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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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1 posted on 09/27/2009 5:27:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Depressing.


2 posted on 09/27/2009 5:29:26 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: samtheman

No..... nobody want to be considered racist!


3 posted on 09/27/2009 5:30:43 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
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To: samtheman

Presidential Election is 3 years away... this poll means nothing.


4 posted on 09/27/2009 5:31:09 AM PDT by theDentist (fybo qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: samtheman

America gets everything she deserves.

Given a choice today, the majority would choose Obama. That says a lot about where this nation is headed.


5 posted on 09/27/2009 5:32:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (wH)
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To: theDentist

Yep, in 2005, everyone thought it would be Hillary versus Rudy.


6 posted on 09/27/2009 5:32:42 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m willing to bet Carter would have smoked Reagan if a poll were taken during September 1977.


7 posted on 09/27/2009 5:34:08 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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I’m willing to bet Carter would have smoked Reagan if a poll were taken during September 1977.

There's one huge difference between Reagan and Palin. Reagan stayed on as governor come hell or highwater. Sarah Palin QUIT without completing her term.
8 posted on 09/27/2009 5:36:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (wH)
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To: SeekAndFind

caliph bammy beats Sarah Palin after three more years of his murderous policies?

Bullsquirt!


9 posted on 09/27/2009 5:36:33 AM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Figures don’t lie, but Liars can make figures say what they want.


10 posted on 09/27/2009 5:38:22 AM PDT by radar101
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To: SeekAndFind

**America gets everything she deserves.**

Unfortunately, you are correct. And all the innocent passengers go down with the doomed flight. The moron flight crew (demonrats and their enablers),on drugs, doesn’t even know the plane is crashing ... or doesn’t care.


11 posted on 09/27/2009 5:39:32 AM PDT by Check6
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To: Dr.Zoidberg

Who did this poll, Acorn? Sarah has a lot more support among real Americans than what these “polls” show. Maybe the poll was taken in south-central LA.


12 posted on 09/27/2009 5:39:39 AM PDT by AUH2O Repub (Palin/Hunter 2012)
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To: SeekAndFind
Its still early and the nonstop attacks on Palin(from both sides) will never end, it will be up to us to present the truth about her if anyone can.
13 posted on 09/27/2009 5:41:10 AM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Regan was rich. SHE is not. She supposed to stay on till she was one million in the hole?


14 posted on 09/27/2009 5:41:21 AM PDT by securityman
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To: AUH2O Repub

PPP is a Democrat polling firm.

- JP


15 posted on 09/27/2009 5:42:46 AM PDT by Josh Painter ("Government cannot make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise." - Sarah Heath Palin)
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To: SeekAndFind
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.

That is probably because the media won't quite trying to tear her down. This is because they fear her mightily.

16 posted on 09/27/2009 5:42:50 AM PDT by JaguarXKE
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To: SeekAndFind
Hot Air is a BS poll along with media matters and other democRat controlled media.
17 posted on 09/27/2009 5:44:37 AM PDT by boomop1
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To: SeekAndFind
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. Moreover, I think any blowback from Palin "quitting" has long passed.

It's too early to tell if these kinds of numbers are "normal," or if they reflect her absence from the public eye for a month or two.

One thing we do know: Zero's numbers tend to dip when he IS in the public eye. I will grant you this, though: it's hard for someone to come back from sub-40 approval no matter what you do. It's possible---Nixon did it. But difficult.

18 posted on 09/27/2009 5:51:25 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: SeekAndFind

Palin has several years to see whether she is the next Margaret Thatcher or Jean Kirkpatrick. So far, I am impressed with her reaganesque qualities. We need someone who is a leader of the conservative movement, not someone who toadies to every whim of the press or society. Right now I believe Palin is doing the right thing. Sitting in the background and saying accurate statements like “death panels” to rile up up and infuriate the leftist-marxists that control our media and White House. She needs to build up her gravitas (how I hate that word!) like she did in Hongkong last week criticizing the FEDS role in the economic meltdown.


19 posted on 09/27/2009 5:52:12 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: SeekAndFind

“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.”

In other words, the more people see of her, the better she does. Sounds good to me!


20 posted on 09/27/2009 5:53:30 AM PDT by NECAWA (The threat now is representation without taxation, i.e. tax-exempt voters.)
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