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Originally Posted by kcchief19
The latest Rasmussen polls all show Obama losing to a generic Republican but leading in all the head-to-head polls.
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As I said elsewhere recently, the problem with that is finding a "generic Republican".
I think what happens on that particular polling question is that the response is based on what the respondent considers as the "generic R", which often mirrors their own positions. Then you get to specific candidates & they fail to live up to that same standard.
Take me as an example, I'd give you a positive response to the generic & a little over half the current field, I'd drop into the "other/neither" category on several of the others. Same thing almost certainly happens with a fiscal conservative/social liberal (R) except, of course, in reverse.