Gallup: Conservatives Accept Romney
Well, I wouldn't say this is good news for any of the candidates, but this Gallup poll result is interesting. As reported by Politico:
Mitt Romney is the only 2012 candidate whom a majority of Republicans — including conservatives — consider an “acceptable” GOP nominee for president, according to a Gallup Poll Tuesday.
In the new survey, 59 percent of all Republicans said Romney would be an acceptable presidential nominee for the Republican Party. Just 46 percent said the same for Newt Gingrich and 45 percent for Rick Santorum, who were trailed by Rick Perry at 37 percent, Ron Paul at 29 percent and Jon Huntsman at 21 percent.
I'm surprised that all of these candidates don't have a clear majority. And yet I say that as someone who finds most of them unacceptable! (And if I might take this moment to offer my congratulations to John Weaver and his candidate for taking one of the more conservative men in the race and making him unpalatable to the voters. Good work there!).
Anyway, what does this poll result even mean? It doesn't match with what I've heard from any of the GOP voters I know -- who basically find all of the candidates "acceptable" if not "ideal." Even the hard-core Romney supporters I know find the rest of the candidates acceptable. Another tidbit from the story:
Since the same question was asked in a Nov. 28-Dec. 1 poll, Romney’s overall acceptability rose 5 percentage points, up to 59 percent from 54 percent. Rick Santorum’s acceptability saw a more significant surge, moving up from 27 percent to 45 percent. Meanwhile, Gingrich’s acceptability as a presidential nominee fell among Republicans, from 62 percent last month to 46 percent in the new survey.
The margin of error on this poll is 6 points.
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Jun '10
Re: Gallup: Conservatives Accept Romney
Romney's main virtue is that he's not Obama. How depressing.
Jun '10
Re: Gallup: Conservatives Accept Romney
No, his main value right now is that he's NOT RON PAUL.
Dec '11
Re: Gallup: Conservatives Accept Romney
But that's the top virtue of anyone in the field. It would be the main virtue of anyone who could possible join or have joined the field. If Calvin Coolidge himself were to be resurected and seek the GOP nomination, his main virtue would be: well, he's not Obama.
Jun '10
Re: Gallup: Conservatives Accept Romney
I suppose that when you ask a truncated question, you get flawed results. Romney is acceptable compared to what? After all, General Custer's soldiers found suicide in the end more acceptable than the alternatives. I'm sorta feeling the same way at this point (metaphorically speaking, of course).
Nov '10
Re: Gallup: Conservatives Accept Romney
I agree. There seems to be a clear problem with these polls. Is it unclear how the pollees are supposed to be taking the word "acceptable"? Or do we really have a bunch of candidates with such strong negatives they will have 50% or less support if they get the nod? This is a serious problem if those numbers reflect the actual stand of the conservative crowd.
Jul '11
Re: Gallup: Conservatives Accept Romney
Was Debbie Whatshernoodle Schultlz asking the questions?
Aug '10
Re: Gallup: Conservatives Accept Romney
Acceptable compared to whom? Or what?
My beagle is acceptable compared to our current president. If nothing else, she would pass no more stupid legislation (except, perhaps, for the Dog Treats for Everyone Act). And that would be an improvement.
Dec '10
Re: Gallup: Conservatives Accept Romney
Bluenoser
But that's the top virtue of anyone in the field. It would be the main virtue of anyone who could possible join or have joined the field. If Calvin Coolidge himself were to be resurected and seek the GOP nomination, his main virtue would be: well, he's not Obama. · Jan 10 at 7:23am
Among the current candidates, I'd vote for a resurrected Calvin Coolidge. Happily.
Apr '11
Re: Gallup: Conservatives Accept Romney
Western Chauvinist
Bluenoser
But that's the top virtue of anyone in the field. It would be the main virtue of anyone who could possible join or have joined the field. If Calvin Coolidge himself were to be resurected and seek the GOP nomination, his main virtue would be: well, he's not Obama. · Jan 10 at 7:23am
Among the current candidates, I'd vote for a resurrected Calvin Coolidge. Happily. · Jan 10 at 11:56am
Has there ever been a race where the two main contenders were both ex-governors of the same state? It's not even as if their pre-gubernatorial careers were terribly different. Of the Presidential issues, it's clear that they'd disagree on trade, but I'm not sure what else they'd disagree on (it's hard to know how accepting of, eg., social security he would be). Coolidge's blog would be wittier, but I don't get the impression he'd love the debates.