Poll: Palin would beat Obama in Texas

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Here's yet another sign of just how unelectable Sarah Palin could be if she were to win the Republican nomination for president in 2012: A new survey from Public Policy Polling (D) finds her ahead of Obama by only one point in deep-red Texas.

Here are the GOPers performances against Obama, in descending order:

• Mike Huckabee leads Obama by a whopping 55%-39%.

• Mitt Romney leads Obama by 49%-42%.

• Newt Gingrich leads Obama by 48%-43%.

• Palin just edges Obama by 47%-46%.

• And Gov. Rick Perry, who has run populist anti-Washington campaigns and is now dealing with a serious state budget crunch, only ties Obama at 45%-45%.

"At the end of the day, it's unlikely even the most unelectable Republican loses Texas in even the largest re-election landslide scenario for President Obama," writes PPP president Dean Debnam. "But this certainly drives home how unpopular Sarah Palin is right now, and how much more popular Obama is than most Democrats."

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Not surprised, Texas (like GA) is a red state. Any republican would beat a democrate in a red state

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Not surprised, Texas (like GA) is a red state. Any republican would beat a democrate in a red state

Right. Read the post one more time. Any republican?

[Peikko 1,575]

Right. Read the post one more time. Any republican?

Strictly speaking that's true, she'd win by a 1 point margin. Who cares though, really? I agree with whoever said that Palin isn't going to run at all, just make as much money as she can from all the publicity that surrounds her every move, and that of her family. Why anyone cares at this point is beyond me.

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Strictly speaking that's true, she'd win by a 1 point margin.

I am yet to see a poll that has an MoE of 1% or less. And even if we assume a MoE of zero (an impossibility) for this particular poll, there is one republican who does not win.

[Peikko 1,575]

I am yet to see a poll that has an MoE of 1% or less. And even if we assume a MoE of zero (an impossibility) for this particular poll, there is one republican who does not win.

No, there is one republican who does not command enough of a margin to guarantee a win; that doesn't = lose, I guess in a red state that does = lose. Mind you, again I ask, who cares???

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No, there is one republican who does not command enough of a margin to guarantee a win; that doesn't = lose ...

Just to bring this back into focus, I am making the point that not any republican can easily beat a democrat in texas. There are republicans who may not be able to - like perry and palin.

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Just to bring this back into focus, I am making the point that not any republican can easily beat a democrat in texas. There are republicans who may not be able to - like perry and palin.

No, the person you corrected did not claim that any republican would easily win, they said any republican would win. The pedant in me

Edited January 23, 2011 by Madame Cleo

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The pedant in me

At least you realize that's what the problem is. Now you can go seek treatment.

No, the person you corrected did not claim that any republican would easily win, they said any republican would win.

Even the claim that any republican would win is not substantiated by this particular poll. There are at least two outcomes in this poll that are statistical ties.