Mitt Romney's poll numbers have fallen for five straight days leading up to Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, and his lead is now down to just 13 points, according to the latest Suffolk University daily tracking poll.



Romney fell 2 more points overnight to 33 percent.



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Ron Paul is in second place at 20 percent, followed by Jon Huntsman at 13 percent, Newt Gingrich at 11 percent, and Rick Santorum at 10 percent. Buddy Roemer and Rick Perry combined for 3 percent, while 12 percent of likely GOP primary voters said they were undecided.



“Mitt Romney’s biggest asset is the large number of candidates in this group that are dividing up the remainder of the vote,” said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston. “With just a 33 percent stake, he can control his destiny, so long as the others in his group continue to battle each other. So the more people in the group the merrier for Romney.”



Still, a number of polls show that many voters remain uncommitted to their first choice, and Paul and Huntsman have slowly gained on the front-runner, who has fallen 10 points in the last week.



Paul has gained five points since Jan. 1, and Huntsman, who has committed the bulk of his resources and essentially staked his campaign on a strong showing in New Hampshire, has gained 4 points in the same time frame.



Voters in the Granite State got a good look at the candidates in two debates over the weekend. On Sunday in particular, the field of candidates went after Romney for his time as an executive at Bain Capital. That firm specializes in taking over distressed companies, which in some cases means massive layoffs.



Romney contends that the companies Bain turned around more than make up for the layoffs, and that he helped create more than 100,000 jobs during his time there.

