Don’t look now, but Gov. Scott Walker is becoming a presidential favorite.
While the Wisconsin Republican seems to be surging in a new poll of Iowans, he has close competition in other GOP possibles in the latest Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll.
Walker is leading the Republican race with 15 percent, up from just four percent in the same poll done in October. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul stands at 14 percent, followed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at 10 percent.
The poll also found that Bush’s appeal is slipping; 46 percent of Republicans viewed him favorably, compared to 43 percent who said unfavorably.
Interestingly enough, six of 10 likely Republican voters said they consider the candidate’s values more important than electability, a clear representation of how wide open the Republican race is.
Unfortunately, the poll was done before Mitt Romney’s Friday announcement that he would forgo another White House bid – he garnered 13 percent in the poll.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is far and away the leader among Democratic candidates. With 46 percent, her next closest competitor is Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has 16 percent.
The poll of 402 Republican likely caucus-goers and 401 Democratic likely caucus goers was conducted from Jan. 26-29, with a margin of error of plus or minus of 4.9 percentage points.
