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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks while unveiling his 'Opportunity Zone' economic plan in front of the Michigan Central Station, an abandoned train depot, October 21, 2011 in Detroit, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Herman Cain topped former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in a new poll, a sign that the former business executive has staying power in the Republican presidential race.
Cain received 25 percent of the vote in the CBS News/New York Times poll released Tuesday, besting Romney’s 21 percent. The two were tied at 17 percent in a poll released early in October.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich received 10 percent of the vote, and Texas Rep. Ron Paul got 8 percent.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who initially did well in the polls, fell to fifth place with only 6 percent of the vote. Perry topped the CBS poll in mid-September, when he had 23 percent of the vote.
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann only got 2 percent of the vote, while former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Utah Gov. John Huntsman each got 1 percent of the vote.
Pollsters interviewed 1,475 registered Republican voters and the margin of error was four percentage points.