Majority of GOP primary voters undecided

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A majority of Republican primary voters say they haven't made up their minds about who they want to be the party's U.S. presidential nominee, a poll indicates.

About eight in 10 primary voters said it was too soon to say who would receive their support, results of The New York Times/CBS News poll released Tuesday indicated.

Despite the uncertainty, only four in 10 said they were paying a lot of attention to the 2012 presidential campaign, poll results indicated.

The nation's first nominating contests begin in January.

The poll found Georgia businessman Herman Cain had the highest level of support, with 25 percent of Republican primary voters, followed by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 21 percent.

Support for Texas Gov. Rick Perry fell to 6 percent, results showed. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich picked up 10 percent and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas earned 8 percent of Republican primary voters. Rep Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania drew less than 2 percent of support.

About one in 10 Republican primary voters said they'd like to see a different nominee, the Times said.

Results are based on a nationwide telephone survey of 1,475 voters conducted Oct. 19-24. The margin of error for the total sample is 3 percentage points. Within the survey, 455 respondents identified themselves as likely Republican primary or caucus voters and the margin of error was 5 percentage points.