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Gallup: At 77 Percent, Cain Leads Republican Field in Favorable Rating
Cybercast News Service ^ | October 12, 2011 | Terence P. Jeffrey

Posted on 10/14/2011 6:57:26 PM PDT by neverdem

Herman Cain has the highest favorable rating of any Republican presidential candidate among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents polled by Gallup, according to a survey released today.

Cain's 77-percent favorable rating edges out former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, whose favorable rating is 72 percent, says Gallup.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is third at 66 percent, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is fourth at 63 percent, former Sen. Rick Santorum is fifth at 62 percent, Rep. Michele Bachmann is sixth at 59 percent, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is seventh at 54 percent, and Rep. Ron Paul is eighth at 53 percent.

The survey was conducted between Sept. 26 and Oct. 9. The respondents were asked whether they had a strongly favorable, favorable, unfavorable, or strongly unfavorable view of each candidate. The percentages reported above were the combined responses of stongly favorable and favorable.

Herman Cain also had the lowest unfavorable rating--13 percent. Romney's unfavorable rating was 18 percent. 

Cain's favorable rating has gone up slightly and Romney's has gone down slightly since the last time Gallup polled Republicans and Republican-leaning independents on how they viewed Republican candidates. In a survey conducted Aug. 22-Sept. 4, Cain had a favorable rating of 73 percent and Romney had a favorable rating of 71 percent.

In that Aug. 22-Sept. 4 poll, Perry was tied with Cain with a 73 percent favorable rating.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 2012; 999; cain; frontrunner; gallup; gingrich; goherman; hermanator; hermancain; momentum; newt; newtgingrich; steamroller; teaparties; teaparty; trueconservative
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1 posted on 10/14/2011 6:57:32 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

bump to what many of us are thinking, but cannot say.


2 posted on 10/14/2011 7:00:34 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust)
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To: neverdem
>>>>>.. former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, whose favorable rating is 72 percent, says Gallup.

Some Republicans are out to lunch!

3 posted on 10/14/2011 7:01:14 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: neverdem

President Cain.

Has a nice ring to it.


4 posted on 10/14/2011 7:01:28 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Of course Obama loves his country but Herman Cain loves mine.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

“Rick Perry is fourth at 63 percent”

Must be a lot of people out there that don’t mind being called heartless.


5 posted on 10/14/2011 7:02:36 PM PDT by BobL (A vote for Perry is a vote for Romney)
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To: neverdem
I'm not voting for Romney.
I'm not voting for Perry.
6 posted on 10/14/2011 7:02:57 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: neverdem

Sounds like the Palin folks have moved into the Cain camp, I know I have. Only other candidate that comes close to my conservative views.


7 posted on 10/14/2011 7:06:19 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I would like to hear from Rick Santoram, they seem to be
shutting him out.
8 posted on 10/14/2011 7:06:47 PM PDT by rebapiper (Q)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Hussein hates America.

Romney does not.
Perry does not.

That alone makes them worthy of your vote.

I am all for electing the most conservative nominee. The only money we’ve sent to ANY declared Presidential candidate this cycle is Herman Cain. But I’m not going to stay away from the ballot box in November of 2012. Our Republic is at stake.

We cannot allow Hussein to win another term.


9 posted on 10/14/2011 7:07:22 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: neverdem

Well, all, don’t let your bloodpressure get too high at this point -— it is a long way to go yet and things change and things get discovered.

I have my favorites but I am holding my chips at the edge of the political crap table for a while....


10 posted on 10/14/2011 7:08:11 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: ClearCase_guy

I’m not voting for Palin!


11 posted on 10/14/2011 7:08:27 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (I Stand With Cain!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Romney doesn’t love this country any more than Obama does; there is precious little difference between the two of them, other than the fact that Romney is melanin-challenged.


12 posted on 10/14/2011 7:08:33 PM PDT by Oceander (If Romney is the GOP nominee, then Obama wins in 2012, either directly or by proxy)
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To: Reagan Man
Some Republicans are...

...out to lunch!!!

13 posted on 10/14/2011 7:10:44 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I voted for Dole. I voted for Bush. And Bush. I voted for McCain in 2008. I paid my dues. The party’s over and I don’t vote for RINO’s anymore.


14 posted on 10/14/2011 7:10:56 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I won't vote for Romney. I won't vote for Perry.)
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To: Oceander
Romney doesn’t love this country any more than Obama does; there is precious little difference between the two of them, other than the fact that Romney is melanin-challenged.

Yeah, that is delusional. ALL of the Republican field...including the detestable Jon Huntsman, love America.

Hussein HATES America. The Republicans--ALL OF THEM--do NOT hate America.

15 posted on 10/14/2011 7:11:06 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Randy Larsen
I’m not voting for Palin!

Well that's OK 'cause she's not running!

16 posted on 10/14/2011 7:11:43 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust)
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To: neverdem

When does that shaved gerbil Karl Rove’s FOX contract expire?

I can’t stand listening to him.


17 posted on 10/14/2011 7:15:38 PM PDT by Java4Jay
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Romney doesn’t love the US any more than Obama does. Why would he lie so cavalierly - or flip-flop if that makes you feel better - if he really had any respect for Americans? And how can you love what you do not respect?


18 posted on 10/14/2011 7:16:01 PM PDT by Oceander (If Romney is the GOP nominee, then Obama wins in 2012, either directly or by proxy)
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To: EagleUSA

Smart move. It is early yet and the game is really just beginning. I am curious as to why the Rainbow PUSH Coalition backed Cain when he ran for Senate in Georgia...uneasy about Cain’s support of Tarp and also he still believes the govt should play a role in affirmative action...I need more info...also, Cain does not support audits of the fed reserve


19 posted on 10/14/2011 7:17:08 PM PDT by katiedidit1
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To: neverdem

“...Mitt Romney, whose favorable rating is 72 percent....”

Crazy. Why?


20 posted on 10/14/2011 7:18:53 PM PDT by Gator113 (~ Just livin' life~)
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