Poll Reveals Poorer And Less Educated Voters Support Sarah Palin, Wealthier Voters Prefer Romney

Mediaite ^ | May 9, 2011 | Alex Alvarez

[2ndDivisionVet]

A new Gallup poll reveals that voters who identify as more conservative, do not have college degrees and who make less than $24,000 annually are more likely to support former Alaska governor Sarah Palin over Mitt Romney for president in 2012. Romney, on the other hand, has evidently fared better with voters who describe themselves as “liberals to moderate”, have received degrees of higher learning and who make at least $90,000 a year.

The split drives home the challenges facing any would-be GOP candidate: Catering to the party’s base without completely alienating those on the fence, and appealing to voters across a wide spectrum without pitting disparate factions within the Republican party against one another.

Romney recently launched an exploratory committee and a dazzlingly fresh new logo in advance of a possible presidential run, but, so far, neither he nor Palin have definitely announced intent to run in 2012. Nor, for that matter, has Mike Huckabee, despite rumors that Fox News would prefer that Huckabee, who hosts his own show on the network, come to a decision sooner rather than later.

Why this (alleged) pressure to decide? Just take a look at the numbers:

When it comes to ideology, Gallup found that self-described conservatives favored ex-Arkansas governor Huckabee over Romney and Palin and found double-digit support among all income levels. Huckabee did the best among people earning $24,000 to $59,000 (22%).

[tony549]

Yeah, I support Sarah Palin and I fit that poll demographic perfectly./s
Engineer (retired). My wife still works though, and together we’re in the 90% percentile income-wise.
I’ll support the GOP nominee who wins the primaries, but I hope it isn’t Romney. He’ll have that Romneycare anchor dragging on his campaign. That may not matter if unemployment holds at 9%, the debt is exploding, and we’re in stagflation.

[Melas]

Is that real or photoshopped?

[LibLieSlayer]

“I’m poor but highly educated and I want Palin to run. Where does that leave me?”

Brilliant and broke.

LLS

[Emperor Palpatine]

No, my use of "myopic so-cons" means those social conservatives who would vote for someone just because they're against their pet social issue, (i.e. abortion, gay marriage, etc), without regard to or caring aboutwhere said candidate stands on economics, defense, and securing the borders.

Social issues are important, but down the list a few notches when compared to my wallet and keeping the terrorist wolves at bay.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

What was arrogant about my post? I admittedly don’t care for her, but last I knew that wasn’t arrogant.

" She's supported by the non-elite. Sniff.

[LibLieSlayer]

College educated...loves guns and Sarah... why if I weren't 412 years old, didn't have crossed eyes (born on Wednesday, looking a Sunday in both directions), four noses and a wife... ;-)

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

If you like that... and I certainly did... check out this link and enjoy!

http://www.mytrailerpark.com/

LLS

[2ndDivisionVet]

IIRC, it’s a theatre in Northern Europe, but it is real.

[rintense]

LOL! You’re hilarious!

[sodpoodle]

Being smarter than Jay Carney doesn’t require a Harvard degree; breathing oxygen qualifies.

[Sarah-bot]

You need Quantum Theory to rationalize supporting Romney.

[jla]

To 33 - Melas actually stated that? LOL (A definite pot-meet-fecking-kettle moment)
Fact is, Melas only cottons to wimmin who sport multiple body & head piercings; tattoos. Ladies like Sarah Palin are repulsive to fat-arsed, lazy biker wannabes.

[LibLieSlayer]

We have to find our laughs these days... it keeps me from crying.

LLS

[foundedonpurpose]

“I’m confused to exactly which wealthy, educated voters are so thrilled with Romney.”

The ones that profit from socialized medicine.

[RowdyFFC]

I’ve walked the halls of academia and have four damned useless sheepskins hanging on my walls, none of them having much to do with the business I run. lol I support Sarah Palin. You have to remember that Mediaite is run by a Dan Abrams who holds a Bachelor of ARTS degree in poly science, and wanna be somebody that took the light course of political science (I know, I took them as a minor.) Mediaite is known to run solely off of videos produced other entities and NONE of their material is ever their own. It’s nothing more than parasite!

[F.J. Mitchell]

So they're trying to tell us that the very people who elected Obhama are the same people who now support Sarah Palin? Yeah, right.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I doubt if the poor, the working class and lower middle class whites elected Mr. Obama, in any election he’s won. His base seemed to be the government unions, blacks, academia, white guilters, college kids and single moms. Do you see many of them taking the trouble to vote when gas is $6/gallon and food prices are through the roof, unless it’s to vote him out?!

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

If you want a rock solid conservative ticket:

Sarah Palin - Allen West!!

[PA Engineer]

I went to the link and did not find the poll’s internals? Anyone have a link?

[unseen1]

hmmm I call B.S most of the palin supporters I know are college educated and make good money.