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Poll shows bad signs for Trump, Palin, other potential 2012 GOP candidates

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Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 11:22 am

Last week, a Rasmussen poll showed that Donald Trump was riding the birther conspiracy theory wave in becoming the Republican Party’s unlikely frontrunner for the 2012 presidential nomination. But a new survey seems to indicate that the 19-percent support Trump has among likely Republican primary voters is just about the full extent of the reality star’s backing among the general population.

According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, just 9 percent of likely voters said they were enthusiastic about a Trump candidacy. While about one in four voters said they’d consider voting for Trump if he ran, that number may simply represent Americans who would vote for any Republican over President Obama. Indeed, an even bigger sign that a Trump run would end poorly is the fact that 58 percent of voters said they wouldn’t vote for Donald Trump under any circumstances. Earlier this week, Trump made an unofficial pre-announcement of sorts (“In my mind, I have already decided.”) that he’d be starting up a campaign in earnest once the current season of “Celebrity Apprentice” wraps up.

Although Sarah Palin has made little noise lately about mounting a campaign, the poll shows that she would face a similar challenge if she does end up running. Garnering 15 percent in enthusiastic support, she fared better than Trump among her base, but she matched him in opposition: 58 percent said they would not consider voting for Palin.

Trump and Palin received the most outright opposition by a long shot, but few from the field of potential candidates came out well. Enthusiasm for Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty was at sub-Trump levels.

Mitt Romney emerged as the leading candidate among them all. He tied Palin in enthusiasm — at 15 percent, they both led the field — but fared far better in terms of having a decent number of voters who were open to voting for him (38 percent) and much lower categorical opposition (26 percent said they’d never vote for him).

Mike Huckabee trailed Romney in all fields, but still ended the poll in second place, all categories considered.

Still, even if all signs are pointing to a Romney or Huckabee candidacy, either man will face an uphill battle trying to unseat President Obama in 2012. Obama has beaten both Romney and Huckabee in virtually all polls pitting them against each other in a hypothetical election. All such surveys come from before the weekend’s news that Osama bin Laden had been found and killed by U.S. military forces, which has so far sent Obama’s approval ratings surging by 11 percent.

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craig hill
Comment posted May 4, 2011 @ 4:25 pm

As predicted in ’08 before Obama won, he will win re-election because he mutes all liberal opposition to his Republican agenda of war and cheap labor via his continuation of the Bush-created Deeperession. Playing the fool to the not-yet naked emperor, the Republicans who could not govern if they got in office—which is why Obama’s Wall Street and defense industry backers won’t let them—are a pack of laughably hated crackpots, led of late, to show the hole Bush left the Repubs in, by the most obnoxious blowhard in the top 1%.

Wonder how many “motherfuckers” the unbeloved Trump wll drop in his heavily Christian-dominated Republican Convention acception speech? Answer, Zero, because the nominee will be the bland tho witty guraranteed loser Huckabee, who will defeat Romney once the aformentioned Christians realize they’re dealing with the only category of candidate, polls reveal, that would sooner make them nominate a black or a woman: A Mormon.

Couldn’t happen to a more fascist party. Because, even in a country blighted by their partners in crime the Democrats, there isn’t a more fascist party.

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Comment posted May 4, 2011 @ 4:28 pm

If either Trump or Palin were running for dog catcher, I would vote for the dog.

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if you voted for obama you already voted for the dog

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wtf are u talking about craig? and your problem with christians again is…?

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Comment posted May 4, 2011 @ 5:04 pm

The problem with Christians is that they repeatedly fall for the trap Republicans set for them every election year. The GOP gets them all riled up about the gays or the abortions the guns or whatever other asinine and irrelevant socially conservative non-issue they can drum up some hate for, which causes their brains to shut down and vote with anything that has an “R” next to it’s name.

It’d be hilarious if it weren’t for the fact that it’s keeping us mired in two unending wars and keeping our economy in a downward spiral that only the ultra-wealthy benefit from.

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Comment posted May 4, 2011 @ 5:04 pm

Kinda have to agree with you Craig and Im Black! LOL

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Comment posted May 4, 2011 @ 5:06 pm

They are hypocritical idiots.

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That has to be the most incoherent rant I have read in awhile. At no point did your comment even come close to what could be considered a rational thought.

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Comment posted May 4, 2011 @ 6:06 pm

Ether party shout just change their name to USAMA and they should for sure win!
I think no matter how much you complain or who we vote for, it will not overcome the voting this year as everyone just wants Obama out! Sad truth he was a waste of time and got voted in because every colored family went ahead to vote him in just to say it’s been done! And unfortunately this time it was the wrong person to vote in, I got no hate towards anyone I feel we are all gods’ people, we make who we are and we know who Trump is and do we really want him in charge of anything besides his money? We should put him and Arnold up and run together just so it can be totally fucked up!

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Comment posted May 4, 2011 @ 6:40 pm

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Comment posted May 4, 2011 @ 9:34 pm

Obama has done better than people give him credit for in a damn difficult job – made worse because NOBODY in the entire system of government will cooperate on ANYTHING and who continuously pander to big money! If I had employess this disfuctional – wait, I would never let my workforce get this way to begin with – the bad apples would have been long gone – something “we the people” have failed to do with our petty politicians.

He followed Bush’s lead in bailing out the banking industry. Why? Two reasons – first, if you think this recession has been bad, just how bad do you think it would have been if the banking system had failed completely? We would be living hand to mouth in a matter of weeks. ALL of us except that precious 1%. Second, U.S. banks hold the majority of our national debt – NOT China which only owns 17%. We narrowly missed the worst depression in the history of the world and nobody seems to grasp that. It took inflating the deficit to stop us from going over the cliff – it was was the lessor of two evils at that moment. The deficit we can deal with over time, but not if we are in a long deppression. I agree the deficit is a big problem but not solely created by Obama. Further, if the deficit is the montster the republicans want us to think it is, how can they, if they are in their right mind, give a TAX BREAK to anyone???? If we cut spending, so be it, but I’ll be damned if I will vote for someone who wants to make it harder for my kids to attend college on the one hand while handing out MORE tax breaks to the 1%er’s and the corporate behemouths with the other.

Edith
Comment posted May 5, 2011 @ 3:53 am

I don’tthink president Obama was voted in only by black and because he was black he is a great and brillant man. I think he willl win next year I mean if bush won two term I have no doubt president Obama will win. I mean tell me what you think bush did that so great you can put down our president. I don’t think he was a waste of time gas price, job, home was all in trouble why your great bush was president. I think I and others will vote for president Obama and he will win again.

Julie Anderson
Comment posted May 5, 2011 @ 5:47 am

Canada just voted for a majority Conservative Government. Stephen Harper is our PM. Comment illustrates the mental darkness of most American Liberals. Please stay south of the 49th (if you even know what I am referring to) and don’t infect our nation with your very sick liberalism. I hope America wakes up and votes in someone like Reagan.

AZ
Comment posted May 5, 2011 @ 6:30 am

You’re re ridiculous! If Sarah Paiin as president means that people like YOU are going to leave… then I would DEFINITELY vote for her!

Religion Kills
Comment posted May 5, 2011 @ 3:23 pm

beside the fact christians have a violent history and tell every one else they are damned to hell, i thought Jesus preached peace, it seems his followers practice intolerance and the killing of all those who think differently

Madscy562
Comment posted May 5, 2011 @ 4:09 pm

why did you call trump a “reality star”? thats not what he is…

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In the small space allotted one cannot hope to alleviate your gigantic ignorance. The national debt is 14 trillion dollars. The current deficit is 1.6 trillion dollars. Printing dollars reduces their value. If inflation is 20%, then the government just stole 20,000 of your dollars from your savings.of 100k.
Its “behemoths” and they are the guys who create jobs by investing. When you tax them to death you take away the money they would otherwise invest and thus reduce the number of jobs available. If you take away a soldiers’ ammo, what will he shoot?Check and see that those in the top 5% income level pay more than 90% of the income tax collected. And what you wrongly call a ‘recession” was the result of longterm inflation, which outpaced the production of the goods and services which would have justified that expansion of the money supply. Read Ron Paul’s “End The Fed”

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