Poll: Most Americans view Palin as unqualified for President

A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation telephone survey released on Monday suggests that only three in ten Americans believe the former 2008 Republican Vice-Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, is fit to serve as President of the United States, according to CNN. Furthermore, this latest survey shows that a majority of Republicans see Palin qualified for the job. However, 44 per cent of Republicans do not see her as qualified. Only 29 per cent of Independents and 10 per cent of Democrats think the author of “Going Rogue” is qualified. The poll also shows that the American people have more confidence in the current Secretary of State and former 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. 67 per cent of telephone respondents view Clinton as a good candidate for the Presidency, which is actually 17 points higher than those who feel the Vice-President, former Senator Joe Biden, is good for the job. CNN’s recent poll came one day before the release of Palin’s memoirs. CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said, “The perception that Palin is not qualified to be president puts her significantly behind two potential rivals for the GOP nomination in 2012 - Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. Palin has many strengths - recent CNN polls indicate that Americans believe that she is not a typical politician, that she cares about average Americans, and that she is honest and trustworthy. But the perception that she is not qualified for the White House is her biggest Achilles heel.” Another poll by ABC News//Washington Post also shows that 60 per cent do not feel Palin is qualified, according to Politics Daily. In October, Digital Journal reported a similar poll by CNN/Opinion Research Corp., which suggested that 71 per cent of Americans do not feel Palin is suited for the Oval Office. The CNN telephone survey was conducted between November 13 and November 15 with 1,014 adults and contains a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.