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Palin’s Favorable Up Slightly; Obama’s Holds Steady Obama (56%) more popular than Palin (44%)
Gallup ^ | 12/17/09 | Gallup

Posted on 12/17/2009 10:23:05 AM PST by Lou Budvis

PRINCETON, NJ -- After the release of her much-publicized autobiography and the ensuing book tour, Sarah Palin is still viewed more unfavorably than favorably by Americans, though her favorable rating has improved slightly (now 44%, up from 40% in October).

(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barackobama; galluppoll; sarahpalin
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To: Fee

Sarah Palin is a Populist. I’m ok with that.


21 posted on 12/17/2009 11:18:15 AM PST by Herodes
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To: streetpreacher
If she is nominated and loses to Barry, I won’t second-guess that we nominated the wrong candidate. America will deserve whatever happens to her.

"You should put some ice on that"

22 posted on 12/17/2009 11:21:53 AM PST by DogBarkTree
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To: Lou Budvis
It depends on who is asked ... pollsters polling Dems will of course favor Barry over Sarah ....
23 posted on 12/17/2009 11:23:42 AM PST by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: DogBarkTree

Wow. You’re the second person. Was I really that incoherent? LOL.


24 posted on 12/17/2009 11:37:05 AM PST by streetpreacher (Arminian by birth, Calvinist by the grace of God)
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To: streetpreacher

Do you know where “You should put some ice on that” comes from?


25 posted on 12/17/2009 11:46:35 AM PST by DogBarkTree
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To: scooby321
Don't know the breakout numbers by groups and that would only impact the combined favorablitity rating. The following shows the total numbers but doesn't break it down by party affiliation.

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Survey Methods

Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,025 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted Dec. 11-13, 2009. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.

Interviews are conducted with respondents on land-line telephones (for respondents with a land-line telephone) and cellular phones (for respondents who are cell-phone only).

In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
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Palins favorablility numbers in percent by parties from Nov. 08 to Dec. 09 are shown as follows:

R...... 83 to 79
I....... 44 to 40
D..... 21 to 21

26 posted on 12/17/2009 11:46:39 AM PST by deport (78 DAYS UNTIL THE TEXAS PRIMARY....... MARCH 2, 2010)
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To: DogBarkTree

Absolutely. Just amused that my poorly phrased comment was seen as an attack on Mrs. Palin.


27 posted on 12/17/2009 12:05:44 PM PST by streetpreacher (Arminian by birth, Calvinist by the grace of God)
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To: Lou Budvis
If that 56% is from the AP poll it's pure BS.
The rest of the major poll have him a t 44 to 46%. Amen.
28 posted on 12/17/2009 12:18:21 PM PST by gakrak
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To: Herodes

“Populist” carries some baggage with it.

I prefer “anti-elitist”.


29 posted on 12/17/2009 12:20:57 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Lou Budvis
If that 56% is from the AP poll it's pure BS.
The rest of the major poll have him a t 44 to 46%. Amen.
30 posted on 12/17/2009 12:24:16 PM PST by gakrak
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To: Lou Budvis

amen.


31 posted on 12/17/2009 12:25:32 PM PST by gakrak
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To: Lou Budvis

Yes, I believe this poll as much as I believe there are moon people living among us!!

(Not to be confused with the moonbats we KNOW live among us!)


32 posted on 12/17/2009 1:47:56 PM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: yongin

Gallup’s poll is of US Adults, not registered or likely voters...and does not account for turn-out intensity.


33 posted on 12/17/2009 3:28:19 PM PST by Mariner
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To: Mariner

The comparison should be between Sarah F of 44 and Obama’s job approval at 49. The 56 F for Obama is a red herring.

Here is why. From Matthew Dowd, a former GOP strategist, if an incumbent goes into a fall election cycle above 51% with Gallup in his job approval he has never lost re-election; if he has gone into below 47% he has always lost; and the gray area is between 47-51%.

In addition was 46/46 in a recent CNN poll and 45/46 in a Battleground poll released yesterday and Rasmussen has Obama’s job approval at 46/54 today.


34 posted on 12/17/2009 4:52:11 PM PST by techno
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