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Election Archive => 2012 U.S. Presidential General Election Polls => Topic started by: Mr. Morden on December 03, 2010, 04:13:32 PM



Title: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: Mr. Morden on December 03, 2010, 04:13:32 PM
PPP poll of Massachusetts:

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_MA_1203424.pdf

Barack Obama 52% Mitt Romney 43%
Barack Obama 57% Mike Huckabee 33%
Barack Obama 57% Newt Gingrich 33%
Barack Obama 61% Sarah Palin 32%

favorability #s among all voters:

Mitt Romney 40%/51% for -11%.
Mike Huckabee 29%/48% for -19%.
Newt Gingrich 27%/58% for -31%.
Sarah Palin 27%/68% for -41%.


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: Associate Justice PiT on December 03, 2010, 04:17:55 PM
     I am a bit surprised by Romney's performance in this poll, as I understood him to be persona non gratta in Massachusetts following his stint as Governor. It doesn't matter, though; Obama wins the state easily regardless.


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: Fuzzybigfoot on December 03, 2010, 10:52:13 PM
LOL   why did they poll here? 


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: Alcon on December 03, 2010, 10:59:59 PM

I think the real focus of the poll was probably meant to be the Scott Brown numbers.


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: redcommander on December 03, 2010, 11:02:51 PM
Woaaaa Romney actually breaks 40%?


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: Psychic Octopus on December 04, 2010, 02:22:54 AM
Easy democratic hold, of course.

     I am a bit surprised by Romney's performance in this poll, as I understood him to be persona non gratta in Massachusetts following his stint as Governor. It doesn't matter, though; Obama wins the state easily regardless.

I thought he was hated (well, he is, but not to the degree I thought). Perhaps it is an outlier, but with the other numbers seem accurate. I assumed that he would be only slightly above the other three.


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: Mr. Morden on December 04, 2010, 02:42:00 AM
favorability / unfavorability among Republicans only:

Gingrich 49% / 33%
Huckabee 50% / 32%
Palin 56% / 38%
Romney 75% / 14%

Also, only 67% of Republicans favor Palin in a hypothetical Obama-Palin matchup, with 15% for Obama and 18% undecided.  Definitely different from results in other states.  But then this is both Romney's home state and a solidly Democratic state, so that shouldn't come as a surprise.


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: redcommander on December 04, 2010, 02:52:44 AM
favorability / unfavorability among Republicans only:

Gingrich 49% / 33%
Huckabee 50% / 32%
Palin 56% / 38%
Romney 75% / 14%

Also, only 67% of Republicans favor Palin in a hypothetical Obama-Palin matchup, with 15% for Obama and 18% undecided.  Definitely different from results in other states.  But then this is both Romney's home state and a solidly Democratic state, so that shouldn't come as a surprise.


Hmmm. So perhaps the Republican base in Massachusetts doesn't dislike him as much as people think. Of course with the rest of the Republican field being either Fundamentalist Tea Party types, or very dull, Romney is probably going to become the Northeast favorite son candidate in the primaries.


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: albaleman on December 11, 2010, 10:51:08 AM
Interesting that Romney is doing so well. I know it's his home state but from what I have heard he was very unpopular when he left office.


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: Mr. Morden on December 11, 2010, 11:59:01 AM
Interesting that Romney is doing so well. I know it's his home state but from what I have heard he was very unpopular when he left office.

Well, -11% favorability isn't anything to brag about.  He *is* unpopular in MA, but markedly more popular than most other national Republicans, it seems.


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: Verily on December 14, 2010, 01:24:53 PM
Interesting that Romney is doing so well. I know it's his home state but from what I have heard he was very unpopular when he left office.

Not relative to the average Republican. About 50% of MA hates Romney, about 40% thinks he walks on water, and about 10% have forgotten he was governor.


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: Fuzzybigfoot on December 14, 2010, 01:56:48 PM
I love how Obama's already past the 60% mark with Palin, and it's still 2 years until the election.


Title: Re: MA-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans
Post by: Grumpier Than Thou on December 28, 2010, 11:17:49 PM
Where's Ron Paul?!?! >:(