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Rasmussen Florida Poll Breakdown: Romney 44%, Gingrich 28%
January 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Let’s take a closer look at the Gingrich implosion since his South Carolina win. Rasmussen’s latest poll (out this Sunday morning) shows: Romney 44%, Gingrich 28%.
Let’s take a gander at the last three polls to see what’s happening here:
January 23, 2012
| Likely Voters | Male | Female | |
| Romney | 32% | 30% | 34% |
| Gingrich | 41% | 45% | 35% |
| Santorum | 11% | 9% | 13% |
| Paul | 8% | 9% | 6% |
| Other | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Not sure | 9% | 8% | 11% |
This poll was just after Gingrich’s big win in South Carolina.
But days later we see the Romney groundwork and prowess in Florida going to work!
January 25, 2012
| LVs | Change | Male | Change | Female | Change | |
| Romney | 39% | 7% | 35% | 5% | 44% | 10% |
| Gingrich | 31% | -10% | 33% | -12% | 28% | -7% |
| Santorum | 12% | 1% | 13% | 4% | 11% | -2% |
| Paul | 9% | 1% | 9% | 0% | 8% | 2% |
| Other | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 2% |
| Not sure | 7% | -2% | 6% | -2% | 7% | -4% |
The male GOP voter is an interesting bunch (I’m one of them) but they absolutely abandoned Newt in just a few days. Romney ads were in full force and the tame NBC debate stunted the Gingrich coliseum debate meme.
Now, just 3 days later and after the huge debate win for Romney on Thursday night we see the numbers moving even more:
| LVs | Change | Male | Change | Female | Change | |
| Romney | 44% | 5% | 46% | 11% | 41% | -3% |
| Gingrich | 28% | -3% | 30% | -3% | 26% | -2% |
| Santorum | 12% | 0% | 8% | -5% | 16% | 5% |
| Paul | 10% | 1% | 13% | 4% | 7% | -1% |
| Other | 1% | -3% | 0% | -5% | 1% | -2% |
| Not sure | 5% | -2% | 3% | -3% | 8% | 1% |
Notice, Romney lost a little ground with the gentler sex but managed to totally win over the wandering male GOP voter after they left Newt. Notice Santorum really helped himself in the second debate as well.
These numbers point to a solid win by Romney on Tuesday.
UPDATE:
I need to drill into these cross-tabs a bit more but here’s the breakdown by age. The middle-aged GOPer, who has been been the thorn in the side of Romney for months, have finally turned their trust to Romney and seem to be the big demo abandoning Gingrich. 17% of them changed their minds about Newt and nearly all went to Romney.
From January 23rd:
| 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | |
| Romney | 28% | 29% | 40% |
| Gingrich | 27% | 44% | 45% |
| Santorum | 7% | 14% | 6% |
| Paul | 19% | 6% | 2% |
| Other | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Not sure | 18% | 7% | 6% |
From January 25th:
| 18-39 | Change | 40-64 | Change | 65+ | Change | |
| Romney | 32% | 4% | 37% | 8% | 48% | 8% |
| Gingrich | 22% | -5% | 32% | -12% | 34% | -11% |
| Santorum | 13% | 6% | 13% | -1% | 9% | 3% |
| Paul | 14% | -5% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 2% |
| Other | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 0% |
| Not sure | 13% | -5% | 6% | -1% | 3% | -3% |
From January 28th
| 18-39 | Change | 40-64 | Change | 65+ | Change | |
| Romney | 33% | 1% | 44% | 7% | 52% | 4% |
| Gingrich | 28% | 6% | 27% | -5% | 32% | -2% |
| Santorum | 11% | -2% | 14% | 1% | 9% | 0% |
| Paul | 14% | 0% | 12% | 4% | 3% | -1% |
| Other | 2% | -4% | 0% | -4% | 1% | 0% |
| Not sure | 12% | -1% | 4% | -2% | 3% | 0% |
Presidential Faith Gap
December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
From the report:
Opinions about President Obama are divided sharply along lines of faith and religious participation. New Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveying of Likely U.S. Voters shows that the president earns a job approval rating of 58% among those who rarely or never attend church or religious services. However, among those who attend services every week or nearly every week, just 38% offer their approval. Among those who attend more than one service a week, approval is even lower at 31%. Looked at from another perspective, Obama earns a 31% approval rating among Evangelical Christians, a 38% rating among Catholics and approval from 44% of other Protestants. Among voters who do not claim a Christian faith, including many who claim no religious faith of any kind, the president’s job approval is substantially higher at 65%. When it comes to intensity, 32% of non-Christians Strongly Approve of the job the president is doing, while 22% Strongly Disapprove. Among Evangelical Christians, just 19% Strongly Approve and 58% Strongly Disapprove. Twenty-three percent (23%) of other Protestants and 17% of Catholics Strongly Approve of the president’s job performance. For other Protestants and Catholics, the Strong Disapproval number is 45%. Overall, among all voters, the president’s total job approval has recently been in the mid-to-upper 40 percent range. The faith gap is also found on the Generic Congressional Ballot
Iowa Women Flocking to Mitt?
December 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Rasmussen Reports is out with their latest numbers on the Iowa GOP Presidential race. The numbers show another lead change with Romney nudging Newt 23% to 20% and Paul creeping up to 18%.
So, who gave Mitt the edge? It turns out… the women are flocking to him!
While 14% of men abandoned Newt here in December, Romney gained 8 percentage points in the female demographic putting him at 28% with the gentile race. Men started flocking to Paul but Romney’s numbers have remained consistent throughout.
See below:
What the… Proposed S. Korean Towers Resemble Exploding World Trade Center
This is insane… What are they thinking? How much do we pay to South Korea annually to protect their lives?
And they repay us with this crap?
Obama the big spender
December 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Do I have to review this? Do I really have to?
Obama is the biggest Presidential spender in modern times.
With data taken from the White House’s own OMB numbers:
| Receipts | Outlays | Deficits | Spending % | |
| Carter | $1,735,534 | $1,962,933 | $(227,400) | 113% |
| Reagan I | $2,484,038 | $3,084,153 | $(600,114) | 124% |
| Reagan II | $3,266,718 | $4,005,159 | $(738,443) | 123% |
| Bush | $4,169,259 | $5,102,493 | $(933,234) | 122% |
| Clinton I | $5,217,744 | $5,947,365 | $(729,620) | 114% |
| Clinton II | $7,153,603 | $5,947,365 | $409,237 | 83% |
| W I | $7,506,646 | $8,326,480 | $(819,834) | 111% |
| W II | $9,652,456 | $10,838,237 | $(1,185,781) | 112% |
| Obama | $9,068,862 | $14,521,395 | $(5,452,533) | 160% |
We’ll start with this detail and move on to the real ugly stuff later.
“Great Ceaser’s Salad!” R.I.P. Harry Morgan
December 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Harry Morgan (aka Col. Potter from M*A*S*H) has died.
So many memories. Not the least of which are his inventive approaches to swearing… something which I as a Mormon deeply admire 