Who is Paul Egan? He is a Detroit Free Press political reporter who was recently told by Public Policy Polling director Tom Jensen: “If I had polled you for favorability with Iowa Republicans, you would come out with the same number (Snyder) did.”
Apparently Jensen decided to test his theory in PPP’s
latest poll in Arizona and he was pretty much right on the mark. Voters
participating in the poll gave Snyder a 5/11 percent favorable-unfavorable
rating. Egan stood at a 6/7 percent favorable-unfavorable status. The rest of
the respondents admitted that they knew nothing about the two men.
This clearly shows two things: Snyder is nearly
universally unknown in other parts of the country. And, a certain percentage of
respondents lie to pollsters, often out of fear of sounding uninformed.
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Here’s some of
what Egan wrote last week regarding the speculation about Snyder running for
the White House:
“Snyder's name was a last-second addition to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted April 23-26 of how Iowans view potential Republican candidates, said PPP director Tom Jensen.
“Snyder received a rating of 4% favorable and 10% unfavorable, with 86% unsure. That made him easily the least recognized of 18 potential candidates included in the survey.
“‘If I had
polled you for favorability with Iowa Republicans, you would come out with the
same number he did,’ said Jensen, who grew up in Ann Arbor.
“‘Snyder probably
does have a story to tell,’ but he's not conservative enough for Iowa, where
the polls show many Republicans have already found candidates they like, Jensen
said.“‘It may be too late for Snyder to really make an impact there,’ he said. (But) ‘he's going to be a much more serious contender in New Hampshire, than Iowa.’
“Jensen also questioned whether Michigan is perceived nationally as an economic comeback story and said running a Republican campaign based on ‘the good things he did for Detroit (is) a very hard sell.’"
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