CNN poll: Romney leads in … all four early states; Cain leads Romney in national Fox News poll

Hotair ^ | 10/27/2011 | Allahpundit

[re_nortex]

More lies from the LSM. It’s what they do.

[petercooper]

Prop up the Rino.

[Happy Rain]

I’m in the South Carolina GOP and Cain is WAAAAAAAAY ahead of the pack.

Don’t know about IA NH NV or Fla but these dummies don’t know jack about SC!

[Buckeye McFrog]

So the GOP plan is to cramdown a nominee in the first six weeks that the bulk of the electorate does not support.

Brilliant!

[freespirited]

The only reason Romney leads is that we have too many conservative candidates who are splitting up the non-Romney vote. We could end up with a jerk like Mitt simply because egos prevent some of the hopeless conservative candidates from dropping out.

[Ingtar]

Cain was hurt by the manufactured “pro-choice” mix up. Even here in Memphis, they spent 3 hours on the local talk show playing it as if he were pro-choice, leaving out the second question that he was actually responding to.

[tumblindice]

I would wipe Ghadaffi’s dead, bloody ass with my bare hand before voting for Romney.
(And I’m trying to express my aversion to Milton in a delicate way ...)

[Ingtar]

Cain was hurt by the manufactured “pro-choice” mix up. Even here in Memphis, they spent 3 hours on the local talk show playing it as if he were pro-choice, leaving out the second question that he was actually responding to.

[wilco200]

Romney needs to be teen down NOW! Time to play the morman card?

[justsaynomore]

Hello - it’s CNN

IOWA - University of Iowa poll: Cain 37% Romney 27% Ron Paul 12% Perry 6%
http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2011/october/102111Hawk%20Poll%20Topline.pdf

NBC News/Marist Poll 2012 South Carolina (Cain 30%, Romney 26%, Perry 9%, Gingrich 6%)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2795021/posts

Cain leads SC Republican Primary (Cain 32%, Romney 16%, Perry 12%)
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2011-10-17/cain-leads-south-carolina-republican-primary-
race?v=1318813096

PPP
Iowa: 26% Cain, 18% Romney, 12% Gingrich, 11% Bachmann, 10% Paul, 6% Perry, 1% Huntsman, 0% Santorum
New Hampshire: 39% Romney, 24% Cain, 11% Paul, 5% Bachmann, 5% Gingrich, 5% Huntsman, 2% Perry, 0% Santorum

Cain Leading GOP Field in Florida
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/blog/herman-cain-leading-gop-2012-field-florida

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Nationwide:

Herman Cain leads CBS/NYT poll (Cain 25%, Romney 21%, Gingrich 10%, Paul 8%, Perry)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20125120-503544/herman-cain-tops-mitt-romney-in-latest-cbs-nyt-poll/

Fox News Poll: GOP Primary Voters Get on the Cain Train (Cain 24%, Romney 20%, Gingrich 12%, Perry 10%, Paul 9%)
http://www.foxnews.com/interactive/politics/2011/10/26/fox-news-poll-gop-primary-voters-get-on-cain-train/

IBOPE Zogby Poll (Cain 45%, Romney 21%, Rick Perry 7%, Bachmann, 1%)
http://www.zogby.com/news/2011/10/17/ibope-zogby-poll-cain-continues-pull-away-perry-bachmann-fading/

[HiTech RedNeck]

Which if any are looking at open primaries, and if so does the state polling take the Rat participation into account? I’d like to say of course Rats would like to boost Romney, because he’s the most likely of the pack to be able to be bent to their will. But they may also be thinking that Cain is an unelectable flake and that he could be easily trounced in the main election by the Truly Magic Negro (barf). So what to do, Rats? What to do?

[Para-Ord.45]

Romney ( It`s my turn dammit , I got seniority ) will NOT beat the messiah.

The base will simply stay home.

[Fantasywriter]

I’d like to see the poll’s internals. The make-up of the sample can be of greater importance than the outcome. Sample the right group, and you can get any result you want/pay for.

[Yaelle]

It is scary to think that the most “conservative” popular media is helping the libs choose our candidate. Why isn’t there Big Conservative Media that would be enjoyable to watch? Not namby pamby fox. Real conservatives. There are only a few on fox. Until this happens how can we ever get someone decent into the WH?

[Mr. Mojo]

Serious question: If the architect of RomneyCare and Great Centrist Hope runs the table, what’s left of the tea party as a national political movement?

Good question. The answer is the movement would be severely weakened, at minimum. ....which is precisely what the GOP establishment wants, which is why they're pushing Willard with such desperation.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’d like to see the poll’s internals. The make-up of the sample can be of greater importance than the outcome. Sample the right group, and you can get any result you want/pay for.

That's so so so true. Back when I studied political science in college (I picked it as one of the few humanities options needed to round out an engineering education) one thing that came out is that Gallup had an excruciatingly scientific method to come up with accurate data, if they wanted to go to the trouble. The problem is that you have to chase down all your pre-selected sample subjects, and only go to alternates if they truly play hard to get. This can take weeks. Your weekend flash phone poll is going to have huge reliability and bias problems compared to this.

[fireman15]

Cain just landed the most coveted endorsement of all.

For a second I thought Sarah Palin had endorsed him. Dale Peterson is the most coveted endorsement of all?

[TexasFreeper2009]

something is wrong with that CNN poll, it doesn’t jive with any other poll taken recently.

[Fantasywriter]

Thanks for that info. It’s fascinating. I don’t have a numbers kind of mind, but I latch onto any and all analyses of polling methodology. I’ve learned a lot, some from Rush, and even more from FR.