Another Tea Party Poll Picks Perry for President
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|| Texas Governor Rick Perry is laughing himself all the way to the top of the Tea Party polls. ||
All Smiles.
He may not have made up his mind about the 2012 presidential race yet,
But Texas Gov. Rick Perry has already won over the hearts and minds of the Tea Party.
A recent poll has Perry as the top choice among self identified Tea Party Republicans.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is the top choice of Tea Party supporters for a Republican presidential candidate, according to a new poll released Wednesday.
The Texas conservative, who’s weighing a late entry into the field of GOP candidates, beats other candidates among members of the Tea Party, the conservative grassroots wing of the Republican Party that’s battling to shape the race for the nomination.
Twenty percent of Tea Party supporters would like to see Perry as the nominee, according to a McClatchy-Marist poll released Wednesday. Perry displaces former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) as the top Tea Party candidate in Marist’s April poll; Huckabee’s since withdrawn from the race.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is the second choice of the Tea Party, at 17 percent, followed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) at 16 percent and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) at 12 percent.
Tea Party Poll Results:
- Rick Perry – 20%
- Mitt Romney – 17%
- Sarah Palin – 16%
- Michele Bachmann – 12%
Do not ask me to explain the Romney result.
Other than jumping on the frontrunner’s bandwagon, there’s no reasonable explanation.
As far as Rick Perry goes,
The McClatchy poll shows that if the Texas Governor does decide to enter the 2102 presidential race,
He is well positioned to take over the mantle of the Tea Party candidate.
