 34% and Newt at 24%.

Newt now has the highest New Hampshire average of any candidate not named Romney this year.

Iowa poll: Newt 32, Romney 19, Cain 13

So says the new Rasmussen poll.

HotAir.com writes:

In the crosstabs, Gingrich is winning across most of the demos now. He leads Romney by double digits among men and women, wins every age and income demo, and leads both Republicans and independents. Romney only bests Gingrich among ideological “others,” those who do not identify as “very conservative” or “somewhat conservative.” Interestingly, Gingrich leads among Tea Party adherents by a wide margin, 43% to 17% for Cain and only 9% for Romney. Gingrich leads most of the religious demos, too, with 33% of evangelicals (Cain second at 14%), 31% of Protestants (Romney close at 28%), and Catholics (39% to Romney’s 21%). Only among “others” does Gingrich trail, 22%, to 24% for … Ron Paul.

Of course, several candidates have grabbed this kind of momentum in this race, only to come up empty within a few weeks. Can Gingrich maintain this momentum? As the media and other candidates step up their scrutiny of the former Speaker, we will certainly find out. One thing is almost certain: unlike the previous bubble candidates, it won’t be a debate that trips Gingrich.

Newt at 14% in new national poll from Rasmussen

Good for third place.

"Romney is also essentially even with Gingrich in a two-way race," says the report.

New Rasmussen 2012 Poll: Newt has moved into third place in another poll

Just as with every poll but one from last week, Newt has moved into third place in another poll. (The one poll Newt was in fourth place last week was one that Ron Paul polled ahead of him, and Paul has no chance to win the nomination.)

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