Perry 29
Romney 23
Paul 10
Bachmann 8
Gingrich 6
Cain 4
The race with Palin included:
Perry 27
Romney 22
Palin 14
Paul 8
Bachmann 6
Gingrich 4
Cain 3
It appears that Sara draws very little from Perry when added into the mix.
Ping
First to post: Polls are bogus BS trying to nominate our candidate for us. RINO crap.
I Heard Rick is going to show at the debate after all, anyone know for sureÉ
I had thought that Rick Perry had ALREADY surged ahead of Mitt Romney....
Or is it that Mitt is catching up?
Palin is in the perfect polling position ion this one of it is accurate. Being the front-runner is almost never good this far away from the casting of votes.
How is it that when you take out the Palin supporters, Romney’s numbers go up?
This poll is a little different than all the other polls I have seen, all the others showed Palin drawing from Bachmann and Romney (in some cutting Romney’s support in half) but this one seems to show her taking a point or two from everyone.
Oh, but you know what they say....
Polls are for strippers and cross country skiers (and of course political advisers who use them for political forecasting, but we won’t mention that part).
Trend where available:
a. best understands the problems of people like you
| 9/1/11 | 7/17/11 | |
| Sarah Palin | 19 | 23 |
| Rick Perry | 17 | 5 |
| Mitt Romney | 13 | 18 |
| Michele Bachmann | 9 | 11 |
| Ron Paul | 8 | 9 |
| Newt Gingrich | 6 | 4 |
| Herman Cain | 3 | 5 |
b. is the closest to you on the issues
| 9/1/11 | 7/17/11 | |
| Rick Perry | 21 | 5 |
| Mitt Romney | 15 | 21 |
| Sarah Palin | 14 | 20 |
| Michele Bachmann | 10 | 10 |
| Ron Paul | 10 | 10 |
| Newt Gingrich | 6 | 5 |
| Herman Cain | 3 | 5 |
On both of these questions, it shows all of the other main candidates either losing ground or remaining static since the last poll, but shows Perry gaining ground like crazy.
Decisions, decisions...
14% isn’t a bad number for Palin, taking into account she’s not even in the race. If she actually gets in she could probably pull a point or two more from each of the candidates currently in. Knocking Romney into 3rd wouldn’t bother me one bit.
I doubt it is this simple, but it appears Palin shaves 1-2 percentage points from everyone else. In reality, I think if she gets in, it will take most away from Bachmann and Cain.