Democratic firm Public Policy Polling has a counterargument of sorts to the national poll released Tuesday night showing Perry near the top of the pack among Republican presidential candidates.
In a poll of 795 Texas voters from June 25-27, Raleigh, NC-based PPP found that Perry would lose to President Barack Obama 47-45 in the state, with 8 percent of voters undecided. Republicans fare better in Texas with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney or Texas Congressman Ron Paul on the ballot, in both cases leading Obama by single digits. The poll has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
Polling director Tom Jensen warned on the organization’s blog Wednesday that Democrats shouldn’t get too excited by the results, explaining that "the vast majority of undecideds in all of these match ups disapprove of the job Obama is doing."
The same poll found that Bachmann is viewed most favorably among Texans while Palin has the highest unfavorables. Only 33 percent of Texans think Perry should run for president, while 59 percent said he shouldn’t.
Also of note is how a respondent feels about the idea of secession correlates to their support for Perry in the White House.
"In the matchup between Perry and Obama, secessionists support Perry 73-19 while those who want to stay in the US support Obama 56-37," Jensen wrote.
Full poll results are here.
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I am no fan of Obama but I would vote for Obama before Perry. Perry is the biggest jack@$$ I have ever seen.
Posted by: anonymous | June 29, 2011 at 08:15 PM
No one believes these fabricated left wing polls anymore.
Posted by: j7t7m | June 30, 2011 at 10:45 AM
OBAMA OVER PERRY AHAAHAHAHAHAHHHHAHAAAAA
... and expect that margin to grow
Posted by: tx_proud | June 30, 2011 at 09:03 PM
As a Republican, I want Dick Perry to run for President, so he can get the heck out of Texas. He is mean enough to get the deficit under control by any means necessary(Sorry Grandma), and is pro-Israel(as compared to the Obamanation).
Posted by: Billy Riddle | July 03, 2011 at 11:51 PM
That is because he would have to leave as governor. Everyone knows this.
"Hello" "who would you vote for? Obama or Perry?" "Does that mean Perry would leave the most successful state in the nation? With a net 732,000 new jobs added while he was governor? While no other state has topped 100,000?" "That's correct sir" "HELL NO! F the white house! I want perry here! NO Im not voting for Perry to leave!"
What a joke! Obama is the worst president ever! Mickey mouse could kick Obama's a$$
Posted by: troy | July 04, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Bachmann viewed most favorably? She stated with a straight face the biggest lie in all of recorded history: "Social conservatism is fiscal conservatism." If anyone still believes that, God help us all. Real Capitalists will support Ron Paul or Gary Johnson. GOP Marxists will definitely favor Bachmann or Palin.
Posted by: Vincent | July 05, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Rick Perry - bad for Texas, WORSE for the nation.
Posted by: Kevin | August 09, 2011 at 12:21 AM