Interesting....and these are GREAT results!
Full results:
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_NH_728.pdf
28% of those polled said that a Palin endorsement would make them LESS likely to vote for a candidate endorsed by Sarah Palin. This is a BIG number.
Of these: Romney 25%, Paul 23%, Huckabee 14%, Someone else (Who?) 14%, Gingrich 11%.
So we need to work on the part of the party that sees Palin as a good, positive figure in the GOP.
43% of those who said that a Palin endorsement would make them LESS likely to support a candidate also said they are NOT a part of the Tea Party. We need to work on the Tea Party in NH, and Ron Paul's image within it. (Although only 27% said they consider themselves a part of the Tea Party, quite a low number.)
Ron Paul LEADS among the 25% of those polled who consider the party to be "too conservative." This confuses me....I guess it depends on the definition of "conservative" in the mind of the person polled (social conservatism?).
Ron Paul also LEADS among the 8% of those polled who consider themselves "liberal" - no surprise here, as they are likely libertarians. He also does fairly well with the 39% who consider themselves moderate. The block he needs to work on is self-identified CONSERVATIVES....Ron Paul needs to continually emphasize that his message is a CONSERVATIVE message.
For the first time in any poll I've seen, Ron Paul did better with women than men - he actually got 15% of the women polled, putting him in second place with women behind Romney (29%).
Ron Paul also wins the 18-29 age group in a landslide and comes in a close second in the 30-45 age group, but needs to appeal more to older voters - perhaps by emphasizing that cuts in social safety nets would be done GRADUALLY.
All in all though - what an encouraging poll! We can do this!
