MS-PPP: All Republicans ahead of Obama

[tpfkaw]

I'm a bit shocked that in Mississippi of all places, Palin leads by only 4 points. Is she really that unpopular, even down South?

Mississippians who answer polls are probably more affluent (and thus Democratic liberal, in the Deep South) than the general population, MS is a highly racially-polarized state (they went for McCain by only the same margin that NV went for Obama) - and whites are more likely to say they're "undecided" without actually being undecided than blacks.  Also PPP has been releasing a lot of results recently that look pretty fishy.  I wish some other pollster would start polling states.

Huckabee performing better than Barbour? Has Haley done anything that caused resentment among Evangelicals?

I'd say that's more a measure of Huck's popularity than Barbour's unpopularity.

[tpfkaw]

Mississippians who answer polls are probably more affluent (and thus Democratic, in the Deep South) than the general population

You must be kidding...

"liberal"

Happy now?

[tpfkaw]

I'm calling bullsh**t.  I have relatives who are Missouri Republicans, I have interacted with quite a few more, and believe me, there's almost nothing I wouldn't put past them.  This is "almost nothing."  It's highly reminiscent of all the "look at all these wild and crazy things Republicans believe!" polls produced by the last Kos house pollster.  If I was on the fence before, I'm convinced now - I'm going to be ignoring PPP polls from here on out - at least until after Labor Day in the general or shortly before a primary.  I'm applying the same to Rasmussen, especially their issue polls. It's a real shame, since Ron Paul has been doing so well in the PPP polls.

[tpfkaw]

I just realized my error - in my defense I saw this poll labeled "Missouri" on another site.  I'm still not entirely convinced this if true, but if it were, the state it would be true in is Mississippi.