80% of GOP primary voters still undecided

American Thinker ^ | 10/26/2011 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

According to the latest CBS/New York Times poll, it's still anyone's ballgame.

New York Times:

"With the nation's first nominating contests just two months away, a large majority of Republican primary voters have yet to make up their minds about the candidate they would like to see as their party's nominee for president in 2012.

About eight in 10 Republican primary voters say it is still too early to tell whom they will support, and just four in 10 say they have been paying a lot of attention to the 2012 presidential campaign, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Herman Cain, the former restaurant executive, is riding a wave of support among Republican primary voters that has placed him in a statistical dead heat with rival Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, in a race that has been characterized by momentum swings among the candidates.

The poll found Mr. Cain with the highest level of support, with 25 percent of Republican primary voters, and Mr. Romney with 21 percent. This difference is within the poll's margin of sampling error."

Adding to the fluidity of the contest, about one in 10 Republican primary voters say they would like to see someone else nominated.

This is by no means a done deal for Romney, or for Cain either. Newt Gingrich is lurking out there and has slowly been rising. Who knows where he'll be in two months?

[Psalm 144]

Heh. Usually I find myself in the minority. Not on this it would appear.

[relictele]

We’re different breeds of cat - we don’t have unions, ward heelers, or ACORN telling us how to vote. We will actually vet our candidates before making a decision.

[TomGuy]

No surprise there.

Most voters don’t pay much attention until their state primary is looming.

As with most years, the nominee is pretty obvious after Super Tuesday, and any state which holds primary after Super Tuesday probably has little impact on the nomination.

If ‘today’ polls were signficant, we would be talking about President Guliani or President Hillary.

[TexasFreeper2009]

80% of GOP voters are still undecided about which candidate besides Romney they want to win, would of been a better title.

[ASA Vet]

Herman Cain

born December 13, 1945 in Memphis, TN (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)

Parents were
Luther Cain Jr., born March 16, 1925 in TN, died March 29, 1982 in Atlanta, GA
Lenora Davis, born July 27, 1925 in GA, died August 20, 2005 in Atlanta, GA

Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)

Herman Cain is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN

Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama ISN'T!

Click on the cane.

[thackney]

80% of GOP primary voters still undecided

I see that as a good thing. Except for the few very early voting states, most of us have several months before the primary.

Leaning towards a candidate and locking in a decision are two different things. The vetting needs to continue.

[Psalm 144]

In ‘05 I was -certain- 2008 would be Gingrich versus Rodham-Clinton.

[Le Chien Rouge]

This voter has already made up his mind:

Cain...

[Rich21IE]

True; my wonder is whether or not we might not see the “Independents” stay home altogether. They appear disenchanted with Obama; the “right” scares them and the Mutt has nothing of substance to offer them.

[toddausauras]

Awesome graphic!!!

[ryderann]

“...we don’t have unions, ward heelers, or ACORN telling us how to vote.”

After 40 years as a registered Republican, I finally had enough of the Republican hierarchy trying to tell me how to vote. I’m now happily “Unaffiliated”.

[org.whodat]

according to the latest CBS/New York Times poll, it's still anyone's ballgame.

yes, they still think they have time to save obummer, guess it was the normal 80/20 poll, 80% liberal/20% lefty of center respondents.

[Huck]

It's like staring at a menu with the following items:

Crap Sandwich

Snot soup

Fried scabs

Puss Pudding

And here comes the waitress..."Y'all ready to order?"

"Uh, I think we need a few more minutes."

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Limbaugh can wave his pom-poms and try to overcome reality with optimism, but I ain't buying it. This is a ROUGH field. All better than Obama? Sure. As if that's saying anything.

[Psalm 144]

It is a rough field, although three remain who I am much happier with than any of the candidates last time. Not that I am convinced any of them can win the general without stepping up their game . . . a LOT!

[dblshot]

My wife and I have been Cain supporters for quite a while. Yeah we know we'd vote for any Republican when it comes down to it, but still we really like Cain. Last night we got to see Herman Cain in person. Cain is the closest thing to Reagan since the great ones tenure. So if we are in the minority 20% how many of the 80% you reckon would vote for Cain if he is inaugurated? I say all of them. And a good % of the Obamabots to boot.

[Prokopton]

80% of GOP primary voters still undecided.

This is the headline. However,IIRC, the actual poll results is that 14% were "undecided". Only 20% may have been "strongly committed" but that is an entirely different thing than claiming "80% are undecided". The headline is not only misleading, it is not supported by the actual poll results.

Dishonest journalism, who would have thunk?

[Psalm 144]

I could support Cain. Not persuaded yet, but I could be.

I am watching him with interest.

[bereanway]

Very uninspiring field. Every candidate has major flaws and I don’t think any of them are capable of generating hard core, broad based conservative support. This field is very fluid and will remain so.

[lurk]

I am surely decided on one thing: I surely do not want Willard.