Bachmann leads Pawlenty in name recognition, ‘positive intensity’
Wednesday, June 01, 2011 at 12:03 pm
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A Gallup poll of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents released Tuesday found that Rep. Michele Bachmann bests Tim Pawlenty in name recognition and that the congresswoman has a much higher “positive intensity” than the former Minnesota governor. Still, Minnesota’s two Republican presidential hopefuls remain in the middle of the pack among Republican candidates.
Bachmann has the second highest net favorable rating — or “positive intensity” — among Republicans, at 20 percent. Herman Cain leads, with 25 percent. Pawlenty is fourth with 15 percent. The favorability rating is only measured among those voters who recognize the name of the candidate.
Bachmann also beat Pawlenty in name recognition. Sixty percent of Republicans knew of Bachmann, while 50 percent knew of Pawlenty. Pawlenty has increased his name recognition by 10 percent since a similar survey in March. Bachmann has increased hers by 6 percent.
Both Bachmann and Pawlenty trail Sarah Palin, who enjoys nearly universal name recognition, at 95 percent, as well as Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, who all have name recognition above 70 percent.
Pawlenty formally announced his candidacy for the 2012 Republican nomination in May, while Bachmann gave hints last weekend on Iowa public radio that God is pointing her in the direction of seeking that nomination herself.
“Well, every decision that I make I pray about, as does my husband and I can tell you, yes, I’ve had that calling and that tugging on my heart that this is the right thing to do, and because it’s such a momentous decision,” she said.
Bachmann and Pawlenty aren’t the first presidential contenders from the same state. Smart Politics notes that when two candidates from the same state are running, half the time one of those candidates ends up with the nomination.
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Comment posted June 1, 2011 @ 12:30 pm
Positive intensity is a synonym for marketable delusion. Once again Michele, care to explain to a middle schooler the presence of dinosaur fossils in the geologic record?
Praise Jebus, God hates the law of superposition, Amen.
Comment posted June 1, 2011 @ 1:37 pm
Even if you do the math, 20 + 15, seems to me the sum is still two big fat zeros.
But my math skills are probably no better than either of these two candidates. Pawlenty sees a 5.2 billion gap as leaving office in the black, and Bachmann got a degree from the defunct Tulsa Institute of a man who said he’d kill himself if everybody didn’t chip in 20 million buckaroos… and they did!
Jeff Wilfahrt, Rosemount, MN
Comment posted June 1, 2011 @ 2:52 pm
Two losers; two wanna be’s; two people who are so full of themselves they cannot see that people strongly dislike them. Pawlenty not only left Minnesota in a 5billion+ deficit, his campaign was fined for illegal campaign fund activities. A lot of Minnesotan’s sitll remember how he was able to control the press and cover up his evil. They both give Christianity a very bad name; they can speak words but cannot follow up with actions when it comes to being a true Christian. “Love your brother as you love yourself”. All those two can think of is me, me, me, me; and how I can step on you to get something for me.
Comment posted June 1, 2011 @ 5:32 pm
~~”Bachmann gave hints last weekend on Iowa public radio that God is pointing her in the direction of seeking that nomination herself.
“Well, every decision that I make I pray about, as does my husband and I can tell you, yes, I’ve had that calling and that tugging on my heart that this is the right thing to do, and because it’s such a momentous decision,” she said.”" ~~
And there are those of us in the REAL WORLD that pray that the Back Hand of Gawd Smacks Bachmann back to some obscure district in IOWA.. Weren’t these Fruit Loops supposed to get sucked up into heaven last week?? PLEASE GOD PLEASE Take these Nutballs from us so we can save the Earth!!!!
Comment posted June 1, 2011 @ 6:43 pm
It’s interesting that Herman Cain is leading the pack.. I don’t think most people realize that this dude practiced Enron’s fiscal discipline Before Enron became Enron!!
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/herman-cain-aquila-lawsuit-2012
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