Perry's Not the Texas Front-Runner, UT/TT Poll Finds

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/perrys-not-the-texas-frontrunner-uttt-poll-finds/

It's a good thing Rick Perry says he's not running for president — only 4 percent of Texas Republicans say they'd vote for the governor, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.

"This is a major question for a guy who's getting national buzz," says Daron Shaw, co-director of the poll and a government professor at UT. "He hasn't convinced Texans that he's a presidential front-runner."

Not that he's trying to. Perry has said repeatedly that he's not a presidential candidate without squelching campaigns to draft him as one.

Perry's not even the top-rated Texan in the race. That distinction gos to U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Surfside, who's at 10 percent among registered voters who say they will vote in the Republican primary. The leader of the pack — and it's a narrow lead in a pack without a clear front-runner — is former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, at 12 percent, followed by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, at 11 percent, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, 10 percent. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota each have the support of 7 percent, followed by celebrity businessman Donald Trump, 6 percent; Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, 4 percent; former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, 3 percent; and Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana and former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah, at 1 percent each.

[sonias]

1. "Perry's not even the top-rated Texan in the race"

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[white cloud]

2. Perry

Has become the worlds bad joke on Texas.

[onestepforward]

3. Not too surprising.

I have yet to hear a Rep. say they that they "like" Perry. Most don't. Unfortunately, they vote for him anyway because he's a Rep.

[PDittie]

4. Comically poor timing on this poll

Trump, Huckabee, and Daniels all exited the race while it was being conducted.

Look at the Senate primary races they also polled: 50% of Republicans "don't know" and 63% of Democrats "haven't decided". They put John Sharp's name in there despite the fact he disbanded his PAC in February and let "sharpsenator.com" expire months ago as well.

I wrote more here. The TexTrib's polls have been lousy before, but this one is so worthless it's hilarious.

And do you really think Texas Republicans would NOT vote for Perry if he were on the 2012 ticket anywhere? Part of the problem is the worthlessness of polls this early. I seem to recall KBH was beating Perry in some 18-month-in-advance polling ... Honestly, all this poll does is reinforce the hopelessness of Democrats winning in Texas. As if that needed more reinforcement.

The Trib covers the Lege extremely well, they have great maps and are the best source of legislator info there is. But they can't even land in the area code of 'correct' on their polls.

Epic fail.