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Election Archive => 2012 U.S. Presidential Primary Election Polls => Topic started by: Rowan on December 30, 2011, 10:14:38 AM



Title: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Rowan on December 30, 2011, 10:14:38 AM
Iowa(We Ask America)

Romney: 24%
Santorum: 17%
Paul: 14%
Gingrich: 13%
Bachmann: 12%
Perry: 10%
Huntsman: 4%

http://weaskamerica.com/2011/12/30/consensus-romney/


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: geekknight on December 30, 2011, 10:20:27 AM
Can't find crosstabs or who they actually polled on the site, pretty suspicious if you ask me.


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Eraserhead on December 30, 2011, 10:52:19 AM
According to the article, they only polled Republicans. Another trash poll...


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P! on December 30, 2011, 10:55:58 AM
According to the article, they only polled Republicans. Another trash poll...


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: geekknight on December 30, 2011, 11:07:01 AM


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Landslide Lyndon on December 30, 2011, 12:17:03 PM
According to the article, they only polled Republicans. Another trash poll...

Why do they do that? Are they really that clueless?


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Zarn on December 30, 2011, 02:11:59 PM
According to the article, they only polled Republicans. Another trash poll...

Why do they do that? Are they really that clueless?

No, they aren't.


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Yelnoc on December 30, 2011, 02:46:01 PM
According to the article, they only polled Republicans. Another trash poll...

Why do they do that? Are they really that clueless?
They are trying to create a narrative.


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Lief 🗽 on December 30, 2011, 03:36:02 PM
We Ask America is a Republican organization. They want to destroy Ron Paul's chance of winning Iowa. They know exactly what they're doing not including independent/Democrats.


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Mehmentum on December 30, 2011, 04:25:28 PM
According to the article, they only polled Republicans. Another trash poll...

Why do they do that? Are they really that clueless?
They are trying to create a narrative.
This may end up backfiring on Romney.  If they increase expectations that Romney win Iowa, and he ends up getting 3rd or 4th, then that will harm him very badly. 


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P! on December 30, 2011, 04:42:57 PM
According to the article, they only polled Republicans. Another trash poll...

Why do they do that? Are they really that clueless?
They are trying to create a narrative.
This may end up backfiring on Romney.  If they increase expectations that Romney win Iowa, and he ends up getting 3rd or 4th, then that will harm him very badly. 


Yeah, it depends. On one hand, it could position someone else as the "not Romney" choice for Republicans and could drown out any independent/Democratic Paul voters.

On the other, the media has begun hyping up the importance of Iowa again. If independent turnout is sizable, Paul's going to win it and it will be hard to backtrack from their brand new claims that "Iowa matters".

My guess is that they figure that the independents won't show. Only thing left is to wait and see.


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Niemeyerite on December 30, 2011, 07:39:22 PM
Now, I can understand Paulites and Paultards... The media and the GOP establishment is trying to destroy Paul's campaign.


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: RI on December 30, 2011, 07:42:13 PM
Now, I can understand Paulites and Paultards... The media and the GOP establishment is trying to destroy Paul's campaign.

No more than Gingrich, Bachmann, Perry, or anyone else.


Title: Re: IA: We Ask America: Romney with clear lead/Santorum second
Post by: Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P! on December 30, 2011, 07:56:39 PM
Now, I can understand Paulites and Paultards... The media and the GOP establishment is trying to destroy Paul's campaign.

No more than Gingrich, Bachmann, Perry, or anyone else.

They all had periods of build up before being attacked. Paul had a period of denial where they claimed he couldn't win anywhere and should be ignored, followed by a period of constant attacks mixed in with more denial.