Pew Poll: Only 37% say Palin is qualified to serve as president (63% say Biden is)

[WI_DEM]

In advance of Thursday’s vice presidential debate, a majority of Americans (63%) say that Joe Biden is qualified to serve as president if that becomes necessary, but fewer than four-in-ten (37%) say Sarah Palin is qualified to take on the job.

Majorities of Republicans (55%), Democrats (78%) and independents (56%) say Obama’s vice-presidential nominee is qualified to hold the office of president. In contrast, though a majority of Republicans say Palin is qualified (68%), more than three-quarters of Democrats (77%) and a plurality of independents (47%) do not believe she is qualified for the presidency.

Compared with public opinion immediately following Palin’s nomination and convention speech, far fewer now hold the view that she is qualified to be president. More than half (52%) viewed her as qualified earlier in the month.

The decline in the belief that Palin is qualified to become president has been broad-based. While roughly two-thirds of Republicans (68%) say their party’s candidate is qualified, that represents a substantial decrease since early September (16 points). In addition, only about a third of women (34%) say Palin is qualified to step in as president, down from 52% a few weeks ago. Women are now slightly less likely than men to view Palin as qualified; in early September, identical percentages of women and men said she was qualified to be president if the need arose.

http://people-press.org/report/456/obama-regains-lead

[1corona4u]

1. 37%? That' a bit high I think...

she whouold be like in the 10's.

[yardwork]

2. And notice that apparently the exact same people say Biden is unqualified.

37% of those polled are stupid jerks.

[WI_DEM]

3. Actually only 20% say Biden is not qualified, the rest are undecided.

[yardwork]

5. Oh that makes it much better....not!

LOL!

I maintain my original statement - 37% of those polled are stupid jerks.

[ashling]

4. A follow up poll indicates that 37% of Americans are illiterate

ok, I made that up.
:rofl:

[maseman]

6. How much would this change tomorrow

if the media deems Palin a winner? A few percent?

[cui bono]

7. That's astonishingly high. n/t

[TheKentuckian]

8. I still want to see

the threshold that 20-32 percent of people have to be qualified for President.

Biden may not be your choice but he should be viewed universally as qualified, if Biden isn't prepared for the task then who is?

I believe for this group of people that qualification is wholly based on ideology, hence the way to high amount of people that are willing to say Palin can cut the mustard.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. I want to hear from those who question Biden's readiness.

What the fuck are they thinking?

[No Elephants]

10. I want to hear from them, too.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. Because he doesn't have a "celebrity" appeal.

Obama and Palin do, though Obama obviously has a strong foundation in many other areas.

Biden, for some reason, is not too well-known, so many people think that translates to "not ready" -- if this were the movies, Biden would be the character actor who's performed a billion roles, yet no one knows his name, while Palin is the newest cookie-cutter star who never paid her dues.