Hot Air Candidate Survey Results: August
posted at 9:25 am on August 2, 2011 by Patrick Ishmael
Sarah Palin hits a new high. Hot Air wants Marco Rubio for Vice President. Rick Perry is the top second-choice for President. And among those actually running for the job? Michele Bachmann takes the top prize. Questions? You can find me here.
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‘Cuda!
the_nile on August 2, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Well, I’m good with Palin/Perry 2012.
Fallon on August 2, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Perry!
annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Interesting
txmomof6 on August 2, 2011 at 9:29 AM
At this point, some of Perry’s positions are as blurry as the screencap for this post. :)
itsnotaboutme on August 2, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Sorry Fallon-Perry has more XO experience than Mrs. Palin. HE get’s top of ticket.
annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Palin/Perry Perry/Palin
This will be the death of the commie/progressive/baby killer leftists!
Popcorn please.
katy on August 2, 2011 at 9:30 AM
I can’t wait for the collapse of Perry’s support, there’s going to be a lot of people eating their hats.
wheelgun on August 2, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Whoa on the Perry/Palin split question – that is a suprise for this site.
Thanks again for doing this every month – it’s one of my favorite posts.
gophergirl on August 2, 2011 at 9:31 AM
I have a friend in Orlando who was very proudly working for Huntsman. He’s not been so vociferous lately. I think I see why.
AubieJon on August 2, 2011 at 9:31 AM
another Month another Palin can of whoop as*
It does look like the ABP people have found a candidate to rally behind in Perry.
I’m not surprised at the flame out of Bachmann or Cain they were never qualified to be POTUS.
I hope Palin and Perry emerge as the two major candidates in the primary. It woould mean the moderates lost no matter who wins.
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Patrick. The question, If you have changed your pick for president, who did you formally support?, seems to be from the beginning of time. Seems to me it would show trends and who was losing support if it was from survey to survey. I can’t believe around 2500 people changed their mind in the last month.
Palin/Rubio
derft on August 2, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Sorry Fallon-Perry has more XO experience than Mrs. Palin. HE get’s top of ticket.
annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 9:30 AM
No shiny dime today, ALT. Palin has the charisma and the grassroots backing. It’s time for some crisp Alaskan fresh air to cleanse the DC swamp.
Fallon on August 2, 2011 at 9:34 AM
I have perfected a wonderful hat sauce.
katy the mean old lady on August 2, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Sorry, ALT.
Perry has to actually win the nomination to get the top of the ticket.
Brian1972 on August 2, 2011 at 9:37 AM
You don’t mention Bachmann…why not? (genuine question…just wondering is all)
JetBoy on August 2, 2011 at 9:38 AM
At this point I would vote for a ham sandwich to be president.
scalleywag on August 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Well Palinistas..What do you b!tch about now?..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM
2,889 to 2,887 Perry over Palin.
That’s crazy.
nickj116 on August 2, 2011 at 9:40 AM
katy the mean old lady on August 2, 2011 at 9:37 AM
I prefer country dancing, but, I can do the Mexican Hat Dance.
derft on August 2, 2011 at 9:40 AM
And by crazy, I mean that’s crazy close. Amazing.
nickj116 on August 2, 2011 at 9:40 AM
I know – I read that twice to make sure I read it right.
gophergirl on August 2, 2011 at 9:42 AM
wheelgun on August 2, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Well Palinistas..What do you b!tch about now?..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Wearing your steel undies today, I see. LoL!
They’ll find something I’m sure.
annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 9:44 AM
I agree..I also did the same..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 9:44 AM
2,889 to 2,887 Perry over Palin.
That’s crazy.
nickj116 on August 2, 2011 at 9:40 AM
I don’t know how ALT voted 2000 times.
derft on August 2, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Patrick, love the poll but when are we ever going to see this pic (or this or this one) as the front page photo?
Fallon on August 2, 2011 at 9:44 AM
It’s all good..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 9:45 AM
I don’t understand how Palin can consistently lose the most supporters yet keep going up in overall support. I’m beginning to think that undecided people just choose Palin as former support. In any rate, it doesn’t seem to logically follow. Her numbers should fall, not rise.
Pattosensei on August 2, 2011 at 9:45 AM
I am not a fan of Bachmann. the biggest reason is I don’t think she is qualified, no executive experience at all, the comments form her ex CoS etc. Then I have problem with the fact her campaign manger is rOllins, her campaign strategy of trying to be the “smart” Palin, her hypocritcal statements on things like being antibailout but then penning a letter to the Obama admin thanking them for bailing out the pork industry or her taking government money for her farm or her husbands clinic.
I did gain some respect for her on her position on the debt deal.
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Hope you have a good day friend!..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 9:46 AM
I’m still standing by my prediction that when all is said and done, the ticket will be Perry/Romney or Romney/Perry.
nickj116 on August 2, 2011 at 9:47 AM
doesn’t that trigger an automatic recount?
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:48 AM
It’s because the people that don’t like Palin pick her has their former support. It’s a bad question and can easily be played with.
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:49 AM
It made me smile to be honest. Now I think I should actually get some work done today – I know my boss would appreciate it.
Have a good day!
gophergirl on August 2, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Thanks Patrick. I am still in the undecided camp…
OmahaConservative on August 2, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Thanks. Gotta get my walk in before the temps get too high.
annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Pattosensei on August 2, 2011 at 9:45 AM
I still think that the results are from the beginning of time. If not I’m with you. It makes no sense.
derft on August 2, 2011 at 9:50 AM
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Your constant whining is getting to be like a broken record.
annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Same to you..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 9:52 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause_of_the_U.S._Constitution
Rubio is not “Natural Born” but Wikipedia has changed their article after all the Birther nonsense.
http://www.google.com/search?q=natural+born+wikipedia
turns up:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2712486/posts
where there is a link to a wayback page
So Obama may have made Rubio eligible.
gh on August 2, 2011 at 9:53 AM
I agree..Thanks Patrick..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Katy, is it a roux with plenty of spices?
either orr on August 2, 2011 at 9:53 AM
RP getting 3% in an online poll… riiiight.
iamse7en on August 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Your constant
whiningwinning is getting to be like a broken record.annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 9:51 AM
lol Love ya, ALT. We’ll win you over, yet.
Fallon on August 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM
I am so boring…
Right at the top of the curve for personal and voting info.
tomg51 on August 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM
My comment wasn’t directed to you but you go with that.
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:55 AM
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Your constant whining is getting to be like a broken record.
annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 9:51 AM
He is not whining. He is trying to answer a question about a stat that makes no sense. Join the discussion or don’t make snarky comments.
derft on August 2, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Funny, I was just going to say the same thing about you.
darwin on August 2, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Area codes and zipcodes throws the paulites off.
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Whiny
bitchesbritches…Gohawgs on August 2, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Gotcha
JetBoy on August 2, 2011 at 9:56 AM
I think with Palin every one is waiting to see if she runs. If she does she will skyrocket again.
Silverwolf on August 2, 2011 at 9:57 AM
I woould still vote for MB before mitt.
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:58 AM
The heat has got you talking to yourself, again…
Gohawgs on August 2, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Understandable…I would vote for a dirty sock with a hole in it over Mitt.
JetBoy on August 2, 2011 at 10:00 AM
If she doesn’t run I suspect she will become the preferred VP canitdate.
Silverwolf on August 2, 2011 at 10:01 AM
btw *waves at twerpster*
JetBoy on August 2, 2011 at 10:01 AM
This month should be interesting.
Y-not on August 2, 2011 at 10:01 AM
I think Rubio winning the VP poll was a direct result of his owning of John Kerry the other day. As a commenter at another website said, John Kerry finally earned that other purple heart.
TheQuestion on August 2, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Oh, dang. Where did these 300 votes come from that were in my car’s trunk?
SouthernGent on August 2, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Sarah Palin polls 46.6% in an online poll with the Ace of Spades last week and now 40% with HA this week but for some reason Sarah Palin is NOT worthy enough to be a part of Rasmussen’s latest poll of GOP contenders while Rick Perry is placed in the spotlight even though he has not declared yet and Palin is given short shrift.
I notice that no one has tried to justify Rasmussen’s decision. By the way he excluded Palin in his June poll as well.
You people are fair-minded people. You may not agree with Sarah Palin on the issues or you may even hate her guts but you have to admit it is NOT fair for any pollster to be heavy-handed and exclude her from any poll of GOP contenders especially when she polls so well in online polls.
And finally have you noticed no one prominent in the right-wing blogosphere has brought up or addressed this issue?
Can we say vast right-wing conspiracy?
technopeasant on August 2, 2011 at 10:02 AM
I am not a fan of Bachmann. the biggest reason is I don’t think she is qualified, no executive experience at all, the comments form her ex CoS etc. Then I have problem with the fact her campaign manger is rOllins, her campaign strategy of trying to be the “smart” Palin, her hypocritcal statements on things like being antibailout but then penning a letter to the Obama admin thanking them for bailing out the pork industry or her taking government money for her farm or her husbands clinic.
I did gain some respect for her on her position on the debt deal.
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Hold off on that “respect”. As a self professed leader of the Tea Party she really had no choice. Her base of support is from the Tea Party. Well, at least until Palin
announces.
Amjean on August 2, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Nope. Rubio is consistently teh awesome.
gh on August 2, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Perry or Palin or both need to get in. If it’s not one or the other at the top of the ticket we will end up with Romney or Huntsman. I remind you McCain started our dead last before any primary vote.
Marcus on August 2, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Silverwolf on August 2, 2011 at 10:01 AM
She will NEVER play second fiddle again.
derft on August 2, 2011 at 10:04 AM
The rinos and obama…what else? What about you?
tinkerthinker on August 2, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Hmmm…..We seem to lean towards the “unelectible.”
Deafdog on August 2, 2011 at 10:05 AM
LoL..It is all cowboys and aliens!!..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 10:06 AM
btw *waves at twerpster*
JetBoy on August 2, 2011 at 10:01 AM
*waves back and blows kiss*
annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Sounds like a good place to start!..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 10:07 AM
I understand that but she did stick to the position unlike say West. So she gets the kudos for it.
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Too bad. She just hasn’t been fiddl’n long enough.
Deafdog on August 2, 2011 at 10:08 AM
LoL..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Mango based, laced with paergoric. Knucklehead gets the runs.
katy the mean old lady on August 2, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Palin was trailing Perry (by a sizable percentage, about 15% iirc) at Ace much of the day until there was an Instalanche, then what had been a random sample of site visitors (with the tallies going up for all of the candidates by the same relative amounts) became a all Palin ‘votes.’ The accompanying comments from new hashes read like fan letters to Parker Stevenson in Teen Beat. Pretty funny, actually.
Y-not on August 2, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Area codes and zipcodes throws the paulites off.
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 9:56 AM
LoL
annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Thanks Partick again for these polls. It is fun to see that I agree with most here at HA on the voting. It is interesting the two older age groups have the most posters.
Guess we just have to see if Sarah and Perry both announce how the polls will come out when that happens. Palin/West still my favorite.
L
letget on August 2, 2011 at 10:11 AM
My prediction was Perry/Kasich or Romney/Kasich and I’m sticking with that. I don’t think Perry or Romney bring anything to the bottom half of the ticket while Kasich ups the odds on winning Ohio, especially if his reforms start to show promise.
PatMac on August 2, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Maybe if you substituted star fruit, she’d do better…
Gohawgs on August 2, 2011 at 10:12 AM
I’m not ready to go all Hillary on this, but I participated in a straw poll this past weekend and Palin was not on the ballot. I was told they would not accept write-ins, so I wrote her in anyway knowing my vote wouldn’t count.
It did seem strange considering it was a woman-centric group.
Fallon on August 2, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Um, Obama did less in his pathetic “career” and won. So why can’t Palin? Sorry, but there is no true conservative that is “unelectable”. It is a principle which never loses if practiced and articulated correctly, as Rush always says.
search4truth on August 2, 2011 at 10:12 AM
I do not oppose Michele Bachmann because of her so-called lack of executive experience. The same could be said of Abraham Lincoln who only served one term in the US House before being elected President.
I oppose Bachmann on different grounds. I believe that she is a one-trick pony who is not capable of or does not know how to offer up nuance and variation when interviewed. Her interviews are all one speed and one tone.
That is acceptable if you are a Congressman or Senator but to run for President in the 21st century you need to boast a repertoire of approaches and tones to meet the needs of a specific occasion or circumstance.
Unfortunately for Bachmann, she has never developed that asset or skill.
And Sarah Palin has.
technopeasant on August 2, 2011 at 10:14 AM
LoL..:)
PS..Good to see you..:)
Dire Straits on August 2, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Five years before Obama ever held an elected office, Sarah Palin began her political career as an elected official.
Fallon on August 2, 2011 at 10:18 AM
katy the mean old lady on August 2, 2011 at 10:10 AM
You ladies eat really weird stuff.
derft on August 2, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Please update your stock photos of Governor Perry.
publiuspen on August 2, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Perry won’t run. What we’re seeing from him is Mario Cuomo stuff.
rrpjr on August 2, 2011 at 10:23 AM
In fact had served two executive terms as mayor of the fifth largest city in Alaska, implemented Reagan-modeled policies and transformed it into fastest-growing economic area in the state. All while winning over its mostly hostile and entrenched bureaucratic bastion.
rrpjr on August 2, 2011 at 10:30 AM
good point but isn’t that part of executive experience?
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Fallon on August 2, 2011 at 10:12 AM
I have been following Sarah Palin for exactly 3 years and I am also a student of history and understand authoritarianism in all its manifestations.
Simply put Sarah Palin is a superstar and she is very dangerous because she could win the GOP nomination and then go one and beat Obama in 15 months.
Even Lefties like Andrew Sullivan and Joe Klein admitted that on the Chris Matthews program a few months ago.
So what strategy have her enemies used to stop her? One as old as the hills. Deny her existence. Obliterate her from the radar screen.
In Fascist and communist countries that would mean concentration camps or execution.
In the USA it means deliberating ignoring her or dismissing her as inconsequential through massive MSM propaganda. Regardless of the means the intent is the same. To act in a heavy-handed, authoritarian manner to control the environment and to tip the scales into your favor.
Really that is the only choice her enemies have. Sarah Palin is just too good at what she does.
technopeasant on August 2, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Your constant whining is getting to be like a broken record.
annoyinglittletwerp on August 2, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Talk about perception,the only whining i see is coming from you.
heshtesh on August 2, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Perry/Rubio
Beyond that, Nominee alternates are Pawlenty and Romney… I guess. VP I’d also take Ryan, Christie, maybe Jindal
Dash on August 2, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Once Palin calls it that Perry v. Palin 50% will be history.
RDE2010 on August 2, 2011 at 10:40 AM
The Palin/Perry is interesting, but more interesting is the 2nd choice for POTUS if the 1st drops out. While Palin, MB & Perry are the only ones to get double digits, MB shoots to 19%, Palin falls to 11% and Perry falls to 24%. Juxtaposed with the Palin v Perry split at 50/50, indcates that the two are not “similiar”.
IOW, people support Palin for totally different reasons than for Perry; supporting one does not automatically default the other to second choice. More likely many that have Palin as 1st choice, have Perry as second, but those that have Perry 1st, shift to MB as 2nd and vice versa. The ABP effect is strong, even among conservatives.
We’ll see how that dynamic changes when both SP & RP join the race and start debating.
AH_C on August 2, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Perry’s not running. He said so several times. He would completely have to go back on his word to run. I mean, if you can’t trust a politician, who can you trust?
Dongemaharu on August 2, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Go fish.
MJBrutus on August 2, 2011 at 10:43 AM
Thanks for the polls. Interesting stuff.
1IDVET on August 2, 2011 at 10:43 AM
yeap for whatever reason. I think a cmapaign will change some monds but a large portion in the GOP is ABP the question is will they vote for Obama over Palin if she wins the nomination. I don’t think so.
unseen on August 2, 2011 at 10:46 AM
To me what is fascinating about this thread and other online threads as well is how little attention is given to Mitt Romney’s pathetic showing in all online polls.
Do you realize that could pose a major problem for Romney in competing against Obama?
Obama and his team are experts on the use of the Internet and increasing their support in this manner and using it to fundraise as well.
Yes, Romney polls anywhere now from 15%-20% in traditional polls but you do have to question their validity when he can’t reach double digits in any online poll.
technopeasant on August 2, 2011 at 10:47 AM
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