OK, Kossacks, let's play a game. It'll be fun fun fun!
What is the first word that comes to mind when you read:
- Mitt Romney?
- Herb Cain?
- Rick Perry?
The WaPo / ABC poll asked this question.
This poll was conducted for The Washington Post and the Pew Research Center by telephone October 13 to 16, 2011, among a random national sample of 1,007 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points; the margin of error is 5.5 points for Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI) of Princeton, NJ.
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The AP table does not give a break down among non-Republicans. However, it is possible to subtract the Republican response from all adults and determine the non-Republican values - except when fewer than 4 Republicans gave a certain response, in which case the value is not listed and a range must be supplied. These situations are denoted with a question mark.
For Herman Cain, the results among all adults and among Republicans / leaners (top 5):
All adults |
# responses |
Rep leaners |
# responses |
Non Rep |
#
|
9-9-9 |
42 |
Businessman |
25 |
9-9-9 |
17
|
Businessman |
30 |
9-9-9 |
24 |
Pizza |
14
|
Interesting |
23 |
Good |
17 |
Newcomer |
9 to 12?
|
Good |
22 |
Interesting |
17 |
Inexperienced |
8
|
Pizza |
19 |
Intelligent |
7 |
Black |
7
|
Now, for Rick Perry:
All adults |
# responses |
Rep leaners |
# responses |
Non Rep |
#
|
Texas |
55 |
Texas |
32 |
Texas |
23
|
No |
16 |
Conservative |
10 |
Idiot |
12 to 15?
|
Idiot |
15 |
No |
9 |
Dislike |
7 to 10?
|
Conservative |
12 |
Good |
6 |
No |
7
|
Governor |
12 |
Strong |
6 |
Governor |
7
|
And for Mitt Romney:
All adults |
# responses |
Rep leaners |
# responses |
Non Rep |
#
|
Mormon |
60 |
Mormon |
26 |
Mormon |
34
|
Romneycare |
17 |
Romenycare |
11 |
Flip flop |
10 to 13?
|
Flip flop |
13 |
Politician |
8 |
Possibility |
7
|
Good |
13 |
Good |
7 |
Romneycare |
6
|
No |
12 |
Intelligent |
7 |
Good |
6
|
Now, what does this mean for political junkies?