Palin’s Favorable Up Slightly; Obama’s Holds Steady Obama (56%) more popular than Palin (44%)

Gallup ^ | 12/17/09 | Gallup

[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).

[Herodes]

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

[DogBarkTree]

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"

[SkyDancer]

It depends on who is asked ... pollsters polling Dems will of course favor Barry over Sarah ....

[streetpreacher]

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

[DogBarkTree]

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

[deport]

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

[streetpreacher]

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

[gakrak]

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.

[MrB]

“Populist” carries some baggage with it.

I prefer “anti-elitist”.

[gakrak]

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.

[gakrak]

amen.

[DustyMoment]

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!)

[Mariner]

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

[techno]

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.