Michele Bachmann,  Mitt Romney,  Polling,  President 2012

President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Michele Bachmann Starts with Above-Average Recognition and Intensity


According to the latest Gallup Poll.

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who formally announced her presidential candidacy at Monday night’s Republican debate in New Hampshire, is currently recognized by 62% of Republicans nationwide. Her Positive Intensity Score of 18 essentially ties the better-known Mitt Romney’s 19.

These poll results are fitting the DC punditry CW saying while Mitt Romney is the GOP front-runner, Michele Bachmann is an attractive candidate who will give him a race.

Romney at this juncture is in the strongest position — given his high name recognition, rising Positive Intensity Score, and top position in Gallup’s trial heat measure. Former businessman Cain still generates significantly more positive intensity among Republicans who know him than does Romney, but Cain has only a 41% recognition level and trails Romney and Palin in Republicans’ current nominee preferences. Newly announced candidate Bachmann’s Positive Intensity Score has fallen back slightly in recent weeks, but she still ranks near the top on this measure. Palin has the virtue of nearly universal name recognition, and while her Positive Intensity Score is above average, it trails Romney’s.