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2012 Presidential Matchups Obama 39% Cain 34%
Rasmussen Reports ^ | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 | Rasmussen

Posted on 09/28/2011 9:43:46 AM PDT by Rudder

Herman Cain did well in last week’s GOP debate and won a decisive straw poll victory in Florida, but his numbers in a general election match-up against President Obama are little changed.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds that Obama earns 39% support while Cain attracts 34%. In that match-up, 14% prefer some other candidate, and 14% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

A month ago, the president led Cain by seven percentage points. In March Obama held an 18 point advantage over the businessman and talk show host.

Data released earlier today shows that voters nationwide are evenly divided as to whether or not Cain is qualified to be president — 30% say yes, 33% no, and 37% are not sure. Republicans, by a 49% to 17% margin believe he is qualified while most Democrats disagree. Among Republicans, Cain’s numbers on this question are similar to Rick Perry’s but not as strong as Mitt Romney’s.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2011polls; cain; cainvsunable; election; elections; hermancain; obama; votecain
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To: Aria
Rats don’t think Cain is qualified but they thought zero was qualified? That is STUPID!

What they really mean is that they view only those who who conform to their ideology as "qualified." Experience, temperament, honesty, "the contents of one's character," are irrelevant.

This bias is strikingly ironic when it leads them to accuse conservatives of a different kind of bias. If you oppose Obama, it's because he is black, but if you support Cain, it does not disprove you are "racist."

61 posted on 09/28/2011 1:48:07 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Budget sins can be fixed. Amnesty is irreversible.)
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To: Rudder

That’s Racist!

Oh, wait... *SMIRK*


62 posted on 09/28/2011 1:48:15 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Rudder

I think you may be right. He is certainly the stand out amongst the ones running now.


63 posted on 09/28/2011 1:50:37 PM PDT by DallasSun (Courage~Fear that has said its prayers.)
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To: freespirited

“Obummer’s failure to crack 40% is the big story here”

First thing I noticed.


64 posted on 09/28/2011 2:05:45 PM PDT by Norman Bates
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To: Rudder

It’s gonna get really ugly, Herman Cain scares them.


65 posted on 09/28/2011 2:07:14 PM PDT by Texan Tory (Herman Cain for president. Because sometimes it does take a rocket scientist.)
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To: Retired Greyhound

Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Pray for Herman Cain to win. We’ve never passed this way heretofore. We’ve never seen anyone like him become president but God can do it.


66 posted on 09/28/2011 2:35:21 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: cuban leaf

I’ve been a fan since the 2004 Senatorial primary here in GA. We wound up with Isakson, who has been better than expected, but still not that great. We missed a real opportunity then.


67 posted on 09/28/2011 2:35:32 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: cuban leaf

Somebody posted this to me just last weak. I should ask what he/she thinks now

jessduntno to demshateGod

“Herman Cain. I don’t think 0 can beat any of the R’s, not even Ron Paul. I think we’re making a mistake by rallying around Hecanwin.”

Cain would be slaughtered.


68 posted on 09/28/2011 2:45:31 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Rudder

Rasmussen as well as ALL the other pollsters have an agenda, just keep that in mind.

Why would Ras and the rest of the pollster want to push...first Bachmann, then Trump, then Perry and now Cain?

I know why, it`s very obvious


69 posted on 09/28/2011 3:05:55 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN 2012 OR FLIPPIN BUST)
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To: Rudder

Cain has a significant health history, with stage IV colon and liver cancer a few years ago. It doesn’t bother me, unfortunately much will be made of it on the campaign trail.


70 posted on 09/28/2011 6:33:30 PM PDT by BizzeeMom
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To: BizzeeMom

What do we know about Obama’s medical status and history?


71 posted on 09/28/2011 7:07:22 PM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Friendofgeorge

Clever how Rasmussen controlled the straw vote in Florida.


72 posted on 09/28/2011 7:12:26 PM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Rudder

The straw poll in Florida meant as much as the straw poll in Iowa or any of the straw polls that Ron Paul won over the years.

980 people voted for Cain, means very little. If the press had not reported on the results, it would have even meant less.


73 posted on 09/28/2011 7:43:26 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN 2012 OR FLIPPIN BUST)
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To: Retired Greyhound

I would love a retired greyhound, but hubby is highly allergic to dogs. :(


74 posted on 09/28/2011 9:12:15 PM PDT by reaganaut (Rick Perry says I'm heartless.)
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To: LibsRJerks

I would love to see another Reagan vs. Mondale. Doubt it will happen, because CA is now solidly blue, but I would love to see it.


75 posted on 09/28/2011 9:23:35 PM PDT by reaganaut (Rick Perry says I'm heartless.)
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To: All

Rasmussen’s analysis is biased against Cain...blah blah...little changed....

No crap, nobody knows who he is, only about half the population. He does as well as anybody vs. Obama, considering that fact.

Cain has staying power.


76 posted on 09/28/2011 10:37:52 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: reaganaut

“I would love to see another Reagan vs. Mondale. Doubt it will happen, because CA is now solidly blue, but I would love to see it.”

Obama is so bad, worse than Carter...if unemployment stays around 8.6 or above, Landslide is coming to town...outside of California and about 5-6 other states...everything will be in play.


77 posted on 09/28/2011 10:40:50 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: randomhero97

Either of them would beat Obama like a drum. It is hard to nominate a Republican who wouldn’t. The guy’s support has collapsed down to the Left lunatics. That is it.


78 posted on 09/30/2011 8:24:49 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: milagro

agreed...

He’d be such a 180 on BO... Cain is truly an intelligent man, and has hard science degrees to boot. Nobody would be able to attack him for being “stupid” - which they like to do with all republicans. Plus he knows about jobs and business.

...you’d really have thought a man like him would’ve been the first black president, not like the guy currently “playing the part” of president - with no clue at all.


79 posted on 10/04/2011 6:11:44 PM PDT by fuzzylogic
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