Donald Trump Collapses in New PPP Poll of 2012 GOP Field

A poll released on Tuesday from Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, showed that Republicans have increasingly turned against billionaire and reality TV star Donald Trumps presidential ambitions. While Trump led the Republican pack in Aprils version of the PPP poll, he was a distant fifth in the May poll.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee led the pack with 19 percent, with former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts right at his heels in second with 18 percent. Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, who is expected to announce his presidential bid on Wednesday, placed third with 13 percent followed by former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska with 12 percent. Trump tied U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas for fifth with 8 percent followed by two Minnesotans -- U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann with 7 percent and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty in eighth with 5 percent.

Donald Trump had a meteoric rise to the top of the GOP presidential field and has fallen back down just as quickly, said Dean Debnam, president of PPP. Republicans voters burned out on him pretty fast, especially after the birther issue lost some of its potency with the release of President Obamas birth certificate.

The poll of 610 likely Republican primary voters was taken between May 5-8 and has a margin of error of +/- 4 percent.