Posted on 06/28/2011 4:59:39 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
A new statewide survey in Alaska shows President Obama beating Sarah Palin in her home state in a head-to-head matchup. Continue Reading
The poll, by Hayes Research Group, had a sample size of 500 likely voters and a 4.4-point margin-of-error.
Still, it showed Obama's support as stronger than Palin's in a horserace.
Some 34 percent said they felt "strong" in backing Obama, while 6 percent were "not so strong," and 2 percent were undecided but leaning toward him.
Palin, Alaska's former governor and the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008, had 25 percent of likely voters saying they felt "strong" about supporting her, while 6 percent were "not so strong," and 5 percent were unsure but leaning toward her.
Still, there were a large number of undecided voters in the survey, with 7 percent saying they'd support another candidate, and 16 percent saying they remained undecided.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I get trashed for saying it, but Palin cannot beat Obama.
I don’t trust Politico.
lebron not too popular in cleveland. see what i am saying?
the only time a poll of 500 people matters is if there are only 1000 people to begin with
When reading “poll results,” it’s always best to keep in mind the old, old apothegm that, “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
There’s no way to know how the five hundred test subjects were selected; one may be fairly certain, however, that they’re NOT “typical” voters.
In other words, this is absolute bunk.
Just back from that Hellhole. I can see why. It runs on Federal handouts and Oil.
AK apparently has a much higher concentration of retards than I thought.
Personally, I think “The Alaskans” pulled the pollsters leg. They must have loved it!!
So she had an 88% approval rating while governor and now she couldn’t beat a slow motion train wreck. This just doesn’t smell quite right.
“The poll, by Hayes Research Group, had a sample size of 500 likely voters and a 4.4-point margin-of-error. “
500 voters from the University of Alaska in Anchorage?
Isn't this outfit a completely discredited polling company?
There is only one way to determine if Mrs. Palin is a viable candidate for President, and that is if she runs.
Until then it is all speculation and wild assumptions based on worthless polling data.
You fell through a wormhole to an alternate universe — one where Alaska is a hellhole, rather than the paradise it is in this universe.
Oooh, 500 likely voters. I’m so impressed. Remember the polls that showed Hillary Clinton as the shoo-in Democrat nominee? I do.
You won’t get trash for saying Palin can’t beat Obama because most already know you support “somebody else” based on your previous posts and you don’t necessarily like Palin anyway
Just someone in Obamas propaganda machine spreading disinformation....
You won’t get trash for saying Palin can’t beat Obama because most already know you support “somebody else” based on your previous posts and you don’t necessarily like Palin anyway
“So she had an 88% approval rating while governor and now she couldn’t beat a slow motion train wreck. This just doesn’t smell quite right.”
That was before she quit on them.
Just saying.
Probably true. She’s my first choice but I don’t think she can win and don’t think she’ll run. If nominated, the GOP honchos (a/k/a morons) wouldn’t get behind her. They started marginalizing her a year or so ago.
Nothing to get excited about, it’s obvious they polled the same democrats who voted for the RINO Murcowski.
Democrats will vote for anything wearing a Democrat label. They would vote for a portable toilet that had Obama’s name on it instead of being marked “Women”
Outside of Fairbanks and Anchorage where the libs live, Palin is very and still popular....polling is very hard come by in Alaska since so many people live so apart from each other, there is no way Obama would win Alaska
Vomit MSM talking points much?
“A new statewide survey in Alaska shows President Obama beating Sarah Palin in her home state in a head-to-head matchup.”
At what? Golf? Give Palin 4 a side and I think she could take him.
What idiot organization does a survey of 500 people. Enough said.
Politico is the most distrusted news org right after the NYT. Ben Quayle says so...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-98XC7UgsIM
With Obama’s war on energy, I’m still not buying it.
Exactly - we all know what politico is
Alaska has strange politics, mostly because it is built on the machine, which is why it is so shocking Palin became governor to begin with. The Republican and Democrat parties both have their establishments and the members are fiercely loyal with the exception of the rare rebellion. Considering the state is so small, it is possible that the Republican and Democratic parties, who both liked had reason to like her when she was Governor, decided to sabotage her.
It’s like Tammany Hall up there, guys. Don’t listen to them.
If that is true the MSM will start championing her to be the nominee, right?
If I wanted to rig a poll, I would just commission a series of polls and cherry pick the results I liked. People are corrupt. News organizations are corrupt. Take everything with a grain of salt. (Just remember the CBS Bush memos).
Man, you are trashed.
AK is beautiful, but there are some places look like the poor parts of Appalachia or the rural South. The combination of its location and restrictions placed on developing its natural resources have made it more like a colony than a state.
AK should be red and will be come the General Election. Is was a tough pick-up for McCain, but if the weakest of the RINO’s can get it, Palin would not have any issues with it either.
(Wait, what, I’m a Bachmann guy, did I just say something good about Palin?) Um, yes.
Only caveat with this poll. It could hold some truth to it. The GOP factions in AK are split, even moreso than NV. They have some strange makeup of how they do party affiliations in the State Senate I haven’t been able to figure out. While Tea Party is one faction, it seems to have its share of RINOs, Establishment types, and libertarians as well. This is how Murkowski was able to survive the challenge from Miller in the general.
Can’t you just smell the fear and desperation?
Heh....Sarah isn’t even in the race, but they have to conduct a head to head poll between Bozo and Sarah, just to show her who’s boss. No doubt, it was slanted HARD to make it come out like they wanted.
I don’t recall seeing a poll like this between Bozo and any of the other Republican candidates. Pretty telling, I’d say.
I found little support for Palin, and R's in general.
Great place, but the politics is heavily invested in entitlements.
You ought to be trashed for saying that. Either that, or ridiculed.
Like Mark Levin said, even an orange juice can can beat Obama in 2012.
500 likely voters? Hell, pick a town of eskimos living off food stamps and see what kind of response you'd get..........
Yeah. If you want your Murky money or some such.
Mosquito Power could be harnessed there as a new form of energy.
Alaska has always been a welfare state.
So who can beat BO? McCain nearly beat BO and most people only voted for him because of Palin. Without McCain she will probably do better.
I would have to ask, what has changed since a REAL poll in 2008?
McCain and Palin spanked the O team 192,631 to 122,485.
That’s in the neighborhood of 59% to 37% win.
The leopards think they have been able to change their spots".
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