Thread: Perry Surges Ahead Of The GOP Field

Rasmussen Poll: Perry Surges Ahead Of The GOP Field

Kyle Leighton | August 16, 2011, 2:01PM

Rick Perry has had an eventful four days. On the heels of his official announcement, first appearances as a candidate seeking the GOP nomination and even his first splash with a controversial position, Perry has impressed a lot of Republican voters: a new national Rasmussen survey has him taking the lead in the GOP primary, far outside the margin of error.

The poll shows that Perry is now the first choice of 29 percent of the GOP voters surveyed, with former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney with 18 percent, and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) in third with 13 percent. As with any nomination process, state polling in the first contests will be of the most importance. But Perry's surge past the rest of the field is remarkable: by contrast, Bachmann showed more and more strength in national polls as her campaign ramped up, but only overtook Romney in one poll, by a single point.

As for the rest of the field, Rep. Ron Paul registered 9 percent, businessman Herman Cain got 6 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had 5 percent, along with former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. who got 1 percent each.

Perry has jumped eleven points in the last two weeks, as the previous Rasmussen GOP primary survey had Romney at 22 percent, Perry at 18 percent, and Bachmann at 16 percent, suggesting that he's drawing supporters away from both of those candidates. Two polls from last week, one from Fox News and another from CNN had shown Romney with a small lead.

The new Rasmussen poll used automated telephone interviews with 1,000 likely GOP primary voters on August 15th and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.

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How come I am never included in these so called Rasmussen polls, nor ANYONE that I know.

Sounds like a bunch of crap to me as Perry Stinks to high heaven to begin with.

Originally Posted by PaulRevere9

How come I am never included in these so called Rasmussen polls, nor ANYONE that I know.

Sounds like a bunch of crap to me as Perry Stinks to high heaven to begin with.

I never get included in these polls either! And I agree, this is what they WANT us to believe... Perry is THEIR choice. Just my own opinion...

Originally Posted by PaulRevere9

How come I am never included in these so called Rasmussen polls, nor ANYONE that I know.

Sounds like a bunch of crap to me as Perry Stinks to high heaven to begin with.

A few years back I used to get survey calls from them.
I answered a few but then they got to calling 3 or 4 times a week so I just started hanging up on them. After awhile they stopped calling.

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From Wikipedia

Founded
2003

Founder(s)
Scott Rasmussen

Headquarters

Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States

Products
Opinion polling, news

Website
www.rasmussenreports.com

Rasmussen Reports is an American media company that publishes and distributes information based on public opinion polling. Founded by pollster Scott Rasmussen in 2003, the company updates daily indexes including the President's job approval rating, and provides public opinion data, analysis, and commentary, along with coverage of business, economic, and lifestyle issues. The company claims to have the "most comprehensive public opinion data" and uses the slogan, "If it's in the news, it's in our polls".[1]

History

Scott Rasmussen founded the polling company, GrassRoots Research, in 1995. His company, Rasmussen Research, was bought by TownPagesNet.com for about $4.5 million in ordinary shares in 1999.[2] In 2003, Rasmussen founded Rasmussen Reports, based in Asbury Park, New Jersey; he is currently the president of the company.[1][3]

Rasmussen Reports polls make use of automated public opinion polling, involving pre-recorded telephone inquiries.[4] These types of polls are believed to produce results at low cost, although some traditional pollsters are skeptical of this methodology and prefer traditional, operator-assisted polling techniques.[5] In addition to political polling, Rasmussen provides public opinion data, analysis, and commentary, along with coverage of business, economic, and lifestyle issues. He describes himself as a market-driven public opinion pollster.[6]

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Rasmussen Reports, an electronic media organization, publishes editorial content several times daily on a news cycle. Its content is primarily based upon the company’s independent public opinion surveys, the topics for which are inspired by the week’s media headlines. The company’s Web site, www.RasmussenReports.com, reports on politics, business, and lifestyle issues.

Rasmussen Reports and Gallup are consistently ranked 1 and 2 by Alexa.com in terms of web traffic among public opinion firms. Rasmussen has a larger social media following: over 80,000 follow the company on Twitter and over 25,000 are Facebook fans. The firm also releases a free daily e-newsletter.

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"Recently, Texas governor Rick Perry distanced himself from George W. Bush by saying 'I went to Texas A&M; he went to Yale.'... In other words, Rick Perry's idea of instilling confidence is to say 'Don't worry, I'm not as smart as George W. Bush.'"
Conan O'Brien