Palin’s favorability rating drops in Iowa

[47of74]

Source: Iowa Caucus 2012

A survey suggests that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s favorability rating has dropped among likely Republican voters in Iowa.

The Des Moines Register’s new Iowa Poll says the rating has dropped to 65 percent in a poll taken earlier this month, compared with 71 percent in November 2009.

The former vice presidential candidate has not publicly announced whether she’ll run for president next year.

The poll of 800 Iowa adults was conducted Feb. 13-16 by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. The results include responses from 189 Republican likely voters, which have a margin of error of plus or minus 7.1 percentage points.

Read more: http://iowacaucus.com/2011/02/28/palins-favorability-rating-drops-in-iowa/

[Historic NY]

1. where'd they find that many morans?

[47of74]

2. Steve King's district

[Kingofalldems]

3. I want it to go up--we need her nominated for 2012

For a guaranteed landslide.

[AndyTiedye]

10. NOOOOO! With Billions of $$$$$$$ from Koch et al & the Voting Machinez, She Still Might Win

While Palin looks like the most beatable of the Republicans at the moment,
with all the advantages the GOP has in elections she still might "win".

Palin would turn America into Jesusland and restart the Crusades (with nukes).

With Palin's particular appeal to the most insane/violent wing of the Repiglickins,
her candidacy would almost certainly bring more of them out of the wooodwork
as well.

We have to ask not only "can Obama beat Palin?" which he probably can,
but can "Biden beat Palin?" which isn't quite so much of a sure thing.

[Kurmudgeon]

12. Palin is incompetent, but that doesn't excuse Athieistic intolerance.

Dems can't win without Christian votes, so you may want to tone your hatred down a touch.

[AndyTiedye]

15. I Don't Hate Anyone, But the Talibornagains Scare The Hell Outa Me

Most Christians don't want to turn America into a theocracy but there are those that do;
Sarah Palin is their standard-bearer. If you look at the foreign policy they advocate,
it amounts to a rerun of the Crusades.

I am only intolerant of those who want to convert others to their religion by force.
I am not an atheist either. My religion is under construction.

[Bluzmann57]

4. Dropped to 65%?!

How in the hell does she even get 65%? The woman is an idiot. And she still polls at 65%. No accounting for repuke tastes I guess. SOLIDARITY!

[emulatorloo]

5. Well you know how crazy the Caucus Going Republicans are.

Fed on a steady diet of Fox News and Glenn Beck.

[madokie]

13. 2/3 of them are old men

who have sexual fantasies about her. Hell thats how they get to sleep at night and the reason they have for living. Sarah Sarah

If'n I was a bettin' man that is

[Angry Dragon]

6. She has been pretty quiet during this union fight

[Ernesto]

7. good point.... nt

[Populist_Prole]

9. Come to think of it, you're right!

I know some union people that adore her. Some because of her appearance, some because they're taken in by the "she's just like us" folksiness, some because they wish for a Christian theocracy.

I know she couldn't give a damn about the working class being marginalized, but this does demonstrate an uncharacteristic shrewdness on her part by not taking a risk off pissing off the wrong crowd.

[madokie]

14. Actually I've seen much less of her since Representative Giffords attempted murder

Oh she was all over the teevee for a few days trying to deflect blame but then she's all but gone away.
Mind you I'm someone who doesn't watch any msm other than a few minutes early in the morning so I can get the weather forecast for the day and to see if our dear governor's been caught with her panties down around her ankles again :-)

[seabeckind]

8. My statistical analysis is a little rusty but...

We have a universe of 800 adults

Subset of 189 repubs

65% like Palin vs 71% a while back.

Margin of error 3.5% on deriving the subset

Margin of error on the favor 7.1%

So one or 2 people may have liked her before or may not and now they may or may not?

Somebody actually thinks this is a valid sample?

[Javaman]

11. She has pretty much vanished into the ether, hasn't she?

fine by me.

the union fight and the protests over seas are way beyond her level of comprehension.