The Economist\YouGov presidential Poll

[Agorism]

If you had to choose one, which of these individuals would you want to be the Republican
nominee for president in 2012?
Asked of registered voters who are likely to vote in a Republican primary or caucus
Sarah Palin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%
Mitt Romney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
Newt Gingrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4%
Michele Bachmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9%
Jon Huntsman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2%
Ron Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%
Rudy Giuliani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%
Herman Cain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%
Rick Santorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2%
Rick Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

39% Approve
52% Disapprove

47-38 Obama vs. Romney
50-37 Obama vs. Perry
50-36 Obama vs. Bachmann
51-34 Obama vs. Palin


http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/20110823econToplines.pdf

[kah13176]

Why is Palin in there?

EDIT: I misread the OP.

[samuel]

I did a bit of reformatting:
1 Perry -- 23%
2 Romney -- 15%
3 Paul -- 11%
4 Bachmann -- 9%
5 Cain -- 8%
6 Giuliani -- 6%
7 Palin -- 4%
8 Gingrich -- 4%
9 Hunstman -- 2%
10 Santorum -- 2%

And I Excel'd a graph:
http://i.imgur.com/zYtfT.png

[Agorism]

They probably polled a cafeteria somewhere.

[JohnGalt23g]

Why the fuck is Palin in there, and further, why are Bachmann and Romney in the matchups when Paul polled higher than both?

I suspect when they conducted the poll, they were operating under the assumption that Bachmann was ahead of Paul.

Which their own poll now puts in dispute, for the next time there is such a decision to be made.

[kah13176]

I suspect when they conducted the poll, they were operating under the assumption that Bachmann was ahead of Paul.

Which their own poll now puts in dispute, for the next time there is such a decision to be made.

That makes sense. I misread the OP too, so sorry for any confusion, but I really wish everyone would stop including Palin.

[JohnGalt23g]

That makes sense. I misread the OP too, so sorry for any confusion, but I really wish everyone would stop including Palin.

If they want to continue showing polls of her losing by 17 points to Obama, I got no problem with that.

[Agorism]

It's disturbing that there is nothing actually good about Rick Perry, but republicans just want a "winner" (or who they perceive as a "winner") and want to be told who to support. Since Perry is the governor of the largest state and seems to be the next in line even before Romney that's who they all run behind.

[kah13176]

It's disturbing that there is nothing actually good about Rick Perry, but republicans just want a "winner" (or who they perceive as a "winner") and want to be told who to support. Since Perry is the governor of the largest state and seems to be the next in line even before Romney that's who they all run behind.

Palin was the governor of the largest state.

I think Perry's surge is similar to LinkdIn's IPO surge - a lot of hype at the beginning, only to calm down over time.