Here’s the latest information on this week’s polling on the 2012 Presidential election.
First – from a FOX PAC poll conducted from 26 – 28 June 2011 – let’s look at who would be the Republican/Tea Party (GOTP) nominee if it all ended today:
Romney 18; Perry 13; Bachmann 11; Palin 8; Paul 7; Cain 5; Huntsman 3; Gingrich 3; Pawlenty 3 and Santorum 2
As the “race moves into the heart of summer, Romney (aka Flopsy Mopsy) still leads followed by Perry (Pres of the Republic of Texas, who has not announced, and probably won’t run), Bachmann (aka Krazy) has made it into the double digits replacing Palin (aka the Ice Queen who has still not announced she’s running – she isn’t).
It is interesting to note that FOX is strongly backing Flopsy and Krazy, and they are both doing very well, while the former FOX PAC poster child Palin is all but disappearing from the polls – see what “Jury Duty” will do to you?
And second, how do the GOTP pack stack up against President Obama? Well, if the election was held today, according to a poll conducted by McClatchy/Marist from 15 – 23 June 2011:
President Obama 46/Romney 42
President Obama 49/Bachmann 37
President Obama 56/Palin 30
President Obama 47/Pawlenty 33
President Obama 48/Cain 38
President Obama 52/Gingrich 39
President Obama 54/Paul 36
President Obama 52/Huntsman 34
So, only Flopsy Mopsy, who has closed the gap to four points really would stand any chance at all of defeating the President, if the election were held today. However, since the odds of the far-right uber religious Tea Party ever supporting a “Mormon” for president is highly unlikely, the GOTP will end up with someone infinitely less qualified and equally infinitely more likely to get shellacked come November 2012.
It’s interesting to note there are no major polls yet conducted which have Santorum figured into the equation indicating major polling organizations have yet to count him as running a legitimate campaign? But what makes it more interesting is these same organizations count the likes of Gingrich, Cain, Paul and Huntsman as being legit?
To recap, if the GOTP nomination circus – and the general election had both ended this week Flopsy would be the GOTP candidate, and he would have lost to the President.
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