Marist/NBC: Ties in both IA & NH

[Mr. Morden]

Iowa

Dems

Clinton 70%
Biden 20%

GOP

Bush 12%
Paul 12%
Ryan 11%
Santorum 9%
Christie 8%
Perry 7%
Cruz 7%
Rubio 7%
Walker 5%
Jindal 1%


New Hampshire

Dems

Clinton 74%
Biden 18%

GOP

Paul 14%
Christie 13%
Bush 10%
Cruz 9%
Ryan 7%
Rubio 7%
Walker 6%
Perry 5%
Jindal 4%
Santorum 3%

[Mr. Morden]

Who is your second choice on the GOP side?

Iowa

Bush 12%
Santorum 11%
Ryan 11%
Perry 11%
Paul 10%
Cruz 9%
Christie 9%
Rubio 8%
Walker 6%
Jindal 4%

New Hampshire

Rubio 16%
Bush 13%
Christie 12%
Paul 12%
Ryan 10%
Cruz 7%
Jindal 6%
Walker 6%
Perry 6%
Santorum 4%

[Mr. Morden]

I thought Ryan was polling low-I am surprised that he is now gaining steam.

11% in Iowa is lower than his showing in 2 of the 3 most recent Iowa polls, so I wouldn't call it "gaining steam".  The difference is that you usually have someone (usually Huckabee, who wasn't included in this poll) farther up in the high teens or so, whereas in this poll, the field is incredibly flat.