Showing posts with label Buddy Roemer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buddy Roemer. Show all posts

Monday, January 9, 2012

Are Corporations People?

Public Policy Polling stands out (among other reasons) because they're not afraid to ask unusual questions like What is God's Approval Rating?

So 4 days ago they asked for suggestions for their South Carolina poll and several people asked them to include the Colbert Referendum which I'm happy to see they took us up on.

So we can now answer the existential question:

Do you think that corporations are people or that only people are people?

2012:
67% of South Carolinians think only people are people
33% are so enslaved to corporations, they think corporations are people too.

While 150 years ago:
60% of slaves were counted as people in the Constitution.
That's progress!

80% Age 30-45: Only people are people
38% Age 65+: Corporations are people too
The young may have a heart, but by the time they reach retirement many have to accept that some people aren't human.

47% Age 18-29 - Corporations are people
With young unemployment around 30%, perhaps they misheard the question as "Corporations are the man."

82% of Ron Paul supporters feel that only people are people, but 38% percent of Newt Gingrich supporters are quite content to let corporations be people as long as the paychecks keep coming.

The poll twice asked people who their favorite candidate was. 15 questions after the first time it was asked, they slipped in Steven Colbert's name just to make trouble.

21% of Santorums supporters dropped him by the time they reached the repeated question. That's Santorum momentum.

Colbert finished above two real candidates Huntsman and Roemer: the only GOP candidates to appear on his show. This gives new meaning to the Colbert Bump!

Monday, January 2, 2012

Iowa Forecast

PPP Published a poll late last night with lots of details to devine movement amongst the candidates before election night on Tuesday. Assuming every moves who isn't committed, and they move to the 2nd choice candidate that they indicated they would, here is how it will turn out.

Candidate PPP Poll % PPP Poll
Likely Voters
Switch Away Switch To Final %
Paul Sunday 21 % 281 -43 29 20.0 %
Paul Weekend 20 % 268 -41 35 19.6 %
Romney Weekend 19 % 255 -56 49 18.4 %
Santorum 18 % 241 -63 62 17.9 %
Romney Sunday 18 % 241 -54 52 17.9 %
Gingrich 14 % 188 -58 38 12.5 %
Perry 10 % 134 -44 65 11.6 %
Bachmann 8 % 107 -27 44 9.2 %
Huntsmann 4 % 54 -14 16 4.1 %
Roemer 2 % 27 -6 12 2.5 %