Politics
Herman Cain’s poll numbers take a beating
Republican presidential candidate., Herman Cain
White House hopeful Herman Cain, once polling at the top of the Republican field in the key state of Iowa, is losing support at a rapid rate there, a poll to be released on Saturday shows.
Beset by a series of sex scandal allegations, the former pizza executive is now only pulling eight percent support among likely participants in the January 3 Iowa caucuses that kick off the 2012 presidential nominating season, The Des Moines Register said in a preview of its poll.
That’s down from 23 percent in late October.
Cain has denied allegations of sexual harassment from two women and claims from the latest woman to come forward, businesswoman Ginger White, that she had a 13-year affair with him that ended just a few months ago.
But in the wake of the alleged affair, 47 percent of respondents said Cain was the candidate most likely to have a scandal in the White House by the time the Sunday-to-Wednesday poll ended, up from 25 percent at the start of polling.
