Romney Increases Lead In Latest Poll

The Daily Caller reports:

Romney leads the pack of contenders for span style="color: green;">the Republican< nomination by a long shot, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday evening.

Given a list of possible Republican nominees, 30 percent of registered voters who plan to vote in a Republican primary said that if the primary were held today, Romney would get their vote. 14 percent said Sarah Palin, and 12 percent responded Herman Cain. None of the other candidates registered double digit support in the poll.

The end date of the poll, conducted between June 9 and 13, coincided with Monday night’s Republican primary debate in New Hampshire of which Romney was declared the winner.

If the field is limited to just span style="color: green;">Mitt Romney<, Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Rick span style="color: green;">Santorum<, Newt Gingrich, and Tim span style="color: green;">Pawlenty<, Romney receives 43 percent, compared to the 11 percent garnered by second place finishers Paul and Bachmann. That suggests that Romney is also the second choice candidate for a number of voters.

Pawlenty, Santorum, Bachmann, and Huntsman make up the bottom half of the rankings. Huntsman, who has yet to officially declare his candidacy, has only 1 percent of the vote. Santorum and Pawlenty tie with 4 percent; Bachmann has 3 percent.