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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Right Freaks Out As GOP Poll Finds 20% Of Republicans May Vote For Obama [View all]
A major freak out is occurring on the right as a new poll released by a Republican polling company has found that 20% of Republicans are more likely to vote for Obama.
The poll done by Republican polling firm Wenzel Strategies for World Net Daily found something similar to my own recent analysis of state polling data that the 2012 election is beginning to look like a replay of 2008. The Wenzel/WND poll turned up the surprising statistic that no matter who the Republican nominee is, one fifth of the Republican voters surveyed are leaning towards voting for President Obama.
The only Republican candidate who doesnt lose at least 20% of GOP voters to Obama is Ron Paul, and he loses 19%. The poll found that 54% of those surveyed believed that Obama had exceeded or lived up to their expectations, and 47% said that he had not. Sixty percent of Independents thought Obama has met or exceeded their expectations as did 52% of moderates. In the head to head match ups with all voters polled Obama leads Romney, 48%-41%, Gingrich, 50%-36%, and Santorum, 49%-34%. Ron Paul fares best against Obama and he trails the president, 44%-40%.
Needless to say the right wing is freaking out over this poll. They realize that if 20% of Republicans defect from their party to support Obama, they will not win in 2012. Some on the right are claiming that the improving economy is helping Obama. Others are blaming the ugliness of the Republican primary for making all of the GOP alternatives unelectable. Most of their blame is being directed at Mitt Romney, as they use this poll to call for more conservative non-Romney candidate.
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MORE HERE: http://www.politicususa.com/en/republicans-support-obama
The poll done by Republican polling firm Wenzel Strategies for World Net Daily found something similar to my own recent analysis of state polling data that the 2012 election is beginning to look like a replay of 2008. The Wenzel/WND poll turned up the surprising statistic that no matter who the Republican nominee is, one fifth of the Republican voters surveyed are leaning towards voting for President Obama.
The only Republican candidate who doesnt lose at least 20% of GOP voters to Obama is Ron Paul, and he loses 19%. The poll found that 54% of those surveyed believed that Obama had exceeded or lived up to their expectations, and 47% said that he had not. Sixty percent of Independents thought Obama has met or exceeded their expectations as did 52% of moderates. In the head to head match ups with all voters polled Obama leads Romney, 48%-41%, Gingrich, 50%-36%, and Santorum, 49%-34%. Ron Paul fares best against Obama and he trails the president, 44%-40%.
Needless to say the right wing is freaking out over this poll. They realize that if 20% of Republicans defect from their party to support Obama, they will not win in 2012. Some on the right are claiming that the improving economy is helping Obama. Others are blaming the ugliness of the Republican primary for making all of the GOP alternatives unelectable. Most of their blame is being directed at Mitt Romney, as they use this poll to call for more conservative non-Romney candidate.
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MORE HERE: http://www.politicususa.com/en/republicans-support-obama
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Tx4obama
Feb 2012
OP
Well that does seem to happen when people have their heads shoved up their ass, sadly there
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#107
The Rs can't win even if 0% of them vote for Obama. At 20%, it will be a landslide.
LonePirate
Feb 2012
#10
If at 20% it would be a landslide, and I think you are right it would be,
A Simple Game
Feb 2012
#43
I see, and the undecided usually lean toward the incumbent and or the one that is ahead,
A Simple Game
Feb 2012
#80
Probably a sizable number of Republicans who will vote for their best economic interest, as well.
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
#20
As hard as the corporate media tries to convince us that these Theocratic Republicans are viable
MsPithy
Feb 2012
#18
If they are considering Obama, they are probably not liking the TeaBag House.
emulatorloo
Feb 2012
#88
As more and more people leave the RepubliCON party, the RepubliCON party becomes more crazy.
fasttense
Feb 2012
#30
It's not just the unelectable rabid right candidates, it's the whole contemporary Rethug BRAND.
Bake
Feb 2012
#32
In the south, many registered Democrats have voted for Republican presidents for decades.
yardwork
Feb 2012
#53
Going more conservative than Romney to get back defectors to Obama does not compute...lol!
yardwork
Feb 2012
#52
Some know it is improving. Hence the sudden Republican OutrageŽ over contraception
emulatorloo
Feb 2012
#108
I dunno 20% seems kind of high coming from the same people who vote conservative.
craigmatic
Feb 2012
#84