Gingrich Soars, Romney and Cain Drop in Gallup Favorability Index

In polling data released by the Gallup Polling organization yesterday, Newt Gingrich has soared into the lead in terms of GOP positivity rating.  This measures the difference between the percentage of GOP voters that rate a candidate as "strongly favorable"  and those that rate him or her as "strongly unfavorable."

Three other Republican candidates -- Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain -- have led or been tied for the lead in the Positive Intensity Score rankings at times this year, with scores well into the 20-point range. All have now dropped back into the single digits.  The results for Cain were obtained before the thirteen year affair allegations broke.

Jon Huntsman, a worthy candidate on the right, scores a minus 2 on this index.  The GOP really has become the party of  zealots.