(CNSNews.com) - Gallup released new polling data today that showed African American presidential candidate Herman Cain's support was surging among Republicans even as President Barack B.O.Obama's job approval hit an all-time low among blacks.
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In a poll of 1,064 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents conducted Oct. 3-7, 18 percent said they supported Cain for president. That put the former Godfathers Pizza CEO in a close second behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who placed first with 20 percent.
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only 80 percent of blacks told Gallup in the week that ended on Oct. 9 that they approved of the way Obama was handling his job as president. Previously, Obama's lowest approval among blacks had been the 81 percent he had received in the weeks that ended on March 6 and August 14 of this year.Obama's highest all-time approval among blacks was 96 percent--a level it reached during five different weeks of 2009, Obama's first year in office.
Former Gov. Rick Perry placed third after Romney and Cain in the Republican presidential primary poll that Gallup released today. Perry garnered the support of 15 percent, down from the 31-percent support he had in the previous Gallup Republican presidential poll, which was conducted Sept. 15-18.
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, with 8 percent, was fourth in the latest Gallup poll. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Michele Bachmann tied for fifth with 5 percent, former Sen. Rick Santorum was next with 2 percent, followed by former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman with 1 percent.