Posted on 08/29/2011 10:58:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Washington (CNN) – A new national survey is further proof that Texas Gov. Rick Perry's entrance earlier this month into the race for the White House has dramatically altered the battle for the Republican presidential nomination.
According to a CNN/ORC International Poll of Republicans and independent voters who lean towards the GOP, Perry now sits atop the list of Republican presidential candidates, with strong support from most demographic groups.
Full results (pdf)
The survey, released Monday, indicates that 27 percent of Republicans nationwide support Perry for their party's nomination, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who's making his second bid for the White House, at 14 percent. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin follows at ten percent, with Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at nine percent, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who's making his third bid for the presidency, at six percent. Every one else listed on the questionnaire registered in the low single digits.
The survey follows a Gallup poll out last week which also placed Perry at the top of the GOP field. Other polling released in the past week also confirms the findings of the CNN and Gallup surveys.
"Perry's support is higher among Republican men, at 32 percent, than Republican women, at 23 percent, but he has more support among either group than any other candidate," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
According to the survey, Perry supporters tend to be older and have higher incomes, but the longtime Texas governor also tops the list, albeit by smaller margins, among lower-income Republicans and those under 50 years old.
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Yep - a lot of the dirty tricks the Dems engaged in backfired on them and several congressional seats in Texas went Republican in the last election. It was fun to watch.
I think anyone would beat 0, except I think he’s going to cheat big time.That's why the person we pick has to win big, to overcome the cheating.
Anyone can beat zerO in the raw non-cheating vote total.
But to win in the actual election -- with all the cheating that's going to go on -- the R candidate is going to have to win by a cheat-proof majority.
If polls mean anything.. from Rasmussen,
“President Obama continues to lead all named Republicans in early polling on the 2012 race for the White House...”
Huh? How can this be possible??? He is the worst President in modern history!
Palin’s been vetted and vetted hard. They even scoured thousands of emails and couldn’t find a thing to work with.
It won’t get worse for her, it’ll get better. (IF she runs.)
She needs debate help, did badly with Couric, and let Biden dominate that exchange too.
A study of Fred Thompson’s Senate record would have shown that there was no there “there.” And there wasn’t. I wonder if this will also be true of Perry.
You can only get that by announcing early and taking advantage of all the primary debates. Never take anything for granted. She could jump in just on time to do one debate and lose to Obama because of his ability to use college words and put them together and make it sound like he's said something brilliant when he said nothing at all.
I would have preferred Sarah Palin over everybody but I'm not willing to risk an inexperienced debater entering the race late and then getting crushed by Obama in the debates. Because of this I'm forced to look elsewhere. None of this voting for the rabbit in this turtle vs rabbit race.
Better? Probably.
Enough to win? Doubtful.
The fact remains that Sarah Palin WAS included in this poll.
She polled 10% of Republicans.
" ...... 27 percent of Republicans nationwide support Perry for their party's nomination, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who's making his second bid for the White House, at 14 percent. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin follows at ten percent ...."
.... the delay in announcing .... this approach ..... also denies the American people the exposure to get to test drive you before deciding to vote for you in the primary.
The problem with the "test drive" analogy is that, while the national "Perry test drive" is still less than a month old, the "Palin test drive" is already three years old and counting. Other than Barack Obama, no politician has had more news coverage in America than Sarah Palin. Her name recognition in the August 2011 FOX News poll was 99%.
After two and a half years of constant Palin exposure, in the February 2011 FOX News Poll, 72% of ALL voters believed that Sarah Palin would NOT be a good President.
After three years of constant Palin exposure, in the August 2011 FOX News Poll, 75% of ALL voters believed that Sarah Palin would NOT be a good President.
In the latest Pew Poll, A full 41 percent of Republican voters say there is absolutely no chance they’d vote for Palin.
And that is among REPUBLICANS.
In the same Pew Poll, 67% of ALL voters said that there was "no chance" they would ever vote for Sarah Palin. That is, literally, the worst performance of any potential GOP candidate ..... even including Newt Gingrich.
Sarah Palin has already had a three year "test drive". What you see right now is what you get.
What you get is a landslide reelection of Barack Obama if she is the GOP nominee.
Perry’s sexual energy is something that hasn’t been seen since Ronald Reagan.
That energy will make him President Perry.
Well, if we're going to be judging Sarah Palin that way (which I do not think is fair to Sarah Palin since she's not yet announced.
I don't like what I see that she's only 11% 2 points behind Giulianni and Perry is at 25% in the latest Gallup Poll released today..
After 3 years and only at 11% I would say by the numbers she needs a new strategy.
Again, I don't buy your comment a bit since it's unfair to Palin to compare her numbers as an un-announced hopeful with those of real candidates.
Forgot to mention...things are so bad now, mainly and indisputably due to the incumbent, that Obama’s reelection strategy almost has to be attack on the opponent. He himself is a sitting duck and we need someone not only unfraid to criticize Obama, but as nearly immune as possible to the racist smear. Palin has a slight edge there: she’s not a white Southern male (that being the easiest category to smear).
And while any Republican is going to be called stupid, Palin will probably not be subject to sleaze attacks (”Have you had sex with Perry? Call us!”)
Additionally, it’s very tricky for a man to debate a woman. I think Palin could land more punches and receive fewer against Obama, and there is also a risk for him that his debate attacks might backfire. Many women don’t like Palin, but they don’t like condescension either, and I doubt Obama would be able to avoid that. (Whereas condescending to the Texas governor would not play as badly.)
He can kiss my ass and I still ain’t gonna vote for him.
I think it will depend on the level of enthusiasm FROM her. Fred Thompson had none which is why he never stood a chance. I’m not even sure he wanted it. If she maintains the enthusiasm she has right now without having declared then she has the same chance as any of the front runners to convince people she’s the right person for the job.
Cindie
Good. He don’t need yo’ stinkin’ vote.
As stated here, Romney’s numbers are incredibly good. His Rose Garden strategy seems to be fending off an increase in negatives.
Conservatives don’t support illegal panderers.
His WHAT?? Do you seriously think most females find him attractive? And that they want a...sexually energetic president?
Personally, I don't like his looks at all. He looks like he slept outside last night, starting real late.
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