Approval Dropping For Romney, Paul & Bachmann

The Gallup organization has released their latest Positive Intensity Scores (PIS) for the Republican presidential field (the score is determined by subtracting the disapproval number from the approval number). For three of the candidates it's not good news. Michele Bachmann has seen an 11 point drop in her PIS, while Ron Paul has seen a 10 point drop and Mitt Romney has seen a 9 point drop. It shows that their popularity is dropping.

Here are how the numbers look, for both the highest and current PIS scores for each candidate:

HERMAN CAIN
Current..........27
Highest..........28

RICK PERRY
Current..........25
Highest..........25

MICHELE BACHMANN
Current..........13
Highest..........24

MITT ROMNEY
Current..........11
Highest..........20

RICK SANTORUM
Current..........10
Highest..........16

NEWT GINGRICH
Current..........7
Highest..........19

RON PAUL
Current..........6
Highest..........16

JON HUNTSMAN
Current..........1
Highest..........15

And here is the percentage of Republicans familiar with each candidate (name recognition):

Mitt Romney..........88%
Michele Bachmann..........85%
Newt Gingrich..........85%
Ron Paul..........78%
Rick Perry..........75%
Rick Santorum..........52%
Herman Cain..........50%
Jon Huntsman..........43%

Each candidate was rated by about 1,200 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents between August 15th and August 28th, with a 3 point margin of error.