Tuesday's CNN/Western Republican Presidential Debate takes place in Nevada. In a state that tops the national unemployment rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, voters will likely pay close attention to how each candidate plans to put Americans back to work. So how do the candidates stack up going into the debate and which stands the best chance of scoring big?
According to a recent poll by Project New West, which is holding its political summit in Las Vegas, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads among registered Republicans with 31 percent. Former Godfather's Pizza mogul Herman Cain places second with 26 percent. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, endorsed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, places a distant third with 12 percent, leaving former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul tied with 7 percent.
Jon Huntsman, who is "dead last in some polls and deep in debt," has decided to boycott the debate in protest of the state's decision to move its caucus to Jan. 14. Huntsman will instead host a 'First-in-the-Nation' Town Hall Meeting in New Hampshire CNN reported.
Rasmussen shows Cain and Romney tied for the lead in the contest for the party's 2012 presidential nomination, with none of the other hopefuls close.
In a match-up with President Barack Obama, Rasmussen shows Cain with a slight 43 percent to 41 percent lead, with Romney in the middle at 42 percent.
A week ago, the results were much the same, with Obama holding a 43 percent to 41 percent lead over Romney. Two weeks ago, Cain trailed Obama by five points.
Two months after Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachman won the Ames Iowa Straw Poll, a Newsmax/InsiderAdvantage poll released Monday shows Cain has surged to an eight-point lead over his closest rival, Romney. Gingrich placed third with 12 percent followed by Bachmann with 11 percent. Paul drew 10 percent with Perry claiming only 6 percent.
A survey released Monday by Public Policy Polling shows Cain leading Romney 30 percent to 22 percent in Iowa with the same numbers showing nationally. Gingrich edged past Perry for third place at 15 percent to Perry's 14 percent. Bachmann tied Paul for fifth at 5 percent.
Romney's problem, according to PPP, is the 31 percent of primary voters who think he's too liberal. Opinions of Perry are more divided, with 17 percent believing he's too liberal, but 14 percent also think he's too conservative. Cain pulls the Little Red Riding Hood response with 71 percent viewing his opinions as just "about right."
PPP's findings mirror the results of the Oct. 3-7 Gallup Daily tracking poll. While Romney placed first overall with 20 percent, Cain and Perry pulled 18 percent and 15 percent. Cain leads the pack among conservative Republicans with 23 percent while Romney is favored among the smaller block of moderate/liberal Republicans with 25 percent.
Considering Cain's consistent rise in the polls since his Florida Straw Poll win in September, Tuesday's debate is clearly his to win or lose.
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