tangent4ronpaul
03-02-2011, 01:35 AM
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/02/2092529/poll-southern-republicans-prefer.html
Poll: Southern Republicans prefer Huckabee for 2012
Less than a year before the South's first presidential primary, a new poll shows former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee leading a field of prospective Republican candidates among Southern voters.
Huckabee easily led former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, 21.9 percent to 12.9 percent. Former Govs. Sarah Palin of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts scored 8.7 percent and 6.9 percent in the poll of 11 Southern states by Winthrop University of Rock Hill, S.C. The margin of error is plus or minus 5.3 percentage points.
====
Now take a look at actual poll results:
http://www.winthrop.edu/news-events/article.aspx?id=16197
The poll was conducted among those 18 years and older from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, with an oversampling of registered voters
Data utilizing all respondents has a margin of error of plus/minus 3.41 percent.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - The results of the latest Winthrop Poll, of 825 respondents in 11 Southern states, taken between Feb. 21 and Feb. 27 are in.
The poll was conducted among those 18 years and older from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, with an oversampling of registered voters. Check questions and answers here.
The survey used Random Digit Dialing (RDD) and wireless phone number sampling. Data utilizing all respondents has a margin of error of plus/minus 3.41 percent.
Among the Winthrop Poll findings:
• Mike Huckabee, who’s said he won’t run for president if he doesn’t think he can win, should be heartened by his support from “Probable Republican Primary Voters.” When asked who they would vote for as the next GOP nominee for president, the 21.9% Huckabee received easily eclipsed Newt Gingrich’s 12.9%. Sarah Palin garnered 8.7%, while Mitt Romney edged out Tim Pawlenty 6.9 to 6.2%. Ron Paul, who won the CPAC straw poll, posted 5.8%, while Michelle Bachmann, touted in recent days as a force to be reckoned with, was way back in the pack with 1.1%. (Note: Names read to respondents were taken from the list of those receiving votes at CPAC. Preferences of rank-and-file Republicans in the South and those of party activists may move closer as the election drawers nearer).
• Independents lead the way in dissatisfaction with the track the country is on, with more than three-out-of-four (75.5%) believing we are headed in the wrong direction. This represents an increase of almost 20% in the number of Independents (57.7%) who voiced their disapproval in Nov. 2009 when Winthrop last polled 11 Southern states.
• Registered Voters, Democrats, Republicans and Independents agree almost equally that the economy and economic/financial crisis is the #1 problem facing the country today. However, of the top three responses offered by Democrats, 13.4% mentioned education (no other category did) and 15.5% of Republicans mentioned the price of oil/gas/other energy issues, a fact particularly relevant in light of the recent unrest in the Mideast.
• Almost 40% of all respondents are not very confident or not at all confident about President Obama’s ability to handle threats to the U.S. Among Independents, 45.3% feel that way, and for Republicans it’s 62%.
• Almost twice as many people in the South felt that economic conditions in their region were very good or fairly good ( 37.3%) as compared to only 21% who characterize the national economy that way.
Poll: Southern Republicans prefer Huckabee for 2012
Less than a year before the South's first presidential primary, a new poll shows former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee leading a field of prospective Republican candidates among Southern voters.
Huckabee easily led former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, 21.9 percent to 12.9 percent. Former Govs. Sarah Palin of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts scored 8.7 percent and 6.9 percent in the poll of 11 Southern states by Winthrop University of Rock Hill, S.C. The margin of error is plus or minus 5.3 percentage points.
====
Now take a look at actual poll results:
http://www.winthrop.edu/news-events/article.aspx?id=16197
The poll was conducted among those 18 years and older from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, with an oversampling of registered voters
Data utilizing all respondents has a margin of error of plus/minus 3.41 percent.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - The results of the latest Winthrop Poll, of 825 respondents in 11 Southern states, taken between Feb. 21 and Feb. 27 are in.
The poll was conducted among those 18 years and older from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, with an oversampling of registered voters. Check questions and answers here.
The survey used Random Digit Dialing (RDD) and wireless phone number sampling. Data utilizing all respondents has a margin of error of plus/minus 3.41 percent.
Among the Winthrop Poll findings:
• Mike Huckabee, who’s said he won’t run for president if he doesn’t think he can win, should be heartened by his support from “Probable Republican Primary Voters.” When asked who they would vote for as the next GOP nominee for president, the 21.9% Huckabee received easily eclipsed Newt Gingrich’s 12.9%. Sarah Palin garnered 8.7%, while Mitt Romney edged out Tim Pawlenty 6.9 to 6.2%. Ron Paul, who won the CPAC straw poll, posted 5.8%, while Michelle Bachmann, touted in recent days as a force to be reckoned with, was way back in the pack with 1.1%. (Note: Names read to respondents were taken from the list of those receiving votes at CPAC. Preferences of rank-and-file Republicans in the South and those of party activists may move closer as the election drawers nearer).
• Independents lead the way in dissatisfaction with the track the country is on, with more than three-out-of-four (75.5%) believing we are headed in the wrong direction. This represents an increase of almost 20% in the number of Independents (57.7%) who voiced their disapproval in Nov. 2009 when Winthrop last polled 11 Southern states.
• Registered Voters, Democrats, Republicans and Independents agree almost equally that the economy and economic/financial crisis is the #1 problem facing the country today. However, of the top three responses offered by Democrats, 13.4% mentioned education (no other category did) and 15.5% of Republicans mentioned the price of oil/gas/other energy issues, a fact particularly relevant in light of the recent unrest in the Mideast.
• Almost 40% of all respondents are not very confident or not at all confident about President Obama’s ability to handle threats to the U.S. Among Independents, 45.3% feel that way, and for Republicans it’s 62%.
• Almost twice as many people in the South felt that economic conditions in their region were very good or fairly good ( 37.3%) as compared to only 21% who characterize the national economy that way.