CNN Poll: Majority say they wouldn't vote for Palin or Trump

CNN Politics ^ | 05/04/2011 | CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser

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Washington (CNN) – A majority of Americans say they would never support Sarah Palin or Donald Trump for president, according to a new national poll.

A Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday indicates that 58 percent of the public says they would never vote for the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, with an equal amount saying the same thing about the billionaire businessman, real estate mogul, and reality TV star.

Fifteen percent of people questioned say they are enthusiastic about Palin as a candidate and around one in four say they would consider voting for her for president. According to the poll, nine percent say they are enthusiastic about Trump as a candidate, with about a quarter saying they would consider voting for him for president.

Palin has not made any major moves towards running for the GOP presidential nomination, but says she's not ruling anything out. Trump says he'll announce by June whether he'll run for the White House.

At the opposite end of the poll are two Republicans who ran for their party's nomination in the last presidential election: Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.

Fifty-three percent say they are enthusiastic or would consider voting for Romney, with just over one in four saying they would never support the former Massachusetts governor for president. Romney has formed a presidential exploratory committee and is expected to formally declare his candidacy later this year.

According to the survey, 47 percent say they are enthusiastic or would consider voting for Huckabee, with 32 percent saying they would never vote for the former Arkansas governor for the White House. Huckabee has not, to date, made many public moves towards launching a campaign, but his advisers push back anytime it's suggested that he won't run for president.

[Logical me]

BS

[GeronL]

do they think they are being subtle linking Palin to the celebutard?

[annieokie]

and they want Rommney

[Oztrich Boy]

A Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday indicates that 58 percent of the public says they would never vote.

[GreatMan]

Take the poll again when gas is $6.50 a gallon.

[depressed in 06]

Is there a federal program I can apply for, since, I am clearly in a minority.

I suppose the irony, here, is, whoever, I would vote for, would abolish such a program.

[Mozilla]

It is the Lame stream media. Lying again.

[deport]

Hope springs eternal for without it we'd be in the doledrums all the time.

[timestax]

[MichaelCorleone]

“More will vote for Palin than would vote for Obama.”

True enough, but I would add that while the Palin vote consists of legal American citizens, obama’s votes are much more varied. His is heavily weighted to include the dead vote, the illegal vote, the thrice vote, and the out-of-state vote.