Posted on 08/29/2011 10:58:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Washington (CNN) – A new national survey is further proof that Texas Gov. Rick Perry's entrance earlier this month into the race for the White House has dramatically altered the battle for the Republican presidential nomination.
According to a CNN/ORC International Poll of Republicans and independent voters who lean towards the GOP, Perry now sits atop the list of Republican presidential candidates, with strong support from most demographic groups.
Full results (pdf)
The survey, released Monday, indicates that 27 percent of Republicans nationwide support Perry for their party's nomination, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who's making his second bid for the White House, at 14 percent. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin follows at ten percent, with Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at nine percent, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who's making his third bid for the presidency, at six percent. Every one else listed on the questionnaire registered in the low single digits.
The survey follows a Gallup poll out last week which also placed Perry at the top of the GOP field. Other polling released in the past week also confirms the findings of the CNN and Gallup surveys.
"Perry's support is higher among Republican men, at 32 percent, than Republican women, at 23 percent, but he has more support among either group than any other candidate," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
According to the survey, Perry supporters tend to be older and have higher incomes, but the longtime Texas governor also tops the list, albeit by smaller margins, among lower-income Republicans and those under 50 years old.
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As did many of us.
Rudy consistently gets 9-10% without doing ANYTHING. If, or once, he officially announces, he’ll probably drop to HUntsmann levels..
Was you a Fred Thompson supporter too?
If so, welcome to the club.
Another problem with waiting things out so long is the “Fred Thompson Effect”.
Time is about out for those that may choose to make the leap. There are some drop dead dates fast approaching to get on the GOP primary ballot: examples:
Oct. 31, Florida
Now. 1, South Carolina
New Hampshire about two weeks later......
“Was you a Fred Thompson supporter too? “
I was, and I was very disappointed in him.
But, onward.
Now. 1, South Carolina
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Nov. 1, South Carolina
You do know the Bear Market began in 2000???? And the stock market is Lower today than in 2000????
I always love these Perry threads for that reason. People hold up Sarah Palin as an alternative as if she's running. She's not a candidate. Maybe she will be one day but as of today, talking about how Sarah is the better nominee is just a fantasy. If I'm going to fantasize about Republican presidential nominees, I'll fantasize about Ronald Reagan coming back to life to run, or Milton Friedman.
This is an interesting poll because they included Sarah Palin in the poll, not as an afterthought, and without even announcing she is still ahead of Bachmann and Cain, although still a distant 3rd.
Until Sarah Palin decides whether to run or not, I think it would be best if she was included in all the polls.
What does that have to do with the topic of this thread, which is a CNN poll? Did you get lost somewhere, to post such an off-topic item?
Unfortunately, the Algore Strategy is a losing one. Americans lose respect for a candidate that holds out for as long as possible and tries to minimize the number of debates in order to minimize the number of gaffes. The American people see this as a major weakness.
It’s kind of scary though that Giuliani does almost as good as Palin. I hope this doesn’t encourage Giuliani to enter the race.
Giuliani remains popular among Republicans in general, and given the choices of moderates in the party, can still rest on his NYC laurels and get decent support.
Look for a lot of Giuliani VP talk.
Fred Thompson entered the race on 9/7/2007, about two weeks from now in real time. Alan Keyes also entered the race in September. So far as I can remember though, there were no other big entries into the race from the initial set back in March.
Perry takes national double-digit lead among GOP frontrunners (Ramussen - Aug, 2011)
Perry takes national double-digit lead among GOP frontrunners (PPP - Aug, 2011)
Perry takes national double digit lead in 5 separate polls (NYT - Aug, 2011)
Perry leads GOP contenders in IOWA (PPP - Aug, 2011)
Perry leads GOP contenders in South Carolina (Magellan - Aug, 2011)
Perry leads GOP contenders by 22 points among Tea Party supporters (Gallup - Aug, 2011)
Perry led GOP contenders in North Carolina and Virginia BEFORE he declared candidacy
Only 12% of Republicans and GOP leaning independents hold a negative view of Perry (AP/GfK - Aug, 2011)
Perry beating Obama in Florida (Magellan Data - Aug, 2011)
Perry and Obama tied nationally (Gallup - Aug, 2011)
Perry and Obama in statistical dead heat (Rasmussen - Aug, 2011)
But was there a big push for Fred Thompson to run in 2007 back in November of 2003 where expectations for the candidate had time to balloon to the point of disappointment?
I'll be right back with my own cut and paste response.
I would prefer him to be Attorney General. Although as a VP candidate we could win a lot of the trans-sexual votes.
Yes, but you’re from Texas so any posts you do about Perry are a conflict of interest.
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