A new poll measuring the Republican presidential field finds
that Gov. Rick Snyder has a 5 percent approval rating and Paul Egan has a 6
percent approval rating.
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.”
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.
universally unknown in other parts of the country. And, a certain percentage of
respondents lie to pollsters, often out of fear of sounding uninformed.
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.
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.’”
