Poll: Charlie Sheen 'Winning' Over Sarah Palin Among Independents

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Among independent voters, “tiger blood” trumps “Mama Grizzly” genes, at least according to a poll released today by Public Policy Polling. For laughs, the survey tested out of control actor Charlie Sheen in hypothetical 2012 matchups against President Obama and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. And while Sheen may be bi-winning--here and there--but he’s not tri-winning, as he loses these matchups. Both pols trounce him. But he does beat Palin among one key voting demographic: independent voters. Apparently for them, Sheen’s “one gear—go” trumps her don’t-retreat-reload mantra.

[See political cartoons about Sarah Palin.]

On the heels of his high profile crack-up, Sheen has scored high negative numbers across the board. So Obama bests him 57-24 percent, while Palin beats him by a comfortable 49-29 percent (though even if that was the worst news in the poll for Team Palin, an inability to crack 50 percent against the self-described "Vatican assassin warlock"). But dig into the cross-tabs and you’ll find that independents prefer the loopy actor over the flaky reality TV star and Twitter commentator 41-36. Interestingly among ethnic groups, Hispanics also favor Sheen over Palin, though the 36-33 percent margin is within the margin of error.

One can only hope that Palin will dismiss the results with a tweet of: “I have a polling problem? Bull****--I cured it with my brain.” [See photos of Palin and her family.]

And in what Public Policy Polling’s Dean Debnam characterizes as a sign of “how polarized things have become in America,” each party’s partisans view the other side with such dislike that they would choose the actor over the pol. Democrats favor Sheen over Palin 44-24 percent, which GOPers would pull the lever for Sheen 37-24 percent over Obama. What can you say? The guy’s a total bitchin’ rock star from Mars.

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Sarah resigned to pay $$$ 500,000 in legal fees. Bill Clinton is doing pretty good living off his celebrity status.

While Governor she had highest polls, they liked her job performance. barry’s polls should be so high.

You wrote “Listen you can only put so much lipstick on a grizzly sow, and it doesn't for a second hide the dangerous nature of the beast” . You are right, check again Nov. 2, 2010 election results...

Bill Hedges of MO 2:21AM March 21, 2011

At least Charlie Sheen is honest and up front. This is no sudden makeover for Sheen to get elected. he is the real Wild Thing!

But power to Palin to try to get rich of her celebrity. She sure isn't going to ever get elected anytime soon. Majority of Alaskans now poll negatively about Palin. The Alaskan legislature is busy undoing any damage from her two and half years in office. She should have spent as much time supporting American interests as she was pushing Canadian pipelines. The last real poll Alaskans sent a thumbs up to the Anti-Palin candidate, Lisa Murkowski.

Palin might do good with some independents, those who want to be independent of the USA like the secessionists militias Palin officially recognized and supported. Yet Palin doesn't score well with reasonable honest Americans.

Funny how Palin has got some quick smart alec answer for everything, but she offers nothing constructive otherwise or any solutions other than how the line her purse.

Listen you can only put so much lipstick on a grizzly sow, and it doesn't for a second hide the dangerous nature of the beast.

Ned of OR 8:24PM March 20, 2011

I hope you charge nothing if this is a example of your site. Nothing is all this comment is worth. For years barry sleep through racist sermons by rev. wright. I believe that like I believe every word you just wrote. Not that the events did not happen, but you conclusions. List of mistakes made by barry is long.

Unless the Countries she visited is OFF LIMITS, she, like any other citizen, can visit.

You wrote “Republicans know Sarah Palin is seperating (spelled separating) the GOP”. Simple not true:

March 16, 2011

“For the first time in Post-ABC News polling, fewer than six in 10 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents see Palin in a favorable light, down from a stratospheric 88 percent in the days after the 2008 Republican National Convention and 70 percent as recently as October.”

“But when I looked at the same numbers, I came away with a different spin. The poll asked Republican voters whether they have a favorable or unfavorable impression of eight possible GOP presidential candidates. Four of the eight -- Barbour, Pawlenty, Huntsman, and Daniels -- fared poorly because they're still largely unknown on a national level.”

“But here's the breakdown for the four candidates with national profiles:”

1.“Mike Huckabee -- 61% favorable, 18% unfavorable”

. “Mitt Romney -- 60% favorable, 21% unfavorable”

. :"Sarah Palin -- 58% favorable, 37% unfavorable”

. “Newt Gingrich -- 55% favorable, 26% unfavorable”

"Now, the Post's point is that Palin's popularity with Republicans is in a steep decline. That certainly appears to be the case. On the other hand, even after all of her various controversies and humiliations, Palin remains surprisingly popular with GOP voters. Indeed, of the possible presidential field, she's trailing Huckabee and Romney by just a couple of points, and among those with a "strongly" favorable opinion, Palin is second only to Huckabee.”

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2011_03/028475.php

I’ve read your comment, I’d rate Dan Quayle above you by a long shot...

Bill Hedges of MO 12:00AM March 20, 2011

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