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PPP poll: Palin’s favorability at 37/55 (Obama leads Palin by wide margin in head-to-head)
Hotair ^ | 9/26/2009 | Allahpundit

Posted on 09/27/2009 5:27:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Head-to-head with Obama, she’s steady from last month: He led her 52/38 in August and leads 53/38 now. But her favorables are in the toilet, dropping from 47/45 in July to 40/49 in August to … 37/55. The positive spin for Palin fans, I guess, is that the less the public sees of her, the worse she seems to do, which turns the conventional media wisdom on its head. Now that she’s reemerged to hit the lecture circuit, it’ll be interesting to see if she spikes up in October.

Another ominous trend: Her favorability among Republicans was higher last month than Huckabee’s even though he fared better against Obama overall (this month he trails by seven points after trailing in August by just three), but now he’s nudged past her even within the party.

He beats her among Republicans even in a hypothetical contest against Obama, winning 77 percent and losing just 13 while Palin tops out at 70 percent and loses 18. Even when you break it out by ideology, expecting the ‘Cuda to win big among conservatives, it’s a statistical wash:

Exit question: Where’s all the GOP Huck love coming from? Does he have that many fans of his Fox show? Or is he just drawing good vibes as the funny, genial southern guy, in contrast to the more polarizing personas of Palin and Romney?


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KEYWORDS: allahpundit; elections; obama; palin; polls; sarahpalin
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To: SeekAndFind
Curious why Hot air would be siting the Democrat Party polling group.

Little cautionary tale about Conservatives and polls to the Freeper poll hypers.

Once upon a time their was an “arch Conservative” who was relentlessly attacked in the Dinosaur media as a reckless loose cannon. That man got the nomination for his party and all the polling data, all of it, said he was running neck and neck with the incumbent right up to election day.

That lose cannon won a 46 state landslide. The year is 1980, the man is Ronald Reagan.

Believe the polls at your own peril.

21 posted on 09/27/2009 5:53:45 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (The 0 regime: harmless as an enemy and treacherous as a friend.)
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To: SeekAndFind
In 2007 every single poll said it would be Rudy G vrs Hillary C, what happened in 2008?
22 posted on 09/27/2009 5:54:30 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (The 0 regime: harmless as an enemy and treacherous as a friend.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There are many more differences between Reagan and Palin, chief among them knowledge, not that I don’t like Sarah or that I think she is dumb. To give you an idea of how well Reagan handled television, take a look at some of the interviews he did from the 1960’s that are available on Youtube. He comes off quite well even back then.


23 posted on 09/27/2009 5:54:53 AM PDT by MSF BU (++)
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To: SeekAndFind
Left wing financed poll by leftist polling firm.

LLS

24 posted on 09/27/2009 5:55:58 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
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To: SeekAndFind
As much as I like Palin she is done as far as being a presidential candidate. Her negatives are way to high, her leaving her job plus the family problems will do her in. She should be the voice of the party and conservatives but she won't go any higher.

Flame away but right now that is how I see it.

25 posted on 09/27/2009 5:57:09 AM PDT by engrpat (A village in Kenya is missing their idiot...lets send him back)
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To: securityman
Exactly!

Sarah did the right thing!

Now she can draw huge crowds,elect many pubbies and show the rats just what a great conservative female candidate looks like. And when the left gets tired of Barky and they trend to Hillary Sarah will be there to ruin her day as well.

26 posted on 09/27/2009 6:00:19 AM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: Josh Painter
Not only is PPP a 'rat firm, pushing the huckster as more viable than Sarah is another example of the socialists trying to choose our candidate.

Nope, not buying this one.

27 posted on 09/27/2009 6:01:18 AM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is about the most meaningless drivel I have yet seen published. Push Polling doesn’t count.


28 posted on 09/27/2009 6:01:36 AM PDT by Steamburg ( Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

I’m not surprised.


29 posted on 09/27/2009 6:01:44 AM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It is interesting how her being out of the spotlight has hurt her polling. I’m assuming the plan has been to lay low until the book comes out. I wonder if that strategy will be adjusted.

Does anyone have word of her next public appearance?


30 posted on 09/27/2009 6:04:16 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: samtheman

I wonder how Reagan was doing at this point in Carter’s presidency? You all might be surprised.


31 posted on 09/27/2009 6:05:19 AM PDT by BobL
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s way too early to take polls like this seriously.


32 posted on 09/27/2009 6:06:16 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: dirtboy

In 2008 everyone thought it would Hillary and not Obama.


33 posted on 09/27/2009 6:07:08 AM PDT by carmody
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To: theDentist

too right...do we have President Hillary? President Bob Graham (TX) or Muskie? lots of time and as the media gets their haed handed to them via web mews organizations like BigGovernment or Free Republic or Powerline, we will see many revelations that take done more Dan Rathers and move more peopel to the web for news- news that conservatives will help produce and educate.


34 posted on 09/27/2009 6:07:44 AM PDT by q_an_a
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To: SeekAndFind

Palin has to stay visible and on message. Keep speaking out against run away budgets. Beat up Obama for continuing to blame Bush for everything. Keep hitting against Socialized medicine.


35 posted on 09/27/2009 6:09:11 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: SeekAndFind
Let me check this.

Yup. Smell fishy to me.

36 posted on 09/27/2009 6:12:20 AM PDT by McGruff (Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency - Obama)
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To: SeekAndFind

The poll smells “funny” to me. I would think you could put Minnie Mouse up against Obama and win today ... just doesn’t compute for me.


37 posted on 09/27/2009 6:14:37 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (The Patriot's Flag at http://www.thepatriotsflag.com/)
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To: LS
Yes and no. For polling purposes, Reagan was out of the limelight as a politician in the early 1970s and did a radio show every week. There's not much difference there.

Reagan was Governor of California from 1967 - 1975, and was often in the news dealing with all the protests in California, as well as more normal duties of a governor.

38 posted on 09/27/2009 6:20:17 AM PDT by Will88
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To: SeekAndFind
They lie!!!! This poll means nothing!
39 posted on 09/27/2009 6:22:37 AM PDT by MadelineZapeezda (Have you girded your loins today??????)
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To: SeekAndFind

The good news is, all Sarah Palin must do is win the primaries, and she can’t lose in the general election.
The bad news: Democrats can cross over and vote in Republican primaries, and they will never let Palin win the nomination that way.


40 posted on 09/27/2009 6:23:09 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( If you have kids, you have no right of privacy that the govt can't flick off your shoulder.)
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