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Line 96: − + − − − ''Question: Is Sarah Palin qualified to serve as President?'' − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! Response − ! Sept 5-8 − ! Sept 27-29 − ! Change − |- − | Yes − | 52% − | 37% − | -15% − |- − | No − | 39% − | 51% − | +12% − |- − | Don't Know − | 9% − | 12% − | +3% − |} − − ''Overall opinion of Sarah Palin'' − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! Response − ! Sept 9-14 − ! Sept 27-29 − ! Change − |- − | Favorable − | 54% − | 51% − | -3% − |- − | Unfavorable − | 32% − | 40% − | +8% − |- − | Can't Rate/Don't Know − | 14% − | 9% − | -5% − |}
→Polling Measures of Palin's Impact on the GOP Ticket
===Polling Measures of Palin's Impact on the GOP Ticket===
===Polling Measures of Palin's Impact on the GOP Ticket===
In the run-up to the Vice-Presidential debate on October 2, 2008, a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center attempted to measure the degree to which Palin impacted the GOP ticket positively or negatively in September.<ref>http://people-press.org/report/456/obama-regains-lead</ref> The survey compared the answers to two identical questions about her qualifications and overall favorable/unfavorable rating between polls taken in early and late September. The results summarized below show that public opinion of Palin has fallen significantly since the Republican convention, particularly in the public's opinion of her qualification to be Vice President. Some prominent Republicans like Mitt Romney believe that the isolation of Palin from the media in September has contributed to this perception, and are calling for an increase in unscripted encounters with the press and public to counter that perception. According to Romney, "Holding Sarah Palin to just three interviews and microscopically focusing on each interview I think has been a mistake. I think they’d be a lot wiser to let Sarah Palin be Sarah Palin. Let her talk to the media, let her talk to people." <ref>http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/09/30/doubts-about-palin-grow-even-among-conservatives/</ref>
In the run-up to the Vice-Presidential debate on October 2, 2008, a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center attempted to measure the degree to which Palin impacted the GOP ticket positively or negatively in September.<ref>http://people-press.org/report/456/obama-regains-lead</ref> The survey compared the answers to two identical questions about her qualifications and overall favorable/unfavorable rating between polls taken in early and late September. The results show that public opinion of Palin has fallen significantly since the Republican convention, particularly in the public's opinion of her qualification to be Vice President. Some prominent Republicans like Mitt Romney believe that the isolation of Palin from the media in September has contributed to this perception, and are calling for an increase in unscripted encounters with the press and public to counter that perception. According to Romney, "Holding Sarah Palin to just three interviews and microscopically focusing on each interview I think has been a mistake. I think they’d be a lot wiser to let Sarah Palin be Sarah Palin. Let her talk to the media, let her talk to people." <ref>http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/09/30/doubts-about-palin-grow-even-among-conservatives/</ref>
==Beliefs==
==Beliefs==