Voters unhappy with Obama; white voters would take Palin over him
“President Barack Obama does not deserve a second term, American voters say 49 – 43 percent, and he is in a statistical dead heat with possible Republican challengers Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. President Obama leads Sarah Palin 48-40 percent….
In a mythical Republican primary Ms. Palin gets 19 percent, including 25 percent of GOP women, followed by Romney with 18 percent, Huckabee at 17 percent, Gingrich at 15 percent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty at 6 percent and Daniels, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota at 2 percent each.”
Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, points out that although Palin is leading the Republican field, “she is very unpopular among independents and although she recently said she thought she could defeat Obama, the data does not now necessarily support that assertion.” Palin is viewed unfavorably by 51 percent of voters overall and 54 percent of independents.
The problem, however, is that 74 percent of Republicans view Palin favorably, the highest favorability of any GOP candidates tested. Only 17 percent of Republicans view her unfavorably, suggesting that the nomination may be within her reach even if the presidency is not.
The details of the poll are also revealing:
Palin outpolls Obama among white voters by 47-41 percent. Among male voters, the two candidates would be tied 44-44. Among voters aged 35-54, Palin would lose by only 1 percentage point, and she would win by 2 percentage points among voters with incomes of more than $100,000.
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Jason
November 23rd, 2010
12:54 am
LMAO, I am an independent voter who has voted both Republican and Democratic? You?
ODDOWL
November 23rd, 2010
1:20 am
President is still trying to reunify the country. One big happy family. Yea, in your dreams Mr. President. America is hopelessly divided right down the middle, 50% Democrat, 40% Republican, 10% independent.
Minister James
November 23rd, 2010
1:38 am
Tom; did you and Jay wash your sheets. There must be a rally somewhere for you buffoons. If Palin is the peoples’ choice, then God help us all. The drivel that she spews will bring down America and you clowns will go down with her. What so many of you don’t realize is that the 50’s are long gone. What white people did the world remembers well and that’s what Palin represents. Bring it on. There is a different populist now. It’s you people who will destroy this country.
LMAO
November 23rd, 2010
2:30 am
Amen, Minister James and @ Jay I don’t know what you are on but if you don’t get help at Peachford, please get help somewhere. Let’s just say compared to Palin and all these people who can’t do anything but say NO he is the smartest. Also, Jason I am for the party who looks out for the middle class not the rich.
Obviously, he was chosen/voted in as our President and if it’s in Gods will he will be a 2nd term president.
LMAO
November 23rd, 2010
2:32 am
I’d rather see Donald Trump as President if President Obama does not run again. At least he’s not filled with hatred.
HDB
November 23rd, 2010
5:52 am
williebkind November 22nd, 2010
3:09 pm
Question: when Republicans IGNORE the inner cities when campaigning…when Republicans IGNORE issues that are pertinent to the black community…when Republicans publicly launch racist campaigns to perpetuate fear……when Republicans persistently get LESS THAN 10% of the black vote…..
Where am I lying??
cynthia who? November 22nd, 2010
3:21 pm
Are you certain?? Look at John Monds……check the demographics for Tim Scott…that’s not necessarily the case!
Michael
November 23rd, 2010
5:59 am
Given what a milquetoast President Obama has proven to be (I DID vote for him, and still would, given the choices), I think the prospect of Sarah Palin’s becoming president follows H. L. Mencken’s prediction that eventually we will elect a complete moron to lead the country. The trouble with that is, where do you go in a straight-line succession from non-leader to ignoramus? What can follow a complete ignoramus (like Palin)?
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/mencken.asp
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TnGelding
November 23rd, 2010
8:59 am
Pure lunacy to even be polling it.
Adam
November 23rd, 2010
12:37 pm
Jay NotBookman: Sounds more viable than the Obama “hope and change” platform that he never fully explained as to what that entailed (sadly we are all now paying that price).
No, you just didn’t pay attention to his platform. The reason i voted for the guy had everything to do with his platform from before the primaries even started. I read up on all the candidates and what he wanted to do most closely represented what I wanted. That’s the way it should be. Nevermind the fact that he fulfilled every campaign promise that I paid the most attention to, that had very little to do with the major bill passages. (in other words, I’m not talking about health care or financial reform, even though he fulfilled those promises as well).
Jason: The Democratic party has essentially harmed the black voter more than helped him/her over the past 30 yrs
Jeez talk about delusional. What fantasy do you live in, what are you smoking, and can I have some? DO you really think the GOP can have better results on all those issues you mentioned? They are opposed to doing ANYTHING to help minorities or anyone they consider “lazy.” This is true regardless of what one candidate may say. They vote as a party bloc right now and it’s always about who’s lazy, who’s getting a handout, etc. They are out of touch with the majority of the American public and don’t want to help anyone but those they DO understand (rich people, corporations, etc).
Bookman-Tucker-Luckovich
November 23rd, 2010
7:51 pm
Daaaaayyyyyyum Jay!
You got one right!
Hmmmmm
November 23rd, 2010
8:13 pm
Palin is not the right choice. She has a role, which is to keep the issues in the fore front, to be a lightning rod. The better choice has not become clear yet, but Palin is not the one.
Obama is very disappointing, more than I could have ever imagined. His lack of leadership skills are at the same time amazing and frightening. People need to make wiser choices during the next presidential election. It should not be a popularity contest for who seems the coolest or has the best abs. We need someone with PROVEN leadership skills. Obama is/was not the one.
wfclyon
November 23rd, 2010
9:23 pm
trixie,
Your statement “Who knows what Obama could do if we all could work toward his objectives” is really a profound statement. Hugo Chavez has ‘everyone working toward his objectives’ and it is not working out too well for the citizens of Venezuela. Democracy is really inconvenient, isn’t it?
GOP
November 23rd, 2010
9:40 pm
at least Sarah loves her own country
GOP
November 23rd, 2010
9:43 pm
@ minster james, is that you rev al sharpton? Your wonder boy is doing a much better job of destroying the country than palin would ever do….
Dan
November 23rd, 2010
9:55 pm
Jay, this is what happens when people are brainwashed and manipulated by the conservative media (Fox News) that now controls the country. People never hear the good stuff Obama has done with health care or the stimulus or student loans. Because the conservative media has an agenda to destroy Obama and the country in the process. They were cheerleading for Bush for 8 years as he destroyed the country, yet you wouldn’t know it listening to FOX News. Bush could’ve shot someone and FOX News would’ve portrayed that in a positive light. Don’t the American people realize they’re being had by a bunch of billionaires who only want to put a few more bucks in their wallet rather then trying to improve education, roads, health care, pollution, etc?? FOX News and the conservatives have hijacked the agenda for this country. Apparently Americans don’t mind $4.00 gas, a housing meltdown, an economic meltdown, a police state, Hurricane Katrina. Because these things all occured under Bush, the worst 8 years in American history. Why would anyone want conservatives back in office after 8 years of Bush??
Chuck Allison
November 23rd, 2010
10:11 pm
Skin color should not be a factor in a presidential election? Well, if you recognize the only black president we have ever had is such a dismal failure, then you have got to think that any black presidential candidate in the future is going to evoke memories of Obama. Barack is giving black leadership a very bad name.
acdawg
November 23rd, 2010
10:24 pm
If Palin is elected president you liberals will know the sick feeling we conservatives felt the night BHO was elected…. Hate on you losers… We’re taking our country back…. and there’s not a thing you can do about it… We’ve got the house…. Next the senate and the presidency…. and no more compassionate conservatism BS that Bush preached… We’ll finally stop the madness….
Adam
November 24th, 2010
12:34 pm
Barack is giving black leadership a very bad name.
NO, he ISN’T. I’m not black, but Obama is not giving anyone a bad name. Fox and Beck and Rush are all giving him a bad name and you suckers are BUYING it. This “non-leadership” mantra you have going is evidence of that. It’s a bunch of crap. He is a leader, he is leading, it’s just that there’s a huge backlash against a president who is both Democrat AND black, and btw he is also antiChrist and Muslim (if you believe all the hype). It’s all a bunch of BS. Start actually paying attention to him and what other politicians do without looking through the lens of Fox/Rush/Beck/blog sites and you will begin to see this.
Adam
November 24th, 2010
12:35 pm
We’ll finally stop the madness….
You ARE the madness. All Obama has done has been to maintain corporate America while trying to help out the little guy. Yet all you care about is hating him. And you also think he is fundamentally against whatever values you have, even if that is provably wrong. YOU are the madness.
s
November 24th, 2010
9:56 pm
Palin- President of these United States, Gawd help us all. She is a Circus Barker, a Snake Oil Salesman, a Motor Mouth that spews nothing, just what falls out of her mouth. She doesn’t understand a thing except her self serving promotion and $’s. She has the Media and the sheep still falling for her mindless thoughts. For this self promoter to even contemplate the Presidency is total Lunacy. The media should be ashamed for all the media attention given to her. This country is better than this, at least I would like to think so. Korea- Palin answering that phone at 3:00AM, gives me chills, I don’t know about the rest of you…YES REALLY!
SuperB
November 25th, 2010
7:30 am
I’d bet big bucks that Obama will win a second term. Palin is not smart enough to be the president of anything. Huckabee and his Fox Friends do not appeal to the general public; and Mitt Romney is the ultimate flip-flopper with little substance to offer. Obama’s programs have saved the auto industry and corporate profits have steadily risen– to it’s highest level– with Obama at the controls. The GOP also has a problem with the Tea Party and that will doom them in ‘12.