Posted on 10/17/2011 10:45:03 AM PDT by justsaynomore
Obama Approval 43% & 39% Say He Deserves 2nd Term
UTICA, NY--Herman Cain is now the runaway leader among Republican presidential primary voters with 45%, more than twice that of second-place Mitt Romney (21%). Rick Perry, who led with 41% in late August, has fallen to 7%, and Michele Bachmann, who led in June and July, now gets just 1%.
President Barack Obama's approval rating among all voters is 43%, and the percentage saying he deserves re-election is 39%.
These results are from an IBOPE Zogby interactive poll conducted from Oct. 11-14.
Cain appears to have won support of voters who previously supported Perry or Bachmann. Romney's 21% is the highest we have shown for him in match-ups with the current field of announced candidates.
Republican Candidates (asked only of the party's primary voters)
If the Republican primary for president were held today, for whom would you vote?
Great... and true....
GO CAIN GO!
A Cain/Newt ticket would be unconstitutional, I believe. The President and Vice President must come from different states.
A national Zogby poll this far out from multiple state primaries is worse than useless.
If that's true it's news to me.
Well that solves that.
Well, maybe you will find one of these more to your liking (newest polls at the the bottom):
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Herman Cain Polling - October
Perry Plummets, Cain Surges in Positive Intensity
http://www.gallup.com/poll/149924/Perry-Plummets-Cain-Surges-Positive-Intensity.aspx
CBS poll - Romney and Cain tied at 17%, Perry 12%
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/TheRepublicanRace.pdf
Quinnipiac University - Romney gets 22%, Cain 17% and Perry 14%
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1655
ABC poll - Romney 25%, Cain and Perry tied for 16%
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rick-perry-slips-herman-cain-rises-in-bid-for-gop-nomination-poll-finds/2011/10/03/gIQASiJiJL_story.html
National Federation of Republican Women
Herman Cain – 48.9%, Rick Perry – 14.1% Mitt Romney – 13.3%
http://www.nfrw.org/news/20111002.htm
TeaCon straw poll - Cain 77%
http://www.wbez.org/story/herman-cain-wins-tea-party-straw-poll-illinois-92729
PPP
North Carolina: Cain 27, Romney/Gingrich 17
Nebraska: Cain 30, Gingrich 16, Romney 13
West Virginia: Cain 24, Gingrich 18, Romney 16
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2011/10/cainmentum.html
Tea Party Nation poll
Herman Cain 44%, Gingrich 22%, Sarah Palin 9%
http://barrington-il.patch.com/blog_posts/herman-cain-wins-another-straw-poll
Herman Cain’s New Hampshire surge found in second poll
WMUR/UNH poll - Romney at 37%, Cain at 12% and Paul at 9%.
Mitt Romney 38%, Cain 20%, Ron Paul 13%
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65543.html
Midwestern Leadership Conference
Cain 52.6%, Bachmann 12.2%, Romney 11.1%
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/09/cain-dominates-midwestern-leadership-conference-straw-poll/
Gallup
Romney 20%, Cain 18%, Perry 15%
http://www.gallup.com/poll/149990/Cain-Surges-Nearly-Ties-Romney-Lead-GOP-Preferences.aspx
Washington Post-ABC News Poll
Among GOP leaning adults - 22%, 20%, 12%
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postabcpoll_100211.html
The poll found Cain topping Obama by a narrow 43%-41%, Cain gets 24% of the African-American respondents.
http://pollposition.com/2011/10/10/cain-edging-obama/
Cain Leads South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary
Cain 26%, Romney 25%, Perry 15%
http://americanresearchgroup.com/
Cain leads Iowa caucus
Cain has 30% to Mitt Romney’s 22%, Ron Paul’s 10%
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/iowa/
Cain leads National Poll
Cain 30%, Romney 22%, Gingrich 15%
www.businessinsider.com/shock-poll-herman-cain-leads-gop-nationally-2011-10
NBC/WSJ poll: Cain now leads GOP pack
Cain 27% Romney 23% Perry 16%
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44881446/ns/politics-decision_2012/
Lightning strikes twice: Cain 27, Romney 23, Perry 16, Paul 11
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/12/lightning-strikes-twice-cain-27-romney-23-perry-16-paul-11/
Cain Leading GOP Field in Florida
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/blog/herman-cain-leading-gop-2012-field-florida
Cain Leads GALLUP poll (Cain 23%; Romney/Perry at 18%)
http://www.gallup.com/poll/150134/Romney-Competitive-Top-GOP-Rivals-Among-Conservatives.aspx
Cain, not Romney, is now the favorite to win the GOP nomination
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/11/cain-not-romney-is-now-the-favorite-to-win-the-gop-nomination/
Economist/YouGov poll (Herman Cain 33%, Mitt Romney 18%)
http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/20111011econToplines.pdf
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
Florida Times Union/Morris Poll (Romney 32%, Cain 30%, Gingrich 11.7%, Perry 2.9%, Paul 2.7%)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/69112295/Florida-Presidential-Poll-from-Morris-News
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/
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
South Carolina: 32% Cain, 16% Romney, 12% Perry, 8% Gingrich, 7% Paul, 6% Bachmann, 1% Huntsman, 0% Santorum
Florida: 33% Romney, 30% Cain, 12% Gingrich, 3% Paul, 3% Perry, 2% Bachmann, 0% Huntsman, 0% Santorum
Ohio poll: Cain takes lead in GOP presidential race (Cain 34 Romney 19)
http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2011/10/18/ohio_poll_cain_takes_lead_in_g.html
National popular sentiment won’t mean much if Cain can’t raise much more money than he has, develop more of an organization and somehow cover for the fact that in state after state his opposition will have political connections and access to entrenched netwoks that can help with GOTV and other election day matters.
Cain is playing in a fixed game in which 30 percent national popularity was good enough in 2008 if your name was McCain. He needs to build an entire campaign apparatus and begin to work on endorsements that can deliver for him on the ground on election day.
He could probably start getting these things in order by not spending half of his time in bookstores all over the country hawking his book.
Right now, he is bringing in $1 million/week. He has a presence in every state, staff/offices in critical states. He had over 100,000 volunteers at the end of the summer (who knows how many now?)
He has had a staff of 23 up to a few weeks ago, and added several more, including JD Gordon, former spokesperson for Rumsfeld/Pentagon.
He has quite a few sound endorsements, C Everett Koop, Alveda King, Jeff Jorgensen, Chip Rogers (State Rep - GA), Larry Ahern, State Representative (R-FL), Scott Plakon, State Representative (R-FL)[100], Rusty Kidd, State Representative (I-GA), Billy Maddox, State Representative (R-GA), Joshua McKoon, State Senator (R-GA), Jack Kimball, former chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party, 2010 New Hampshire gubernatorial candidate, Steven Smith, State Representative (R-NH), Dale Peterson, 2010 Republican candidate for Alabama Agriculture Commissioner, Tom Tancredo, former U.S. Congressman (R-CO), 2008 presidential candidate, and 2010 Colorado gubernatorial candidate., Michael D. Steele, retired U.S. Army Colonel, Actor Nick Searcy, Americans for Fair Taxation, Comedian and talk radio host Dennis Miller, Haley Barbour.
New Nashville-Based ‘Artists Raising Cain’ Organization Rallying Around Presidential Candidate Herman Cain - include Rick Monroe, Lee Greenwood, Michael W. Smith, Douglas Warren, Bryan White, Craig Wayne Boyd, Cutter Lee, Chad Rowland (Redstone), Charlotte Autry, Krista Branch, Adam Cunningham, Devon Rowe and Jim Labriola (Home Improvement, The Santa Claus).
“Almost” endorsements, Joe the Plumber, Donald Trump, Mark Levin, Huckabee,
Good Reviews of his plan: Art Laffer (Godfather of Reaganomics), Paul Ryan, Donald Trump, Kevin Hassett (Economist, American Enterprise Institute), Club for Growth
And he is not spending all his time on a book tour - he is campaigning as much (if not more) than he was before the book tour. However, the book does multiply his efforts in getting his name out there.
Well, I hope you’re right about Cain. But I see him as a guy who couldn’t win the Repuke nomination for Senate in Ga. He’s got a lotta balls running for prez, unless it’s all just a good way to sell a book. Or maybe he’s some kind of mad hatter whose found a way to get elected preisdent no one knew existed.
If that’s all you see him as, I doubt anyone can change your mind.
Times are different. People are paying attention and people are not okay with “status quo”. The energy his supporters has is palpable. He has boots on the ground and he has social media. I’ve to events all over and I haven’t see any candidate with the presence Cain has (tea party OR GOP events)
You might be interested to know that Cain won the Fulton GOP, Cherokee GOP, Cobb GOP, Gwinnett GOP, and several other county GOP straw polls AND won the statewide GOP in Perry, GA.
Well, when Cain gets the nomination you can revel in telling me you told me so. It’ll be a helluva better surprise than Odumbsky getting elected president in the first place!
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