2012-PPP: Huckabee within 3 points of Obama

[Tender Branson]

General Election

President Barack Obama: 47%
Mike Huckabee: 44%

President Barack Obama: 47%
Mitt Romney: 40%

President Barack Obama: 49%
Newt Gingrich: 41%

President Barack Obama: 52%
Sarah Palin: 38%

Favorables among all voters:

Huckabee: 45-28
Romney: 37-34
Palin: 40-49
Gingrich: 33-42

Favorables among GOP voters:

Palin: 72-16
Huckabee: 66-13
Gingrich: 56-21
Romney: 52-18

PPP conducted a national survey of 909 voters from August 14th to 17th. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.3%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to quantify.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_National_820.pdf

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

That's horrific.

[BM]

That's terrific.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Might just be the worst match-up of candidates ever in US history.

[The Ex-Factor]

That's fine...I don't think those favorables will get any higher when voters discover Huckabee wants to change the Constitution along the lines of the Bible, or the other crazy views he espouses.

[Farage]

I'm so proud of it this guy is definitely the best republican with Romney.
He's even tied with Obama among lower incomes.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

That's terrific.

^^^^

[Kaine for Senate '18]

[Democratic Hawk]

Might just be the worst match-up of candidates ever in US history.

That is going to depend on the extent to which the president has, or has not, a positive record of accomplishment to run on in 2012

That's fine...I don't think those favorables will get any higher when voters discover Huckabee wants to change the Constitution along the lines of the Bible, or the other crazy views he espouses.

Huckabee, of course, has the likeability factor.

Saintly, meanwhile, is poison among moderates. She can thank her hate rallies for that

[Psychic Octopus]

I doub this, I think Romney has the best shot against Obama. Huckabee (bless him) is just a likeable person that people can relate to. When they see the issues, Romney will win.

[pogo stick]

Yay!

If Palin doesn't run, Romney can screw it, I'm support Huck over him!

[tmthforu94]

President Barack Obama: 47%
Mike Huckabee: 44%

So, what will my 3rd party options be?

I still think Romney would be a better candidate, once the race gets heated. This poll means nothing.

[paul718]

Huck seems like a nice guy and all, but I don't think I could ever vote for him for President.

[Person Man]

Huck seems like a nice guy and all, but I don't think I could ever vote for him for President.

And that's really the bottom line. Huck's a cool guy, but I don't think he can govern this country. In fact if he wins, I am pretty sure that if I can(if my career is portable and haven't tried to settle down again yet), I will be emmigrating. I have even heard Republicans say this.

[Lief 🗽]

This country is stupid.

[fezzyfestoon]

He'd crash and burn in an actual campaign.

[Rowan]

The bigger point is that Obama is under 50 against Huck and Romney.

[Eraserhead]

Please note that the PPP general election numbers have always been R friendly but Huckabee is your best shot out of these four.

[Phony Moderate]

Huckabbe is tougher and smarter than a lot of people think, even i'll admit that.

[Rowan]

Please note that the PPP general election numbers have always been R friendly but Huckabee is your best shot out of these four.

I think speaking for most Republicans, we'd rather have none of these 4.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I doub this, I think Romney has the best shot against Obama. Huckabee (bless him) is just a likeable person that people can relate to. When they see the issues, Romney will win.

I would never trust such flip-flooper and opportunist. Romney would switch to everything just to get elected

At least I can believe Huckabee views are real (of course I'm not his supporter)

[fezzyfestoon]

I doub this, I think Romney has the best shot against Obama. Huckabee (bless him) is just a likeable person that people can relate to. When they see the issues, Romney will win.

I would never trust such flip-flooper and opportunist. Romney would switch to everything just to get elected

At least I can believe Huckabee views are real (of course I'm not his supporter)

That's interesting considering the relative differences between what each says and what their records say would suggest the opposite.  Interesting how people somehow missed that.  It must have been the sweet, gentle way Huckabee speaks his inconsistencies.

Huckabbe is tougher and smarter than a lot of people think, even i'll admit that.

No, he's not.  He got lucky in 2008 and will never be able to pull anything near that off again.  He is a terrible candidate, we just didn't have the chance to see that.  He shot up right before he needed to and no one took the time before that to look at him critically.  Now there's no reason to because he's harmless.  As soon as he would be thrown into a race as a serious candidate he would collapse.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Fezzy, Kalwejt just gets his ideas of candidates from MSM. He doesn't actually know them. Romney is actually the least "flip-flopping" especially considering past MA presidential candidates.

[pbrower2a]

I'm so proud of it this guy is definitely the best republican with Romney.
He's even tied with Obama among lower incomes.

There was never a Presidential election in American history as 2008, in which income correlated less with voting than any other. Ethnicity, religion, education, and the urban/rural divide mattered more. Two of the poorest counties in America, Owsley and Martin Counties in Kentucky voted about 3-1 for John McCain. Explanation: they are very white. The richest county in America, Loudoun County in Virginia, voted for Obama. Loudoun County is one of the best-educated counties in America.

Democrats used to win the votes of under-educated, poor white people; such is no longer so. Religion may be the difference; poor whites with low levels of education gravitate heavily toward Protestant fundamentalism which teaches that the Bible is greater truth than, for example, Newton's laws of motion and the atomic theory of matter. Or it could be that Protestant fundamentalists gravitate toward severe poverty.

Don't worry; Huckabee is unlikely to win over the educated people who used to vote regularly for the Republican Party when it wasn't so tied to the superstition-mongers.

[Sewer]

Romney is actually the least "flip-flopping" especially considering past MA presidential candidates.

lol