tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post3351492982962202489..comments2024-03-18T06:10:07.480-05:00Comments on Public Policy Polling: Going deep on the RepublicansTom Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06545052616714485196noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-55124527077530737872010-12-12T21:57:06.009-05:002010-12-12T21:57:06.009-05:00I am very very tempted to play dirty:
Register as...I am very very tempted to play dirty:<br /><br />Register as a Republican and vote for Sarah Palin in the GOP primaries. Tear them apart from the inside. <br /><br />They deserve it.Jonny Vhttp://www.vimaxreview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-8390950846386083692010-12-02T10:50:59.396-05:002010-12-02T10:50:59.396-05:00Romney breathed a sigh of relief with that news.Romney breathed a sigh of relief with that news.Dustin Ingallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599131416393266722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-56005474481789971742010-12-01T16:36:37.353-05:002010-12-01T16:36:37.353-05:00Though he's been nowhere near the top, I have ...Though he's been nowhere near the top, I have to think today's revelations about Pawlenty just put a lot of hurt on his chances of entering the race. <a href="http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/12/jeremy_giefer_child_molester_pardon.php" rel="nofollow">Pardoning a child molester</a> who turned out to have been molesting his own daughter - so that his wife can run a child care center - is not going to be something he can overcome.<br /><br />And, it doesn't get said enough, thanks for doing these!NRHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565160695480579309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-18906471331592392832010-12-01T15:14:38.036-05:002010-12-01T15:14:38.036-05:00One thing I've been interested in with all of ...One thing I've been interested in with all of these polls is:<br /><br />What % of Palin supporters just don't know who Huckabee or Romney (or any of the other candidates with the possible exception of Gingrich) are? The 2008 primary was over fairly quickly and not everyone pays as much attention to politics as we do.<br /><br />This poll seems to indicate that it's a small but notable number based on Palin voters' favorability ratings of the other candidates (lots of don't knows). This also explains the 2nd choice results in the crosstabs. It would be interesting to see results among respondents who have a favorable/unfavorable opinion of all/most of the main candidates, as a proxy for engagement in politics and thus likely participation in primaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-40397166800790564522010-12-01T14:12:57.230-05:002010-12-01T14:12:57.230-05:00We'll be putting out enough polls that you'...We'll be putting out enough polls that you'll get a good sense of where candidates actually stand in the state-by-state contests.Dustin Ingallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599131416393266722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-57483487441168913452010-12-01T13:58:48.566-05:002010-12-01T13:58:48.566-05:00I know this would be excessively difficult to impl...I know this would be excessively difficult to implement and take a massively larger and more expensive sample, but I wish there were regional crosstabs anyhow. Looking at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29_presidential_primaries,_2008" rel="nofollow">the 2008 Republican primary</a>, I might guess that the levels of support are deceptive.<br /><br />I suspect Huckabee is leading in most of the south, where he won several states outright in 2008 and took second in just about all the rest. Palin probably still has a fair amount of support, but most of those states are winner-take-all. Huckabee's organizational skills aren't top-notch, but in theocentric communities, he can take advantage of pre-existing structures.<br /><br />Likewise, I suspect Romney is leading Palin in much of the northeast, where Romney did relatively well in 2008, and in the Mormon areas of the mountain west. He also has some ties to the upper midwest. Probably not enough to win, given the diminished impact the northeast has in Republican primaries due to the low number of Republican elected officials and lack of presidential support, but he might make a good VP pick for someone else.<br /><br />Looking at the map, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that Palin doesn't have the same variety of regional support that Huckabee and Romney do. It would mean she'd run well by default where neither of those two is strong, and would still show up prominently in both of their base areas, probably with a lot of second-place finishes to whichever is the regional leader.<br /><br />Gingrich's supporters' approval ratings for all the Republicans make me think he's almost standing in for 'generic Republican' among the poll respondents, a figurehead for the party rather than really a favored candidate in his own right. I don't have a good hypothesis for him - he might end up being everyone's compromise candidate, he might be second or third all over the place, he might battle Huckabee for the south, I don't know. He doesn't have the regional connection that Huckabee and Romney do, and he doesn't have the pre-existing national backing that Palin has.NRHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565160695480579309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-38665998530273702462010-12-01T12:54:19.031-05:002010-12-01T12:54:19.031-05:00Why did PPP drop Mike Pence? He outperformed Danie...Why did PPP drop Mike Pence? He outperformed Daniels and Thune in most of the state polls and has given more indication of a run than Daniels.Matt J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-49325790080558888512010-12-01T12:25:30.666-05:002010-12-01T12:25:30.666-05:00"You may wish to consider former NM Governor ..."You may wish to consider former NM Governor Gary Johnson in your next round of polling. It now seems almost certain that he's going to throw his hat into the ring."<br /><br />We're not going to bump off any of these other candidates to put him in, and we can't add him, since we can only do 8 or 9 options. Consider Ron Paul a sort of stand-in.Dustin Ingallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599131416393266722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-26003391749910806032010-12-01T12:23:15.160-05:002010-12-01T12:23:15.160-05:00"George C....my guess is those Palin voters u..."George C....my guess is those Palin voters understood the question but they would opt to write in Palin if she does not run."<br /><br />Nice try, but while it does mean her supporters are very much behind her, I don't think it means that 18% of them are actually intending to say they'd write her in. They may stay home, but I think attention span is a greater issue than their fervor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-850250652229865792010-12-01T11:12:36.378-05:002010-12-01T11:12:36.378-05:00Perhaps the people who entered the same name for t...Perhaps the people who entered the same name for the 2nd choice question wouldn't consider supporting anyone else in the primary?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-62341879121341824072010-12-01T10:24:35.725-05:002010-12-01T10:24:35.725-05:00You may wish to consider former NM Governor Gary J...You may wish to consider former NM Governor Gary Johnson in your next round of polling. It now seems almost certain that he's going to throw his hat into the ring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-43099550255807052892010-12-01T07:46:40.388-05:002010-12-01T07:46:40.388-05:00Thank you for polling so many candidates.
I just...Thank you for polling so many candidates. <br /><br />I just emailed Real Clear Politics about starting to put up polls for 2012 horse races. This is exactly the kind of poll that should go into their database of polls.wthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04343481782148411302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-3306225146460048812010-11-30T21:21:38.704-05:002010-11-30T21:21:38.704-05:00It's going to be interesting to see how this d...It's going to be interesting to see how this develops once the bullets start flying. Each candidate has very obvious weak spots, Palin quit when the going got tough, Romney has Romneycare, etc... Will some of the candidates' negatives increase such that they move off the second-choice list once the fight starts?Pavonishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03934389893589821519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-68040310409927229282010-11-30T19:33:18.403-05:002010-11-30T19:33:18.403-05:00George C....my guess is those Palin voters underst...George C....my guess is those Palin voters understood the question but they would opt to write in Palin if she does not run. Some of her supporters are avid and will either write her name in or they'll stay home. I guess it's ok to do that in the primary but if they do that in the general election, not good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-11415157457159441262010-11-30T16:03:50.304-05:002010-11-30T16:03:50.304-05:00Love the 2nd choice question, it should be include...Love the 2nd choice question, it should be included in every survey. Couldn't help but notice from the crosstabs that all Romney voters understood the question while more than one inh six Palin voters also has Caribou Barbie as second choice. Enthusiasm gap or attention span gap??George Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-4199350256292028152010-11-30T15:40:43.252-05:002010-11-30T15:40:43.252-05:00"The Gingrich and Huckabee voters are going t..."The Gingrich and Huckabee voters are going to be fine if someone else gets nominated."<br /><br />And that's a good thing for the GOP since those two are probably the least likely of the four to run. Though Huckabee ought to run, as well as he's doing in the polls, and as strongly as he's positioned to win IA again and place well in SC and FL to be the one left standing against Romney after his wins in NH and NV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com