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Election Archive => 2012 U.S. Presidential General Election Polls => Topic started by: Mr. Morden on December 10, 2010, 06:41:53 PM



Title: McClatchy-Marist: Obama trails Romney by 2; leads Huckabee by 4, Palin by 12
Post by: Mr. Morden on December 10, 2010, 06:41:53 PM
McClatchy-Marist national poll of registered voters:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/10/1967883/poll-obamas-approval-ratings-fall.html

Romney 46%
Obama 44%

Obama 47%
Huckabee 43%

Obama 52%
Palin 40%

Obama job approval: 42%
disapproval: 50%

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Romney had the best advantage over the president among independents, preferred by 47-39 percent. Independents break for Obama over Huckabee by 42-40 percent. Palin fares much worse among independents. They favor the president over her by 52-35 percent.


Title: Re: McClatchy-Marist: Obama trails Romney by 2; leads Huckabee by 4, Palin by 12
Post by: Oakvale on December 10, 2010, 06:45:19 PM
That's odd, these kind of polls usually show Huckabee doing the best.


Title: Re: McClatchy-Marist: Obama trails Romney by 2; leads Huckabee by 4, Palin by 12
Post by: Yelnoc on December 10, 2010, 06:45:53 PM
That's a very strong showing for Romney; he is usually just barely above Huckabee in national polls.  Though I don't think we have had a McClatchy-Marist in a while.


Title: Re: McClatchy-Marist: Obama trails Romney by 2; leads Huckabee by 4, Palin by 12
Post by: Mr. Morden on December 10, 2010, 06:51:22 PM
That's odd, these kind of polls usually show Huckabee doing the best.

More often than not yes, but there have also been a few other cases in which Romney did better:

list of national polls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_United_States_presidential_election,_2012#Two-way_race)

The last PPP national poll, for example, had Obama leading Huckabee by 3, but leading Romney by only 1.


Title: Re: McClatchy-Marist: Obama trails Romney by 2; leads Huckabee by 4, Palin by 12
Post by: Eraserhead on December 11, 2010, 12:11:26 AM
How low would Obama have to fall for Palin to have any kind of shot against him? lol.

Unfortunately, I don't think he's going to get her in the end.


Title: Re: McClatchy-Marist: Obama trails Romney by 2; leads Huckabee by 4, Palin by 12
Post by: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on December 11, 2010, 12:17:01 AM
Good to see Obama's approvals falling well in advance of the 2012 primaries.


Title: Re: McClatchy-Marist: Obama trails Romney by 2; leads Huckabee by 4, Palin by 12
Post by: Mr.Phips on December 11, 2010, 01:02:58 AM
Good to see Obama's approvals falling well in advance of the 2012 primaries.

If only this was December 2011.   


Title: Re: McClatchy-Marist: Obama trails Romney by 2; leads Huckabee by 4, Palin by 12
Post by: Sbane on December 11, 2010, 03:15:55 AM
Romney is a better candidate on paper. I have a feeling people are not going to like him much once they see him on TV constantly. He's just so fake.

Huckabee is a much more dangerous candidate, imo.