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Poll: Obama would beat Bush (CBS/Vanity Fair Poll)
Politico ^
| 11/28/2011
| Tim Mak
Posted on 11/28/2011 1:52:50 PM PST by SeekAndFind
President Barack Obama would top former President George Bush in a hypothetical head to head match-up, a new poll Monday shows.
Overall, 40 percent of respondents said they would prefer Obama, compared to 31 percent for Bush - while 27 percent said that they would reject both, according to the CBS/Vanity Fair poll
While partisan voters are deeply divided, independents prefer Obama by a significant margin. Thirty-three percent of indie would vote for Obama, 24 percent would back Bush, and 42 percent dont want either.
Along party lines, 72 percent of Republicans would support Bush, while 77 percent of Democrats would back Obama.
This poll was conducted Oct. 28-31 among a sample of 1,033 adults. The margin of error for the poll is plus or minus three percentage points.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; dubya; obama; poll
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To: SeekAndFind
Its official, Obama will once again run against Bush.
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posted on
11/28/2011 1:54:35 PM PST
by
lacrew
(Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
To: SeekAndFind
so, he will beat the only guy that will absolutely NOT be on the ballot in november? what an informative story.
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posted on
11/28/2011 1:54:35 PM PST
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: SeekAndFind
Last I heard, Bush wasn’t running.
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posted on
11/28/2011 1:54:35 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface)
To: SeekAndFind
A couple of things here. What is the point of this poll. Since it was conducted by CBS and Vanity fair I reject the results. I'm sure the question that elicited these results was certainly resulted.
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posted on
11/28/2011 1:58:14 PM PST
by
mk2000
To: lacrew
On what planet was this survey taken? I’ve only heard that Obama has a terrible approval rating among “independents”
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posted on
11/28/2011 1:58:35 PM PST
by
boop
("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
To: SeekAndFind
More garbage from Polutico.
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posted on
11/28/2011 1:59:05 PM PST
by
TexasCajun
(Fast & Furious , Solyndra & Light Squared would be enough to impeach any White President !!)
To: SeekAndFind
Obama is in such bad shape the MSM has to manufacture elections he might win. How would he do against Carter?
Would he do better than Mondale against Reagan?
I await the results of those polls.
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posted on
11/28/2011 2:01:00 PM PST
by
Patrick1
(" Let's all pray Kim Kardashian's divorce won't have an impact on her craft.")
To: SeekAndFind
Bull!!He would not beat Bush..As a matter a face he won’t beat anyone of the republicans that are running unless he cheats which he will more than likely do just to get a few votes..
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posted on
11/28/2011 2:02:01 PM PST
by
PLD
To: SeekAndFind
Change Bush to Romney same results.
To: Patrick1
How about Teddy Kennedy?
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posted on
11/28/2011 2:03:11 PM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
To: SeekAndFind
So, how in a match up where neither are constitutionally qualified to be elected to office, Obama would come out slightly ahead. Very useless data point there, CBS.
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posted on
11/28/2011 2:04:48 PM PST
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: SeekAndFind
But Bush is clearly inelible under the Twenty-fifth Amendment to run for President.
To: SeekAndFind
"Overall, 40 percent of respondents said they would prefer Obama, compared to 31 percent for Bush - while 27 percent said that they would reject both, according to the CBS/Vanity Fair poll"I'm not sure how Politico takes heart from a poll showing that 58% said they wouldn't vote for Obama in any case, and he might beat a guy who can't possibly run.
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posted on
11/28/2011 2:12:52 PM PST
by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: SeekAndFind
In a head to head battle of men ineligible to run for the office of President?
To: SeekAndFind
They could select any Republican opponent and Dems would pick 0bama and Republicans would pick The Other Guy.
Let's compare apples and apples instead:
Wonder how 0bama would poll against John Kerry, Al Gore, Bill Clinton or or Jimmy Carter.
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posted on
11/28/2011 2:20:20 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: SeekAndFind
This poll was conducted Oct. 28-31 among a sample of 1,033 adults.
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posted on
11/28/2011 2:21:09 PM PST
by
newfreep
(I am a "terrorist". I am Sarah Palin!)
To: SeekAndFind
Resorting to the hypothetical helps Obama’s re-election team in the liberal media to escape reality and sleep at night.
To: newfreep
And this tripe is consuming valuable bandwidth. Just shows what a lot of people have known for a long time. Bush wasn’t much of a Republican.
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posted on
11/28/2011 2:30:48 PM PST
by
vette6387
(Enough Already!)
To: SeekAndFind
Those guys over at Political really don’t have much going on do they? Maybe they should run a poll of every previous President that was a Republican and see how Obama would do against them. I am interested to see how Obama would do against his idol he compares himself to frequently, Abraham Lincoln. If idiots were trees, the offices at political would look like an orchard.
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posted on
11/28/2011 2:36:23 PM PST
by
Harley
(Will Rogers never met Harry Reid.)
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