Published: June 15, 2011 » 0 Comments | Post a Comment
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has had a rough past month since announcing his presidential bid.
And the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows just how rough it's been.
Forty-eight percent have a negative opinion of Gingrich -- an all-time high in the poll, even higher than it was during the Lewinsky scandal and Bill Clinton's impeachment when Gingrich was speaker.
By comparison, just 16 percent have a favorable opinion of the presidential hopeful, which is down 8 points since April.
Peter D. Hart, who conducted the survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff, says the numbers demonstrated Gingrich's "total and complete implosion."
"His numbers have just dropped," Hart adds.
The shift among Republicans is especially striking. In April, Gingrich's favorable/unfavorable rating with this group was 46 percent - 11 percent. Now, it's 28 percent - 33 percent.
"That's a fairly decided switch, even from Republicans," McInturff says.
The entire NBC/WSJ poll -- which was conducted June 9-13 of 1,000 adults (200 reached by cell phone), and which has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points -- will be released beginning at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
On NBC Nightly News, find out who is the most popular GOP presidential candidate. And if the election were today, would any Republican beat President Obama in a head-to-head race?
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