NBC/WSJ poll: 67% don't want Palin, & 50% don't want Romney to ever be president

[Mr. Morden]

link:

http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/WSJ-NBC_Poll090729.pdf

poll question: "Would you like to see (READ ITEM) as president some day, or not?"

Palin
yes: 21%
no: 67%
unsure: 12%

Romney
yes: 24%
no: 50%
unsure 26%

From Firstread (re: party breakdown on this question):

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/29/2014067.aspx

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Also, favorability numbers for both Palin and Romney:
"Now I'm going to read you the names of several public figures, and I'd like you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know the name, please just say so."

[combining pos/very positive and neg/very negative]

Palin
positive: 32%
neutral: 20%
negative: 43%
don't know / not sure: 5%

Romney
positive: 28%
neutral: 30%
negative: 20%
don't know / not sure: 22%

[Mr. Morden]

Here's an interesting analogue -- two Presidential elections a century apart. An odd coincidence is that Taft and Obama won their elections by roughly the same percentage of the electoral vote (66.5% Taft, 67.5% Obama):

                                                           

(Electoral votes are shown for 2008)
                                                      Electoral votes

                                                                                                               1908              2008

White --      did not vote (territories and the District of Columbia)         0           13 R/ 12 D
Blue --        Republican both years (Taft, McCain)                                 55 R              45 R
Red  --        Democratic both years  (Bryan, Obama)                            46 D *           60 D*
Beige --      Maryland (split votes in 1908)                                         2R / 6D            10 D
Green --     Republican  1908, Democratic 2008                                  258 R            278 D
Orange --   Republican 1908, Democratic 2008                                   110 D           117 R

(NE-03 should register orange, and would except for a bug in the program)

1916 vs. 2000 is even more interesting.  41 out of 48 states flipped parties, and only 7 stayed the same.