Drudge - Shock Poll: Obama 42%, Ron Paul 41%

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SHOCK POLL: 2012 Presidential Election Match-Up

Barack Obama 42%
Ron Paul 41%

Developing....

http://drudgereport.com/

Left hand side...

CONFIRMED
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...012/election_2012_barack_obama_42_ron_paul_41

 

[Thrashertm]

WOWEE! I saw the same thing and came in here to crow about it. Awesome!

He's catchin on - I'm telling ya!

 

[Bruno]

Wow!!! On Drudge?

Is the ship turning?

 

[Thrashertm]

Just in time for tea party day tomorrow.

 

[Fox McCloud]

I wouldn't get too excited just yet, until we know where the poll came from.

if its a genuine, authentic poll, then it's a very exciting result.

 

[Agorism]

You beat me too it.

This is all the more reason to try to win the Voters Values Summit.

SRLC is giving us positive press. Even if people think it's B.S. and doesn't matter (which it is), it still turns into awesome press.

 

[Brad Zink]

This is why the Establishment media has attacked Ron Paul for three years. They know that he would shatter the political paradigm in this country and defeat the Chosen One head-to-head.

 

[Bruno]

I wouldn't get too excited just yet, until we know where the poll came from.

if its a genuine, authentic poll, then it's a very exciting result.

True, but unless Drudge later posts that it was a bogus poll, it will be seen by millions that Ron Paul has legitimacy to run against Barack Obama.

 

[AuH20]

Numbers aren't that far fetched. Paul could pull 1 out of every 5 democratic voters. Factor in another 1/3 (paleo/libertarian segment) of our every republican voter. And we're not even starting about independents.

 

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Is this gonna be a reputable poll (like Gallup, Rasmussen, PPP, CBS, FoxNews, ABC... or something nobody has heard of... that is the question)

CNN just had a poll come out yesterday saying that Obama is up 8-13 points vs. all the main candidates.
(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/04/13/rel7d.pdf)

 

[radiofriendly]

someone make a screenshot now (prntscrn)
http://www.drudgereport.com/

 

[Bruno]

Is this gonna be a reputable poll (like Gallup, Rasmussen, PPP, CBS, FoxNews, ABC... or something nobody has heard of... that is the question)

CNN just had a poll come out yesterday saying that Obama is up at least 10 points vs. all the main candidates.

Maybe that is the difference. Was Ron Paul in that poll?

 

[easycougar]

I just about passed out when I saw this

 

[Lafayette]

Careful, the poll may be worded something like " who is weaker on foreign policy?"

or

" If you were a terrorist, who would you pick as US president?"

Some bullshit like that.

 

[Thrashertm]

It doesn't matter if the poll is reputable or not - all that matters is that millions of conservatives are seeing the headline.

Remember - the news media often puts some BS on the front page, then issues a retraction weeks later on page 15. All that matters is the headline.

 

[specsaregood]

Is this gonna be a reputable poll (like Gallup, Rasmussen, PPP, CBS, FoxNews, ABC... or something nobody has heard of... that is the question)

CNN just had a poll come out yesterday saying that Obama is up at least 10 points vs. all the main candidates.

Sounds like it is the results of the poll referenced here:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=240022

In which case it would be Rasmussen.

 

[Bruno]

 

[teacherone]

jesus...talk about placement!

get ready josh-- up the bandwith!

the storming torchbearers are coming!

 

[teacherone]

Bruno--do that again at [url]http://www.rasmussenreports.com/[/URL]

you'll see it front and center!!

WOOOOOOTTTTT

 

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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...012/election_2012_barack_obama_42_ron_paul_41

CONFIRMED


While 58% of Mainstream voters favor Paul, 95% of the Political Class vote for Obama.

Obama earns 79% support from Democrats, but Paul gets just 66% of GOP votes. Voters not affiliated with either major party give Paul a 47% to 28% edge over the president.

Thirty-nine percent (39%) of all voters have a favorable opinion of Paul, while 30% view him unfavorably. This includes 10% with a very favorable opinion and 12% with a very unfavorable one. But nearly one-out-of-three voters (32%) are not sure what they think of Paul.

Just 42% of Republican voters have a favorable view of him, including eight percent (8%) with a very favorable opinion. By comparison, 42% of unaffiliated voters regard him favorably, with 15% very favorable toward him.

Similarly, 27% of Republicans see Paul as a divisive force in the party, while 30% view him as a new direction for the GOP. Forty-two percent (42%) aren’t sure.

Twenty-one percent (21%) of voters nationwide regard Paul as a divisive force in the GOP. Thirty-four percent (34%) say he is representative of a new direction for the party. Forty-five percent (45%) are not sure.