Are Alaskans Turning On Sarah Palin?

One poll seems to indicate just that:

Slightly more Alaskans – 48 percent – said they had negative feelings about Palin compared to 47 percent who had positive feelings and another five percent who had no opinion or didn’t know.
The poll taken at the end of Palin’s first week out of office represents a significant slide for the former governor who received higher positive ratings in a Hays Research Group poll in early May. At that time, 54 percent of Alaskans viewed her positively compared to 42 who had the opposite view.

The problem? This same pollster ran a final, pre-election poll for the state of Alaska that missed the mark on McCain/Palin vs. Obama/Biden by a whopping 20 points.
So maybe it’s best not to buy into the idea that Alaskans are writing of Palin. As a native Alaskan myself, with strong familial ties to the region, I can say that if anything Palin’s support in Alaska has been tempered by national criticism, not dissuaded.
And it might have a lot to do with the way Palin is constantly written off on the national stage as some backwoods bumpkin who ought to know better than to go strutting around among her betters as if she were equal or something. Alaskans are kind of proud of being backwoods bumpkins, by and large, and most of them have voted for Palin at least a couple of times now.

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  • http://Array Buzz

    it might have a lot to do with the way Palin is constantly written off on the national stage as some backwoods bumpkin

    Then it might just be that they woke up. They realized who they really voted for, kind of like bush. Sara can read a speech just like Obama can, they both can get there side motivated. I am really not all that impressed with Obama, I still think he is better than McCain would of been, but that is not saying a lot. i have a feeling that Alaska feels the same way.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    The quitter queen is rushing to irrelevancy.

    Image and video hosting by TinyPic

    I think she’s already there! (You were talking about yourself, weren’t you Wankertized?)

    That is it.  I am done with this site.  I am dead certain 80% of your pool is fucking retarded Ron.
    Seriously, dude…..that is just fucking complete lunacy.  Go back to school, you lack basic reading comprehension skills.  It explains a lot though.
    Hannitized on January 7, 2008 at 08:04 pm

  • Buzz

    You have a good point Queen, another thing that helped Obama is that he is half white, sad as it is to say, but I think it is true.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    You don’t think that it had any berrying (sic) on whether people voted for him or not? It is not a valid point to bring up?

    Buzz set to go “berrying”:

    Image and video hosting by TinyPic

    You didn’t mean “bearing” by any chance, did you Buzz?

  • http://www.twitter.com/OneAndOnlyZel QueenZel

    I think if anyone were targeted by the media for ruination, no matter how upstanding, intelligent, sophisticated, etc., the fairweather friends would be swayed by the simple power of suggestion. Consider what would have happened if the HUGE number of highly suspicious, unethical & questionable activities & relationships of OBAMA had TRULY been investigated and he’d been constantly and consistently portrayed negatively. He’d have been off the campaign trail before he’d taken 10 steps.

  • http://www.bismarckmandanblog.com/ clintf

    Maybe her favorable ratings are dipping because they wanted her to stay on as governor!

  • http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

    Be sure to give appropriate weight to the words of the Grand Kleagle of SAB racists

  • http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

    And the Grand Kleagle of SAB racists returns to his vomit once more:

    …another thing that helped Obama is that he is half white…

    buzzardbreath, all about the race, all the time.

  • Buzz

    You don’t think that it had any berrying on whether people voted for him or not? It is not a valid point to bring up?

  • http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

    QueenZel,

    There are few, if any, benefits to be had from educating someone beyond the scope of their native intelligence.

  • robert108

    Actually, since she has the MSM against her, and 24/7 lying smears from the left getting front page attention, her 47% compares very well with Obama’s 40% with a full court sales job from the MSM and the entertainment industry.
    Let’s investigate Obama to the same degree that Sarah has been investigated, and see what happens.

  • http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

    Heh,

    Like I said, we have a luapnorian amongst us!

  • robert108

    …another thing that helped Obama is that he is half white…

    The fact that he got 95% of the black vote says otherwise.

  • http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

    Why doesn’t dingleberry eunuchized find a blog whose host has a posting schedule and opinions more to his liking?

  • carrick

    Hayes Research Group?

    Junk poll.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    And in keeping with his 100% failure to get his facts straight, the “Ron” Wankertized was talking about was “Rob”.

  • http://www.rabidamerican.net/ Rabid American

    They only polled 400 people….

    I can’t find the questions asked…… nor how they were phrased.

  • Hannitized

    The fact that he got 95% of the black vote says otherwise.

    Almost every Dem presidential candidate get’s that from the black vote.

    That is no legitimate argument.

  • Hannitized

    The quitter queen is rushing to irrelevancy.

  • Buzz

    The fact that he got 95% of the black vote says otherwise.

    The point is how much of the white vote would he have gotten if he was not 1/2 white?

  • jimmypop

    if you say something long enough, people start to believe it….

    face it, if advertising didnt work nobody would be wearing nike shoes.

  • badlands4

    The quitter queen is rushing to irrelevancy

    Then………WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL OBSESSED WITH SMEARING HER???

    Sorry, that isn’t directed at you specifically H, but your quote fits what I am thinking.

    Unless I am wrong, she hasn’t said she was running for ANY office, at ANY time. As far as my information on this stands now, she hasn’t made any plans to do anything, but then I don’t spend all my time thinking about or tracking down what Sara Palin is doing.

    Some bloggers and some media outlets however….for somebody who is irrelevant, they spend an amazing amount of time talking about how irrelevant she is.(again, that is NOT directed at you H, just used your quote because it fits the general theme).

    I was disgusted with the way her children were treated, in the same way I was disgusted with the way Chelsea Clinton was treated back when her father ran, in the same way I would be disgusted if this kind of thing was directed at the Obama children.

    I am more disgusted with the media outlets that participated in this, and the excuses people made about why it was okay to treat her CHILDREN this way…my daughter turned 18 yesterday. If somebody had thrown the things said about her oldest daughter my daughter’s way and then said, as they did to excuse their behavior, “well, she is 17 and brought herself into this(by being pregnant during the campaign” I would not just sit there and say “oh, 17 is the age limit? Okay, feel free to go after her because *I* am running for office”…nope, 17 is still a CHILD and you DO NOT PICK YOU PARENTS!

    If she is irrelevant, then quit talking about her. Irrelevant means that person or thing has no meaning, means nothing, etc. If she is irrelevant, then there is no need to speak about anything she does or says, because it doesn’t matter.

    If she decides to run for office at some point, then……but as for now, I wish they would all just give it a rest. I moved on, and don’t spend anytime thinking about her, but those that scream the loudest about her irrelevancy just keep talking

    Do some in the media not have ANYTHING else to discuss, than a former governor and vice presidential candidate who left office? Nothing at all more important and, to use the often used phrase when discussing her, relevant?

  • http://www.rabidamerican.net/ Rabid American


    They fear her……….

    They fear what she represents……

    and it’s a good thing.

  • navtechie

    It’s a bunch of crap. This poll was done by the same illustrious research group that was off by 20% last November.

    http://www.haysresearch.com/oc090730.htm

    Also, I don’t trust any poll that does not qualify their political polls with the % of Rep/Dem.

    SO, even if Hays ‘stacked’ the poll with 400 dems, that would mean that nearly 50% of them like her. What do you think the -real- percentage would be if you added that result with republican %’s?

    Yeah…if you ever see anything from Hays you can safely discount it as bullshit. She is a shill and has it out for Palin. period.

    http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2009/07/mudflats-and-hays-research.html

  • bird feeders

    That’s the problem with polls, and we’ve seen it in the federal elections – they are unreliable, as they use a small, often deliberately one sided sample size. I don’t think this means much, except that she’s no longer ‘new’ any more. Sarah’s been around for a while and perhaps needs another ‘scandal’ to reinvest herself!

    Awesome picture on the 1st page BTW!

  • http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

    Actually, since she has the MSM against her, and 24/7 lying smears from the left getting front page attention, her 47% compares very well with Obama’s 40% with a full court sales job from the MSM and the entertainment industry.

    Let’s investigate Obama to the same degree that Sarah has been investigated, and see what happens.

    I think this has something to do with it and it’s probably a liberal polling firm.

  • http://norseberserker.blogspot.com/ Rugby Reader

    Why would anyone like or support her? She has proven on a national stage what kind of dim bulb she is.

  • robert108

    Almost every Dem presidential candidate get’s that from the black vote.

    Which proves the inherent racism in Dem politics. As usual, you do yourself no good by trying to speak, little H.
    You also proved my point that little buzzy’s logic is simply false. Thanks.

  • robert108

    …her 47% compares very well with Obama’s 40%…

    That should be: “Obama’s 49%”.

  • robert108

    Why would anyone like or support her? She has proven on a national stage what kind of dim bulb she is.

    If Sarah really were a “dim bulb”, you bitter lefties wouldn’t be crapping in your jeans with fear and trying to smear her with an avalanche of lies and phony allegations, would you?

  • studakota

    Actually it’s BARING Of course there’s the BERING sea which you CAN look across from Alaska and see Russia..

  • http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

    Rugby Moron said: Why would anyone like or support her? She has proven on a national stage what kind of dim bulb she is.

    Does anyone notice a simularity in DINO’s rants and Rugby readers crap? They are either the same person or both reading MOVEON.ORG, Daily Kooks and Huffpost. If Sarah is so dumb why does the left spend so much time smearing her good name?!? If your not concerned about someone you wouldn’t even bother.

  • docdave

    She has proven on a national stage what kind of dim bulb she is.

    How can you dim blub lefties criticize Palin after electing incompetant bumbling Obama and senile factless Biden? Compared to them, Palin is a blazing star.

  • Bat One

    Why would anyone like or support her? She has proven on a national stage what kind of dim bulb she is.

    Considering the low wattage of our current VP…? The flash on my cell phone camera is brighter than Biden.

  • http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

    I know why the left doesn’t like Sarah; its because she is a beautiful woman and the Democratic party is made up of these Shills, ugly androgynous, gross manly women like Hillary Clinton Janet Napolitano, etc. They see her as a threat and they are going to do everything they can to destroy her.

  • Bat One

    Proof,

    Nice picture above! But how’d you get it? I thought they always say that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

  • Hannitized

    Why doesn’t lazy Rob blog on the weekends when he is not on the job??? I guess he only likes to blog when he can slack on his job and get paid for ignoring his responsibilities.

  • robert108

    Why doesn’t lazy Rob blog on the weekends when he is not on the job???

    Stalkers always want irrelevant personal information.
    Do you have any cogent arguments, little H?

  • http://norseberserker.blogspot.com/ Rugby Reader

    I’m not a “leftie” nor did I vote for Obama.

  • http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

    I’m not a “leftie” nor did I vote for Obama.

    So you voted for McCain then?!?

  • robert108

    The quitter queen is rushing to irrelevancy.

    I guess that’s why you lefties are so obsessed with lying about her and smearing her, right?

  • Hannitized

    Stalkers always want irrelevant personal information.
    Do you have any cogent arguments, little H?

    I think it’s relevant considering Rob is the guy who said this:

    Now that we’ve seen that, get back to work so you can pay your taxes plebes. You’ve got hip-hop dancing to pay for. – Rob Port

    So why does he play on weekends and fuck-off during the work week?

  • http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

    And I see we have a Paulian amongst us as well…

  • robert108

    Hell no I didn’t vote for McCain. He was a worse choice than Obama.

    Spoken like a mind-numbed leftie. You think one of your Marxist buddies is better than a RINO. Very revealing.
    Obama isn’t far left wing enough for you, eh?

  • http://norseberserker.blogspot.com/ Rugby Reader

    Hell no I didn’t vote for McCain. He was a worse choice than Obama.

  • robert108

    So why does he play on weekends and fuck-off during the work week?

    The stalking continues. It’s none of your business what anyone does with their free time, little H, unless you are trying to stalk Rob.

  • http://www.twitter.com/OneAndOnlyZel QueenZel

    docdave:

    How can you dim blub lefties criticize Palin after electing incompetant bumbling Obama and senile factless Biden? Compared to them, Palin is a blazing star.

    Yeah –

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap2Cg_FDRy4

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5R6kVry4_c

    I wonder how Obama would have answered Charlie Gibson if he’d been asked something other than how he & Michelle met – for instance what the Bush Doctrine (any one of the four) was.

    B.O. also frequently misuses his articles, even as recently as the Gates/Crowley/Healthcare debacle: it’s “AN” Uncle, not “A” Uncle; “AN” Aunt, not “A” Aunt. I thought he was supposed to be educated.

  • http://www.twitter.com/OneAndOnlyZel QueenZel

    There are few, if any, benefits to be had from educating someone beyond the scope of their native intelligence.

    Mr. Graves ~
    You’re correct. Obama, the ultimate ultracrepidarian even with that Harvard education.

  • WOOFX

    Cher is doing Sarah’s Makeover.
    Appearances scheduled for
    What Not To Wear
    Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
    Deadliest Catch
    No Matter How Hard She Tries, She can’t Break Through

  • http://www.Movers-Edge.com/Change-of-Address-s/35.htm MovingAndMovers

    I happen to be a big fan of Alaska and Alaskans. I am also a firm believer that Alaska deserves a far better representative on the national stage than former Governor Sarah Palin. While I don’t happen to support many of the former governor’s views, I certainly respect several other representatives of those views. The conservative Republican base has done itself a huge disfavor in having Mrs. Palin prominently displayed in the national spotlight.

  • sayanything-2483

    The quitter queen is rushing to irrelevancy.

    Not in your mind “princess.”

  • sayanything-2483

    Come on now, give the big “O” a break. After all, he did let us know that we had 57 states.

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