Following Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's double-digit victory in the Florida Republican primary, the former Massachusetts Governor also seems poised to secure a big victory in this weekend's Nevada caucuses, according to the latest poll.
The results of an 8NewsNow/Las Vegas Review-Journal poll released on Thursday showed that 45 percent of likely Nevada caucus-goers support Romney.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich comes in a distant second in the poll at 25 percent, while 11 percent support former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and 9 percent support Texas Congressman Ron Paul. Another 8 percent of likely caucus-goers are undecided.
Romney's high level of support in Nevada is partly due to strong support from his fellow Mormons, with 86 percent of Mormon likely caucus-goers saying that they support Romney.
Meanwhile, Gingrich's position in second place reflects support from Republicans who said they "strongly support" the Tea Party movement.
Romney won the Nevada caucuses in his first bid for the White House in 2008, winning 51.1 percent of the vote. Paul came in distant second with 13.7 percent support.
However, President Barack Obama went on to win the state over eventual Republican nominee John McCain in the general election.
The survey of 426 likely Republican caucus-goers was conducted January 27th through January 31st and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.75 percentage points.
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