Herman Cain widens lead

Herman Cain

A new poll puts Herman Cain (pictured above), ahead of Mitt Romney by seven percentage points in the GOP presidential race, reflecting a margin wider than the sampling error.

Cain and Romney competed for the top spot in national polls for much of October, but a Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday shows Cain breaking ahead to take a solid lead.

Cain took 30 percent of support among registered Republican voters, according to the survey, with Romney following at 23 percent.

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