Romney Losing Among Fox News Viewers

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
NYT

If there were a Fox News primary, Mitt Romney would be losing it.

Among Republican voters in Iowa, nearly 40 percent say they get most of their news from the network and its many conservative hosts, according to the most recent New York Times/CBS News poll. And among those viewers, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, is trouncing Mr. Romney.

Nearly half of the Fox News watchers said they would vote for Mr. Gingrich if the state’s Republican presidential caucus were held today. Just 12 percent of the regular Fox watchers said that Mr. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, is their choice to be the Republican standard-bearer.

The gap between the two men among Fox watchers is nearly twice as large as it is among likely Republican caucusgoers in Iowa. Mr. Gingrich — who was a Fox News analyst before beginning his presidential campaign — leads Mr. Romney 31 to 18 percent among Republican voters in the state over all, the poll found.

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