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Americans View Sarah Palin as More Sincere and Believable After Watching Speech (Focus Group)
Mediacurves ^ | Saturday January 15, 2011

Posted on 01/15/2011 6:44:22 AM PST by Bigtigermike

A new national study among 1,437 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents revealed that Americans indicated that Sarah Palin was more sincere and believable after viewing her speech in response to the shootings in Tucson.

The study was conducted during January 13-14 by HCD Research and reported on its MediaCurves.com® website, to obtain Americans’ perceptions of Sarah Palin after viewing a video of a speech she gave in response to the shootings in Tucson.

Respondents were asked to rate Sarah Palin on a scale from 1-7 regarding likeability, believability and sincerity, with 1 representing “not at all strong in this attribute” and 7 representing “extremely strong in this attribute.”

With the exception of likeability among Democrats, Palin’s attribute ratings increased among all parties after viewing her speech. The most notable increase was her sincerity ratings, which increased from 2.62 to 2.69 among Democrats, from 5.25 to 5.45 among Republicans and from 3.68 to 3.85 among Independents.

Here is the raw data. 81% of Republicans and 56% of independents concluded that the speech will help her image and 78% of Republicans and 54% of independents concluded that the speech will help her in a potential presidential run.

(Excerpt) Read more at mediacurves.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arizonashootings; elections; freepressforpalin; giffords; obama; palin; sarahpalin; tucsonspeech
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1 posted on 01/15/2011 6:44:26 AM PST by Bigtigermike
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To: Bigtigermike
When Bristol Palin went on Dancing With The Stars, it was hailed as the end of Sarah Palin -- she wasn't presidential anymore.
When Sarah Palin's TLC show debuted, it was hailed as the end of Sarah Palin -- she wasn't presidential anymore.
When a mentally ill man in Tucson shot a bunch of people, it was hailed as the end of Sarah Palin -- she wasn't presidential anymore.
When Sarah Palin responded to criticism and gave a speech talking about blood libel, it was hailed as the end of Sarah Palin -- she wasn't presidential anymore.

When Sarah Palin has eggs for breakfast, it's the end of her career in politics. It's just not presidential. And yet millions of people see her as our last best hope.

2 posted on 01/15/2011 6:48:03 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Bigtigermike
I'm an Indie, who has voted dem in the past (long past) and leans conservative.

I really never thought about Palin, but since the huge slanders about her by the left since Saturday, I've taken more of a look at her.

I'd like to read some position papers from her though, rather than anecdotal writings.

BTW, Zero had no positions on anything and nothing other than his anecdotal bios and hagiographies by others. He remains a cypher reflecting only those positions of the DNC and, of course, his vacation locations.

3 posted on 01/15/2011 6:50:45 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Bigtigermike

This is good. I dont know much about the polling service but who cares. I do think the other side had over done it and people have a more sympathetic ear toward Palin because of it. Whew.


4 posted on 01/15/2011 6:51:08 AM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: GoCards

Media Curve is a big liberal focus group out of NJ I believe.......to me they are more accurate than Frank Luntz dail a meter focus group


5 posted on 01/15/2011 6:54:54 AM PST by Bigtigermike
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To: ClearCase_guy

She is indeed our best hope.

Thank God we actually have some depth on the bench now, so she is not our last hope. We have Bachmann, West, DeMint and others.

And if America really was in the tank and all these conservatives became somehow unavailable: I bet the Colossus himself would take a paycut and run for President. All he’d need is for Mark Steyn to run his show for eight years.


6 posted on 01/15/2011 6:55:00 AM PST by agere_contra (The Left has 'expanded its moral imagination' ever since the 1800s - always with horrifying results)
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To: OpusatFR

Did you vote for zero?


7 posted on 01/15/2011 6:56:22 AM PST by DWC (historian)
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To: Bigtigermike

Wow. Then thats even better!!! Thanks for the info.


8 posted on 01/15/2011 6:56:52 AM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: DWC

No.


9 posted on 01/15/2011 6:57:16 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Bigtigermike

But, did all the participants in this survey get a souvenier T-shirt??


10 posted on 01/15/2011 7:02:25 AM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: agere_contra
Yes, I over-stated. I'm actually rather impressed by how deep our bench is right now. There are a significant number of real Conservatives out there.

I really hope they work together and do not attack each other for personal gain. Seeing Bachmann and Palin fighting each other would really make me sad. But I trust that those who love this country will want the right thing done and will not necessarily put their own political careers as their only priority.

11 posted on 01/15/2011 7:03:02 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: OpusatFR

To find most of her op-eds and her facebook articles on various issues you may want to look at her facebook notes page (http://preview.tinyurl.com/4n9oh2h) and conservatives4palin.com.


12 posted on 01/15/2011 7:06:13 AM PST by LJM
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To: OpusatFR
I think they are honestly terrified that she could be the next President. They have been vicious with her.
13 posted on 01/15/2011 7:06:46 AM PST by EmilyGeiger ("January 29,2013....The end of an ERROR!)
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Thanks, I’ll take a look

It’s queer and baffling. I’ve never seen such hatred and sheer unadulterated malice leveled at any public person, including Nixon and Bush.

This goes beyond reason.


14 posted on 01/15/2011 7:18:53 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Bigtigermike

Tell that to the Palin-bashers in the news media, whose only mission in life is to destroy her.


15 posted on 01/15/2011 7:19:31 AM PST by popdonnelly (Democrats are funny people)
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To: Bigtigermike

The American people as a whole, have more common sense and fair play in their pinkies then all the liberals in the country put together.


16 posted on 01/15/2011 7:21:29 AM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: OpusatFR

Good.


17 posted on 01/15/2011 7:23:50 AM PST by DWC (historian)
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To: Bigtigermike

Earah Palin stands out in front of all the others because her beliefs are true and from the heart.

She would have never ever remotely tried in any shape form or permutation perversion had done a campaign rally on 6 coffins like obama did.


18 posted on 01/15/2011 7:26:50 AM PST by Eye of Unk (If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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To: Bigtigermike
The media and the RINO pustules on the right better get used to the idea of President Palin, and quit trying to sabotage her every morning before breakfast, because some of us will not forget who you people are.

Expect no forgiveness and no favors after Sarah is inaugurated.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

19 posted on 01/15/2011 7:27:51 AM PST by The Comedian (Sarah Palin: America's last, best hope.)
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To: OpusatFR

I think it’s motivated by the fear that she might beat them politically.


20 posted on 01/15/2011 7:27:56 AM PST by popdonnelly (Democrats are funny people)
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