Some more interesting data from Public Policy Polling:
We decided to break down the birthers by their opinions of Barack Obama and the various leading 2012 contenders. Here’s what we found:
-The birthers love them some Sarah Palin. She’s the most popular politician in the mix with them at 66% favorability. Next is Mike Huckabee at 58%, followed by Newt Gingrich at 46%, and Mitt Romney at 43%.
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Looking at the numbers from another angle- 63% of all Americans with a favorable opinion of Sarah Palin are birthers. Same thing with 53% of those who like Gingrich, 50% who view Huckabee positively, and 44% for Romney.
The numbers are markedly different when you look at the preferences of “non-birther Republicans”:
60% of those folks (the reasonable wing of the party?) have a favorable opinion of Mike Huckabee, 58% have one of Sarah Palin, 57% have one of Mitt Romney, and 52% have one of Newt Gingrich.
When it comes to favorability spreads with those voters Huckabee’s at +43, Romney’s at +40, Gingrich is at +29, and Palin is at +27. That’s because Palin’s negatives with that group are at 31% while Gingrich is at 22%, and Huckabee and Romney are at just 17%.
So there is a definite divide between what the birther wing of the party and the non-birther wing of the party think about Palin and Romney.
This is no surprise but the ideology breakdown among GOP birthers is 69% conservatives and 30% moderates, while it’s 53% moderates and just 46% conservatives among non-birthers.
Clearly, the birther wing of the GOP will have to be contended with.
Congratulations, Doug! You have now aligned yourself with those who attacked Ronald Reagan because Klansman supported him in 1980!
I guess that makes you a far-Left, race-baiting Democrat.
Or don’t you like it when someone applies the same level of “analysis” to you?
James,
Where in that post did I attack Sarah Palin.
I’m merely reporting a fact. People can make of it whatever they wish.
Although, if true, it certainly is a reflection of the type of people that Palin and Huckabee attract.
As you demonstrate, the attack is in what you implied. Thank you for making the implied the actual.
If you can demonstrate that the facts are inaccurate, then you’d have a point.
The poll says what it says. People can draw their own conclusions
Doug,
Sorry. You are actually right and I’ve been a real dick. Truth is, I haven’t been right in the head since my boyfriend left me for another man.
Please forgive me?
[Note from the Owner --- The James Young who wrote this comment is not the James Young who often comments here, but someone who apparently assumed his name. Whoever you are, your email address has been noted and you won't be commenting here again]
James,
I’m not sure what you’re drinking, but could you send some my way ?
Obviously, Doug, the fifth comment is some slanderous coward. Probably a pole-smoker, too.
Perhaps you should publish the e-mail address of the kind of idiot who would misrepresent himself as someone else. Otherwise, you reward and promote that kind of behavior.
Yes, “the poll says what it says.” Of course, your relation of the two and publication of it is the same kind of advocacy in which the so-called “mainstream” media engages. They deny their biases, too.
James,
I’ve put an editors note on the comment in question. However, I won’t give out his email address in public.
Until you noted it, the fact that he/she had entered a different email address had slipped my attention. My apologies.