Biggest poll news of the last few days is this national Rasmussen poll of 1,000 likely voters showing Perry vaulting pass Romney:
- Rick Perry 29%
- Mitt Romney 18%
- Michele Bachmann 13%
- Ron Paul 9%
- Herman Cain 6%
- Newt Gingrich 5%
- Rick Santorum 1%
- Jon Huntsman 1%
- Thaddeus McCotter 0%
- Undecided 16% [9%]
Pretty damn surprising BUT he just got into the race. Will these numbers hold up once the left and the MSM aim their cannons at him daily as they did to Palin and Bachmann? We shall see.
Perry captures 39% of the vote among GOP primary voters who say they are members of the Tea Party, with Bachmann a distant second with 21% support from this group. Perry barely leads Romney among non-Tea Party members 27% to 24%, but this marks a interesting change from the previous survey when Romney held a double-digit lead over Perry among these voters.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of primary voters hold a favorable opinion of Perry, with 38% Very Favorable. Bachmann is viewed favorably by 71%, with 32% who share a Very Favorable regard for her.
Romney has slightly higher overall favorable rating – 77% – than Perry and Bachmann, but there’s less enthusiasm in his support. Only 21% hold a Very Favorable opinion of him.
Roughly one-in-five hold an unfavorable view of the three front-runners.
Paul, who emerged as a Cinderella of sorts from the Saturday straw poll, is viewed favorably by 43% and unfavorably by 45%. Gingrich is in a similar position with favorables of 48% and unfavorables of 43%.
For Cain, Santorum, Huntsman and McCotter, name recognition is still a problem, with at least one-in-four primary voters still not aware of them enough to venture any kind of opinion.
It’s still very early, not a whole lot of people are paying attention except for us political junkies, and as Rove said, there might be a few more candidates throwing their hats into the ring….lots will change over the next few months I’m sure.
Now, moving away from the national to some regional polls like this Ohio poll done by PPP of 792 voters. Check out their sample…44% Democrats, 34% Republicans, and 22% Independents.
Yeeeaaaah. Should I even put up the numbers?
Anyways:
- Barack Obama 48%
- Michele Bachmann 41%
- Barack Obama 45%
- Rick Perry 41%
- Barack Obama 45%
- Mitt Romney 43%
- Barack Obama 47%
- Herman Cain 39%
Among Independents
- Barack Obama 45%
- Michele Bachmann 37%
- Mitt Romney 43%
- Barack Obama 38%
- Barack Obama 40%
- Herman Cain 38%
- Rick Perry 40%
- Barack Obama 35%
And lastly check out these two polls and tell me what’s weird:
- Rick Perry 20%
- Mitt Romney 20%
- Michele Bachmann 12%
- Ron Paul 8%
- Herman Cain 7%
- Newt Gingrich 6%
- Tim Pawlenty 3%
- Jon Huntsman 2%
- Someone else/Undecided 11%
And North Carolina
- Rick Perry 17%
- Mitt Romney 17%
- Herman Cain 11%
- Newt Gingrich 10%
- Michele Bachmann 9%
- Ron Paul 7%
- Tim Pawlenty 2%
- Jon Huntsman 1%
- Someone else/Undecided 9%
Perry has tied Romney in Colorado! And Romney has tied Perry in North Carolina!
Twilight zone time.
Granted, these were conducted last week prior to the Ames poll so the numbers will have changed already, with Bachmann gaining ground, but still plenty weird.
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