Mason Dixon poll shows Huckabee gaining, Thompson fading

Another poll out today is showing Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee making dramatic gains in the state.

The poll, conducted by the Las Vegas Review Journal and Mason-Dixon, finds Huckabee in third place with 17% - up from the October survey, which found Huckabee in fifth place with 2%.

The most recent poll has former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in first place with 25% and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 20%. In the October poll Giuliani was in first place with 28% Romney was in third place with 17%.

The survey finds a sharp drop off for former Tennessee Senator Thompson. Thompson, who two months ago was in second place with 23%, is now in fourth place with 9%.

The telephone survey of 300 likely Republican caucus goers was conducted December 3 – 5. The margin for error is plus or minus 6%.