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Huge hat tip to RFP member Anaconda for this story.
I can't help but think that RP would be polling around 25 percent or so.
Gary Johnson polls at 7% in race with Obama and Romney
http://newmexico.watchdog.org/12704/gary-johnson-polls-at-7-in-race-with-obama-and-romney/
By Rob Nikolewski on March 28, 2012
Former New Mexico governor and current Libertarian Party presidential hopeful Gary Johnson polled at 7 percent in a three-way race among himself, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney according to a national survey released by Public Policy Polling.
Depending on how you look at it, the results are good news for Johnson or bad news.
The good news?
That the longshot candidate who hasn’t received much national attention is delivering a relatively decent number in the poll by PPP, which is a research and polling organization associated with the national Democratic Party.
The bad news?
A PPP survey a few months ago asking the same question had Johnson polling at 9 percent — so the new poll actually shows a 2 percent decline in Johnson’s popularity. The margin of error for the survey of 900 Americans across the country was plus or minus 3.3 percent.
The Johnson campaign website highlighted an article saying the PPP poll indicates “Gary Johnson [is] still a distant third in general election polling, but holding his ground.”
As reported first by Capitol Report New Mexico, Johnson has adopted what’s called a “15 percent strategy” — aiming to meet the qualifications of the Commission on Presidential Debates that allows third-party candidates to appear on the same stage as the Republican and Democrat nominees if they poll at 15 percent by five selected national public opinion polling organizations, provided they appear on enough state ballots.
The Libertarian Party nominee would easily meet the minimum for state ballots so should Johnson win the party nomination, he could end up on the stage with Obama and the Republican nominee if can clear the 15 percent hurdle.
Another aspect of the PPP survey showed that a Johnson candidacy does not hurt Obama among the president’s Democrat base but Johnson would hurt Romney somewhat, reducing Romney’s support among GOP voters from 78 to 71 percent.
I can't help but think that RP would be polling around 25 percent or so.
Gary Johnson polls at 7% in race with Obama and Romney
http://newmexico.watchdog.org/12704/gary-johnson-polls-at-7-in-race-with-obama-and-romney/
By Rob Nikolewski on March 28, 2012
Former New Mexico governor and current Libertarian Party presidential hopeful Gary Johnson polled at 7 percent in a three-way race among himself, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney according to a national survey released by Public Policy Polling.
Depending on how you look at it, the results are good news for Johnson or bad news.
The good news?
That the longshot candidate who hasn’t received much national attention is delivering a relatively decent number in the poll by PPP, which is a research and polling organization associated with the national Democratic Party.
The bad news?
A PPP survey a few months ago asking the same question had Johnson polling at 9 percent — so the new poll actually shows a 2 percent decline in Johnson’s popularity. The margin of error for the survey of 900 Americans across the country was plus or minus 3.3 percent.
The Johnson campaign website highlighted an article saying the PPP poll indicates “Gary Johnson [is] still a distant third in general election polling, but holding his ground.”
As reported first by Capitol Report New Mexico, Johnson has adopted what’s called a “15 percent strategy” — aiming to meet the qualifications of the Commission on Presidential Debates that allows third-party candidates to appear on the same stage as the Republican and Democrat nominees if they poll at 15 percent by five selected national public opinion polling organizations, provided they appear on enough state ballots.
The Libertarian Party nominee would easily meet the minimum for state ballots so should Johnson win the party nomination, he could end up on the stage with Obama and the Republican nominee if can clear the 15 percent hurdle.
Another aspect of the PPP survey showed that a Johnson candidacy does not hurt Obama among the president’s Democrat base but Johnson would hurt Romney somewhat, reducing Romney’s support among GOP voters from 78 to 71 percent.
