Friday, September 2, 2011

National Journal Political Insiders Poll: Romney has best chance to beat Obama

Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be surging in polls of Republican primary voters, but his party's Insiders aren't convinced he'd be the best general election candidate. More than two-thirds of Republican Insiders say Mitt Romney has a better chance than Perry of defeating President Obama in 2012, according to this week's National Journal Political Insiders Poll.
Who has a better chance of beating President Obama in 2012, Mitt Romney or Rick Perry? (Democratic Insiders 88 votes) [Republican Insiders 97 votes]

Mitt Romney (83%) [69%]
Rick Perry (17%) [31%]
Many Republican Insiders acknowledged Perry's appeal to conservatives but questioned his ability to win over independent voters. "Perry can fire up the base, but this election will be won in the middle, not on the fringes," said one. Said another, "Having trouble ID-ing a single independent who'd vote for Perry."
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A Democratic Insider added, "There is no state Perry can win that Mitt Romney won't. There are some states Romney can put into play (MA, OH, PA, NH) that are harder for Perry to win."
The full story is HERE.


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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

They are exactly right. Hard to argue with facts.

larry said...

"There is no state Perry can win that Mitt Romney won't. There are some states Romney can put into play (MA, OH, PA, NH) that are harder for Perry to win."

As OJ would say, BINGO!

Ohio JOE said...

I do not know what you are smoking Larry, but the only state that you are correct is NH. Even, Mr. Romney cannot win MA and it is not a slam drunk by any means that he would win PA. As for OH, it might go GOP despite Mr. Romney, not because of him.

Ann said...

Add Michigan to the mix as well

Revolution 2012 said...

Well we know if Perry's the nominee Ohio will stay Democrat despite Mr. Perry.

Ohio JOE said...

"Well we know if Perry's the nominee Ohio will stay Democrat despite Mr. Perry." You might want to share that with Ras, but hey.