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August 2011 Ames, Iowa, Presidential Candidate Debate | 10 comments (10 topical, 0 hidden)

With regard to the online polling . . . (none / 0) (#3)
by Kevin Rex Heine on Sat Aug 13, 2011 at 03:52:41 PM EST

. . . that took place during the Ames debate, I found the FOX News issue polls conducted "live online" to be somewhat fascinating:

Do you support a Balanced Budget Amendment?

Yes = 68%
No = 32%

Is Congress doing a good job?

Yes = 29%
No = 71%

Does the U.S. need to reform its tax code?

Yes = 80%
No = 20%

Do you believe we will see an increase in jobs over the next year?

Yes = 20%
No = 80%

Do you support tax increases?

Yes = 25%
No = 75%

Does the U.S. need to strengthen its borders?

Yes = 76%
No = 24%

Do you support amnesty for illegal immigrants?

Yes = 28%
No = 72%

Will the "supercommittee" be effective?

Yes = 11%
No = 89%

Should the new healthcare law be repealed?

Yes = 72%
No = 28%

Should the U.S. withdraw troops from Afghanistan?

Yes = 85%
No = 15%

Should the U.S. end its involvement in Libya?

Yes = 88%
No = 12%

Is the U.S. doing enough to fight radical extremists?

Yes = 53%
No = 47%

Is a candidate's religion important to you?

Yes = 47%
No = 53%

Do you support gay marriage?

Yes = 45%
No = 55%

Do you support spending cuts?

Yes = 86%
No = 14%

Those answers seem to be consistent with how I think most reasonable, fair-minded, conservative-republicans would answer. However, the candidate polls were just as interesting, if only for a different reason:

How is Michele Bachman doing?

Thumbs up = 43%
Thumbs down = 57%

How is Herman Cain doing?

Thumbs up = 66%
Thumbs down = 34%

How is Newt Gingrich doing?

Thumbs up = 62%
Thumbs down = 38%

How is Jon Huntsman doing?

Thumbs up = 26%
Thumbs down = 74%

How is Ron Paul doing?

Thumbs up = 69%
Thumbs down = 31%

How is Tim Pawlenty doing?

Thumbs up = 24%
Thumbs down = 76%

How is Mitt Romney doing?

Thumbs up = 27%
Thumbs down = 73%

How is Rick Santorum doing?

Thumbs up = 43%
Thumbs down = 57%

Now I don't know fore sure (on either the issue questions or the candidate questions) if those were the final numbers, because I really couldn't find any online record, at FOX News or elsewhere, of what the final answers were. But should I believe that only Cain, Gingrich, and Paul did a good job Thursday night? While I agree that Bachman, Huntsman, and Pawlenty did poorly, I really don't think that Santorum and Romney did all that badly. (Don't think that I support either one of them for the top of the ticket, because I don't, but in terms of actual debate performance . . . I don't think they did badly at all.)

Quite frankly, nothing about this debate changes my opinion about which candidate I'm going to support; but I don't think that "good performance" applies to just three of the eight participants.

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