Pizza magnate Herman Cain leads the latest Public Policy Polling polls in Maine and North Carolina. In North Carolina, Cain pulled in 30 percent of the votes. In Maine, Cain garnered 29 percent of the votes. Cain’s poll performances may be impacted by a POLITICO report that revealed that the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO faced sexual harassment allegations in the 1990s.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich took second place in the latest North Carolina PPP poll with 22 percent of the votes. In Maine, Gingrich finished in third place with 18 percent of the votes. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney garnered 19 percent of the votes in the North Carolina PPP poll for a third place finish. Romney pulled in 24 percent of the votes in the Maine PPP poll for a second place finish.
According to Public Policy Polling’s press release on the latest North Carolina and Maine polls, Gingrich stands to benefit from Cain’s sexual harassment allegations debacle. “If Cain fades, whether through the sexual harassment allegations or his other missteps or his lack of organization in the early states, Gingrich, who has already been surging, could be the beneficiary,” the press release reads.
The latest Maine PPP poll of 250 likely GOP primary voters was conducted from October 28 to 31 and the latest North Carolina PPP poll of 474 likely Republican primary voters was conducted October 27 to 31. The margin of error for the Maine PPP poll is plus or minus 6.2 percentage points. The margin of error for the North Carolina PPP poll is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
