Poll: Virginia Voters Prefer Palin to Obama

These poll numbers by the Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia show that voters would approve Palin campaigning for a Republican candidate in that state over Obama campaigning for a Democratic candidate. The interesting thing the article points out is that Virginia was an Obama state in the election. I believe overall these are good numbers for Palin at this time. It just goes to show you how strong Palin's approval is within the Republican party.

Poll: Virginia Voters Prefer Palin to Obama
The Washington Independent
By David Weigel 8/5/09 12:18 PM

Buried inside the new Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia are two questions: How would voters react if President Obama campaigned for a Democratic candidate, and how would they react if former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) campaigned for the Republican?

The answer, in a state that voted 53-46 for Barack Obama in last year’s election? More people would go for Palin’s candidate, although most voters would prefer that neither politician weigh in. By a 35-26 margin, voters say they’d be less likely to support a Republican candidate if Palin campaigned for him. But by a 37-14 margin, voters say they’d be less likely to support the Democrat if Obama campaigned for him.

This comes in a poll that finds dramatically lower Democratic enthusiasm for the 2009 elections, and PPP president Dean Debnam explains that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds is lagging because the voters activated to vote for Obama in 2008 were not paying attention to this race. “Somewhat counter intuitively Barack Obama’s poor numbers are exactly why Creigh Deeds needs the President to campaign for him,” said Debnam.