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Doubting Sarah Palin’s Favorability Decline in The Des Moines Register’s Iowa Poll
Caffeinated Thoughts ^ | 2/28/11 | Shane Vander Hart

Posted on 02/28/2011 8:31:29 PM PST by iowaguy1972

Sarah Palin’s favorability ratings are slipping! Her favorability ratings are slipping! That’s what you hear from The Des Moines Register today in their latest release of the Iowa Poll.

Tom Beaumont reports a drop from 71% to 65% in the last 15 months.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2012; freepressforpalin; iowacaucus; iowapoll; palin; polls; redstar; sarahpalin

1 posted on 02/28/2011 8:31:38 PM PST by iowaguy1972
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To: iowaguy1972

You know this is going to upset the pissant. You’re doing this on purpose!


2 posted on 02/28/2011 8:36:47 PM PST by 23 Everest (A gun in hand is better than a cop on the phone.)
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To: iowaguy1972

Agreed!!! Who has a 65% favorable rate in Iowa who may run for President? NO ONE BUT SARAH

BTW The margin of error of 7.1% +/- since the decline falls within the margin of error.


3 posted on 02/28/2011 8:37:36 PM PST by Bigtigermike
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To: iowaguy1972

Iowa is Minnesota-lite; good people who want to believe the best about everyone without having experienced the headaches of the welfare state because of their intrinsic work ethic.

I have some great relatives there. They are decent, hard working people 1 or 2 generations off the farm.

I remember the big buzz when I lived there was massage parlors in Des Moines...

They are patriots first, but a little insulated by their industrious nature.


4 posted on 02/28/2011 8:40:40 PM PST by One Name
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To: iowaguy1972

I lived in Iowa from the time I was 14 until I was 41 (1974-2001). I raised money for the Polk County GOP as an adult and volunteered in Story County as a teenager. She will win in Iowa.


5 posted on 02/28/2011 8:40:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (All gave some, some gave all.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Marion County here- Dutchmen who started Pella Window (Rollscreen) and Vermeer ( the first big round baler). They’re no slackers.

They are Dutch Reformed, Christians.


6 posted on 02/28/2011 8:45:11 PM PST by One Name
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To: iowaguy1972

The poll in question was done by Ann Selzer. She has an excellent reputation, so I am not one to dismiss her work.


7 posted on 02/28/2011 8:50:18 PM PST by freespirited (Truth is the new hate speech. -- Pamela Geller)
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To: All

“Josh Painter points out that Beaumont fails to mention the last time this was polled was actually back in June. Her favorability rating then was 58% with a 4.4% +/- margin of error. So her favorability has actually increased by 6 points since June.”

LOL.


8 posted on 02/28/2011 8:52:04 PM PST by rbmillerjr (I will not, under any circumstances, vote for Mitt Romney....none.)
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To: iowaguy1972

Statistical noise.


9 posted on 02/28/2011 8:58:15 PM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: iowaguy1972

I doubt ANY Republican has numbers that high. Viewed favorably by 65 percent is damn good and she actually increased her favorably which of course is something the media will NEVER report. This is all being done by the leftist media and of course the good ol RINOS in the GOP so that Sarah will become discouraged and not run for President. They just won’t be satisfied til Romney is the nominee in 2012


10 posted on 02/28/2011 9:01:53 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: iowaguy1972

I’d never believe anything printed in the Des Moines Register. A horrible paper by lefties, for lefties.


11 posted on 02/28/2011 9:12:13 PM PST by HeartlandOfAmerica (Insane, Corrupt Democrats or Stupid, Spinless Republicans - Pick America's poison.)
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To: One Name

Yes, my late father did a Palanca in De Colores! for the Dutch Reformed Church while we lived in Iowa. My first wife and I visited Pella often and even had a suite in a really nice bed & breakfast (forget the name, it’s not in business anymore, I don’t think) a few times, once during Tulip Time. LOVE Dutch letters! LOL


12 posted on 02/28/2011 9:23:44 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (All gave some, some gave all.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The phone book there is pretty heavy on the D’s and V’s.

My relatives are DeZwartes,Vos,Van Drunen, Van Der Beek, Slykhuis, NiemansVerDriet, and others.

I love the square in Pella, bakeries, etc. Wish I was born 50 years earlier- they were hard times but they all pulled together.


13 posted on 02/28/2011 9:36:23 PM PST by One Name
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To: freespirited
I am not familiar with the writer, but I have no problem dissing the Des Moines Register....”fair and balanced”? ...hardly...that paper has had a reputation for years, as being just about as biased and left leaning, as they come.
14 posted on 02/28/2011 9:40:51 PM PST by Molly T.
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To: iowaguy1972

65 percent favorability rating is still outstanding. More fodder from the liberals.


15 posted on 02/28/2011 10:47:19 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: iowaguy1972; Clyde5445

Ping ............................................. FRegards


16 posted on 02/28/2011 11:25:20 PM PST by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms .................. FRegards)
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To: iowaguy1972

BTTT


17 posted on 02/28/2011 11:48:25 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (All gave some, some gave all.)
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To: iowaguy1972

This nonsense is laughable since she hasn’t announced (yet) and has not even started campaigning. Just more “stop Sarah” psy-ops from the GOP and libs...


18 posted on 03/01/2011 2:52:00 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Molly T.

Yep, I agree. I used to buy that paper for the coupons. Coupons were worth more than the opinions espoused.


19 posted on 03/01/2011 3:11:41 AM PST by Big Giant Head (Two years no AV, no viruses, computer runs great!)
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