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Herman Cain's decision to devote time last month to a bus tour through Tennessee might be helping the candidate to build a Super Tuesday firewall, according to the latest poll from Vanderbilt University.

Cain was the choice of 22 percent of likely voters, according to the poll, besting Mitt Romney by eight percentage points. Rick Perry rounded out the top three with just 8 percent of the vote â€" 28 percent of voters said they weren't yet sure, while 13 percent said they would prefer additional voters in the primary campaign. 

Cain's rise comes despite swirling allegations of sexual harassment that were breaking as the poll was being conducted. But while the former Godfather's Pizza CEO was able to maintain his lead among voters overall, his base in Tennessee is clearly male voters.

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