Reuters/IPSOS National Poll 3/8-3/11

[SCOTUSman]

This poll was from 3/8 to 3/11 (Last poll was from 2/2-2/6)

Primary:

Romney 37 (32) +5
Santorum 32 (18) +14
Gingrich 12 (19) -7
Paul 11 (21) -10

General:
Obama 52, Romney 41 Obama +11
Obama 52, Santorum 42 Obama +10
Obama 54, Ginrich 37 Obama +17
Obama vs. Paul Not Polled (At least in link provided)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/13/us-usa-campaign-obama-idUSBRE82C1AN20120313

 

[Bruno]

Why do people keep choosing the top three unelectable candidates?

 

[runamuck]

Why do people keep choosing the top three unelectable candidates?

Maybe because they keep winning elections....

 

[The_Ruffneck]

why is this poll so different from gallup?
on gallup paul never went above around 15%
more emphasis on southern states by gallup or something?

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Maybe because they keep winning elections....

Too funny.

 

[Give me liberty]

Maybe because they keep winning elections....

But sadly they wont win the General Election.

 

[Dutch]

I think the masses don't vote for who they most agree with.
I think the masses don't even vote for who is most electable.
I think the masses vote for who they perceive *will win*. They want to be able to say that they "got it right".

Sad, I know...

 

[Muttley]

I think the masses don't vote for who they most agree with.
I think the masses don't even vote for who is most electable.
I think the masses vote for who they perceive *will win*. They want to be able to say that they "got it right".

Sad, I know...

Agreed 110% No one wants to vote for the losing candidate and perception is everything when you refuse to look into the facts.

 

[bobburn]

Maybe because they keep winning elections....

None of them have one a single election. Primaries, yes, but not a presidential election.

 

[anewvoice]

I realize we tend to focus on Ron Paul in these things but DAMN, the GOP just got their asses handed to them by Obama. That will be the same reaction next November by the way.

 

[sailingaway]

This poll was from 3/8 to 3/11 (Last poll was from 2/2-2/6)

Primary:

Romney 37 (32) +5
Santorum 32 (18) +14
Gingrich 12 (19) -7
Paul 11 (21) -10

General:
Obama 52, Romney 41 Obama +11
Obama 52, Santorum 42 Obama +10
Obama 54, Ginrich 37 Obama +17
Obama vs. Paul Not Polled (At least in link provided)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/13/us-usa-campaign-obama-idUSBRE82C1AN20120313

where was the poll where Ron was ever at 21% nationally? How can you say he is down 10?
And I notice they did NOT poll Ron against Obama, at least in the part they wrote up, and he usually does a lot better than AT LEAST Gingrich and Santorum.

 

[RDM]

Why do people keep choosing the top three unelectable candidates?

Maybe because their campaigns are using a strategy to win and ours is....well...

 

[sailingaway]

Maybe because their campaigns are using a strategy to win and ours is....well...

Cut it out. If you want to bash the campaign, go to the vent. 20/20 hindsight is perfect, and the campaign doesn't have nearly the money to do all the things people here want them to.

 

[RDM]

Cut it out. If you want to bash the campaign, go to the vent. 20/20 hindsight is perfect, and the campaign doesn't have nearly the money to do all the things people here want them to.

Santorum had no problem on a "penny" budget.

 

[Bruno]

Santorum had no problem on a "penny" budget.

When you have all the churches in your corner, and are the last non-Romney/Paul to get your media-hyped "surge" without any vetting, you can get amazing results on a penny budget.

 

[sailingaway]

Santorum had no problem on a "penny" budget.

He had the media, and it is traceable to a very questionable GOP only poll that showed a fake surge a week before an election that let you register on site, which showed a surge only when compared with a prior poll that properly polled all who intended to vote not merely GOP. The media siezed it. They will never work 'for Ron' that way no matter how much money the campaign spends or where they go or what they do. Santorum was polling LAST and doing pathetically until the media cast him as the 'conservative' ignoring his truly awful record until he had worked his way to being the 'main challenger' of Romney.

 

[Esoteric]

When you have all the churches in your corner, and are the last non-Romney/Paul to get your media-hyped "surge" without any vetting, you can get amazing results on a penny budget.

^^ YEP.

 

[r3volutionpaul91]

I hope when obama gets re-elected and attacks iran all these dumb ass idiots who voted for romney or santorum realize how stupid they are and should of voted Ron Paul.

 

[tremendoustie]

This poll was from 3/8 to 3/11 (Last poll was from 2/2-2/6)

Primary:

Romney 37 (32) +5
Santorum 32 (18) +14
Gingrich 12 (19) -7
Paul 11 (21) -10

General:
Obama 52, Romney 41 Obama +11
Obama 52, Santorum 42 Obama +10
Obama 54, Ginrich 37 Obama +17
Obama vs. Paul Not Polled (At least in link provided)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/13/us-usa-campaign-obama-idUSBRE82C1AN20120313

I didn't realize there was a poll with paul over 20% nationally.

Anyhow, don't worry folks, we continue to advance and win in the grand scheme of things.

Come to NH if you really want to push the ball forward! =)

 

[Blue]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-usa-campaign-poll-idUSTRE81514720120207

The poll where he was at 21% nationally^

Support for Ron Paul, a U.S. congressman from Texas, grew by 5 percentage points to 21 percent.

So before that poll, he was at 16%. WTF is going on?!?!