Gov. Rick Perry and President Barack Obama are tied in Gallup’s new national polls of registered voters, with each getting 47 percent of the vote in a hypothetical matchup. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney does slightly better than Perry against Obama, while Perry comes out a little better against Obama than U.S. Reps. Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann.
Among independents, Perry leads Obama, but within the four-point margin of error — 46 percent to 44 percent.
The poll was conducted last Wednesday and Thursday, a couple of days after Perry suggested that it would be potentially treasonous for the Federal Reserve to purchase U.S. Treasury bonds in order to stimulate the economy.
Of course, a national poll has little predictive value this far from an election. Gallup points out that in this point in 1999, then-Gov. George W. Bush led Vice President Al Gore by 14 points, and in 1983, President Ronald Reagan led former Vice President Walter Mondale by 1 point. In the end, of course, Bush and Gore ended up in a virtual national tie, while Reagan carried 49 states.
Read much more about the poll here.
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Poster Comment:
Wow, that's one popular cheer-leader!