Most Say They Would Not Heed Palin Endorsements
Almost half of American voters continue to view Sarah Palin unfavorably and most would not heed her political endorsements, a new CBS News/ New York Times poll shows.
The former vice presidential candidate's favorability rating has declined slightly since August, with 46 percent of surveyed voters viewing her unfavorably and 21 percent viewing her favorably. Thirty-two percent of voters said they were either undecided or hadn't heard enough to have an opinion, according to the poll, conducted Sept. 10-14. Last month, 23 percent of voters viewed Palin favorably, whereas 40 percent viewed her unfavorably and 35 percent didn't know.
However, Palin continues to enjoy support among Republicans, conservatives and - in particular - Tea Partiers: 56 percent of Tea Party members, 50 percent of Republicans and (a net positive of) 38 percent of conservatives said they have a positive opinion of Palin.
Democrats (68 percent) and Independents (a net negative of 45 percent) said they had a negative opinion of Palin.
Many voters said they would be less likely to vote for Palin-endorsed candidates, the poll indicates. Twelve percent of all voters said a Palin endorsement would make them more likely to vote for that candidate, while 37 percent said it would make them less likely to do so. But 48 percent said it made no difference.
And although 36 percent of Tea Partiers and 33 percent of Republicans said they would be more likely to vote for a Palin-backed candidate, most indicated that such an endorsement wouldn't affect their decisions: Fifty-seven percent of Tea Party supporters and 61 percent of Republicans said Palin's endorsement wouldn't make a difference in their vote. (Six percent of Tea Party members and five percent of Republicans said the former governor's endorsement would make them less likely to vote for a candidate.)
AP
Two in three voters overall said they believe Palin's endorsements are motivated more by a desire to stay in the public eye than an interest in electing conservative candidates, but Republicans and Tea Party members are more divided. Among conservatives, 29 percent think she is more concerned with electing conservative candidates, while 53 percent think she mostly wants to stay in the public eye.
Of the 43 candidates Palin has endorsed, 25 have won primaries, 11 have lost and 7 have not had to face a primary, according to the Washington Post.
Meanwhile, all voters struggled to pinpoint a strong Republican leader: When asked which public person best represents the Republican party today, 62 percent of those surveyed - including 51 percent of Republicans - could not name someone. Among those who did, Sarah Palin was the top mention with just six percent, followed by John McCain (five percent) and Newt Gingrich (four percent). Among just Republicans, six percent named Palin, three percent named McCain, eight percent named Gingrich, and one percent named both Boehner and McConnell.
As for the top Republican leaders in Congress, just 35 volunteered House Minority Leader John Boehner, and only one percent of Americans mentioned Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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This poll was conducted among a random sample of 990 adults nationwide, interviewed by telephone September 10-14, 2010. Phone numbers were dialed from random digit dial samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher.
This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
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Palin and her ilk, are just a bunch of Neo-Dumb-Cons. They want to keep the minorities as a lumpenproletariat class to be exploited to fight the wars for the Nouveau riche. They need wars and class warfare to keep their incomes and financial positions. Nothing more!
We now have a Socialist in the White House. The Tea Party is made up of Conservatives (Republicans, Independents, and Democrats) who want to get back to our constitutional roots. We don't want big government whether they work together or not. Big government is the problem. It has nothing to do with being a moderate as they are just leftists with an R by their name. Most Americans no longer want Congress to work together. They have all seen that the Liberal's idea of working together is to do what they want, period.
Anyone who still has an Obama bumper sticker on their car should have their license taken away for having bad judgment and not recognizing their stupidity.
Typical divisive nonsense, casting of aspersions, wrong assumptions, along with an inappropriate comment. What an utterly ridiculous statement: "She lost the election for McCain..."
Without Palin, McCain wouldn't have done nearly as well. He's a RINO and lost his conservative values a long time ago. He's spent like the Democrats...he's reached across the aisle so much he forgot what being a Republican means.
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This is the SINGULAR reason the TEa Party will never win any general elections for the Republican party - Their absolute INABILITY to work together with any other AMERICAN with evena little different opinion or view and God forbid they're from a different party. America is more than just one Demographic or any particular race, we became the greatest country on earth for a reason and we lost that due to Bush/Cheney (Republicans)- most Teabaggers wish we would forget quickly why the POTUS Obama got elected in the first place - Most Americans would rather have congress working together in getting our country back on track instead of the Political bickering going on, especially with Republicans screaming NO without any sort of alternative just investing in the failure of this country while advising their sponsors and friends not to invest in this economy - Now, i wonder what that is, to a Conservative. Dumb dumb repugs !!!
Be warned: We are close to having a constitutional convention and agenda items include:
CONTITUTIONALLY making it impossible for the Federal Government to spend money they do not have.
CONSTITUTIOALLY reafirming the 10th Amendment and specifying that ONLY those powers, and ONLY to the limits they are so described in the Constitution (NOT FEDERAL LAWS HAVING THAT KIND OF POWER) can the Federal Government assume to have sole jurisdiction and where such jurisdiction is *not* clearly established STATE Laws pre-empt Federal Laws!
Those are two central things that us damn TEABAGGERS (and the majority of Americans support) so if they gain enough of a voice, don't think that this won't have legs. It will, and God help the Democrats who are stupid enough to be as obstinately obstructinist as we *all* know that they *can* be!
There are others too.
Some want to Strengthen the 2nd Amendment, and some want to Constitutionally specify limits and water it down. I see both of those as postive, since the ones that seek to limit it will only be able to push it so far, and laws that *then* exceeed those limits will be DeFacto, Unconstitutional!
Many states are already drafting petitions for just such a convention. I am sure if we have one, many other Constitutional Amendments will be suggested.
I have heard that some are wanting to define the life of a child to be considered a "human" life only at the time of birth. Others want to define it at the time of conception. Still others want to define it at the time the child could be considered "reasonable viable" (and the definition of *that* muddy term is *all* over the board) and the little twists each special interest group wants is going to pretty much make this one unlikely to pass.
I have heard defining Marriage -- arguing both ways on this, could be a point. I look to California, and you should shudder at the thought. I think the Federal Government should keep OUT of this, even though I suspect they might likely afirm my personal view on this. (I don't feel free to impose that upon others or have their views imposed upon me, either!)
The list of possibles is HUGE and this could define America for the Next 200 years, so be carefuly just how angry you make people! Although I may mostly vote Republican, I have voted for 1 President wwho was not, 2 Senators who were not, and many other lower level positions who were not. However, as the Democratic Machine gets more and more Leftist, I am less comfortable voting for them, even if I think the Republican or TEABAGGER may not be the best choice based upon the criteria of being able to work with others and play nice!
And I really don't think I am alone in thinking the Democrats really aren't working with others all that much better...
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Without Palin, McCain wouldn't have done nearly as well. He's a RINO and lost his conservative values a long time ago. He's spent like the Democrats...he's reached across the aisle so much he forgot what being a Republican means. And, he's not the only Republican...too many have done exactly that! Results of primaries prove: whenever Palin endorses a brand new, underfunded, unknown, inexperienced (yay!) candidate who stands for small-government Conservative values, that candidate wins!
The citizens' movement for smaller gov't and conservative values (like those of our founders) .... these people are not following CBS News and are certainly not taking a CBS poll...so the results here are from asking big-government, entitlement loving "take care of me" people.
We don't trust CBS or any other network to report the news as they run a 24/7 spin machine. Find some great sites for facts and uncovered news.
You have no idea what you are talking about. "This poll was conducted among a random sample of 990 adults nationwide, interviewed by telephone September 10-14, 2010. Phone numbers were dialed from random digit dial samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points."
So these randomly generated phone numbers were all CBS viewing, "government handout, freeloaders?" You can be for a sensible-sized government AND MILITARY without being a free-loader, you nit. I'd be VERY SKEPTICAL of the Internet news sources you are "finding uncovered news" from.
So, I assume when you tout small government conservatism, you mean no more war on terror, pull all troops out of all foreign countries including allies, cut millions of military jobs, also reducing industrial needs from private companies like Boeing, Ratheon, Haliburton. And you'd allow businesses to do whatever they want wherever and whenever they wanted to. You'd encourage them to send all of our jobs overseas because it is cheaper. And you'd have to get rid of roads, libraries, public parks, police officers, firemen. Back to the good old days of horse and buggy and slavery, sounds like a great way forward for America. **snicker** Don't forget removing medicare and social security for elderly, kick 'em to the curb. Screw 'em if they didn't foresee a complete collapse of the global economy. Yep, small government, deregulation, pollution, global warming, big problems, lots of grief, that's the answer. How about instead of "SMALL GOVERNMENT!!!!" we can agree "BETTER GOVERNMENT?" Less corruption, less corporate money in politics, fewer wasteful projects, limits on lobbying, more oversight on budget, better tax policies, including a progressive tax code for corporations, those are great ideas in my mind. None of which Palin would actually be able to defend her record on. She is just shouting and getting people excited without any REAL solutions.
Lastly, how is what I said divisive or casting aspersions? It is a fact, John McCain would probably not have won anyway, but she certainly didn't help him at all. It was a failed plan, sorry gimmick, that blew up in his face.