A new Rasmussen Reports survey released today found a whole hell of a lot of disaffected voters out there in America.
Here are their head-to-head numbers:
Impressively, Colbert draws 28% of voters in the 18-29 bracket. And in both match-ups, Colbert beats the Republican nominee.
Surprising, considering the phenomenal job the Republicans do of addressing the concerns of young voters...
Looking at these clowns running for office, I wouldn't be surprised if a guy like Colbert actually could poll 20% in a presidential race. He's damn near the perfect candidate for the disenchanted voter. He's not going to win a primary, but it'd be a hoot if he hung around for a general. They let Perot in the debates in '92. And the media would die for a Clinton/Giuliani/Colbert debate.
Hey, people might actually watch the debates for a change. And wouldn't that be a great thing for democracy?
Here are their head-to-head numbers:
Hillary Clinton (D) 45%
Rudy Giuliani (R) 35%
Stephen Colbert (I) 13%
Hillary Clinton (D) 46%
Fred Thompson (R) 34%
Stephen Colbert (I) 12%
Impressively, Colbert draws 28% of voters in the 18-29 bracket. And in both match-ups, Colbert beats the Republican nominee.
Surprising, considering the phenomenal job the Republicans do of addressing the concerns of young voters...
Looking at these clowns running for office, I wouldn't be surprised if a guy like Colbert actually could poll 20% in a presidential race. He's damn near the perfect candidate for the disenchanted voter. He's not going to win a primary, but it'd be a hoot if he hung around for a general. They let Perot in the debates in '92. And the media would die for a Clinton/Giuliani/Colbert debate.
Hey, people might actually watch the debates for a change. And wouldn't that be a great thing for democracy?
3 comments:
There seems to be some dispute about his ability to enter both the Dem and GOP primary in SC (and I find irony that you must pay the GOP some $35,000 to run, but the Dems only want $2,500 or 3,000 signatures and $0). So perhaps you're right... forget the party labels and run as an Independent. After all, he doesn't see color... why should he see parties?
On another note... it never even occurred to me that even though he is only running in the SC partisan primaries, that wouldn't prevent him from running in the general as an independent. And holy crap those would be some glorious debates.
Of course it begs the ridiculous hypothetical:
Who would be more damaged by a Colbert run as an I?
When it comes to message and issues, he would clearly wreak havoc on the GOP. But when it comes to votes, if large numbers of 18-29 year olds actually voted for Colbert, those are probably lost votes for the Dems more so than lost votes for the GOP.
Oh well. It's fun to dream.
By the way... speaking of 18-29 year olds... Fastest growing facebook group ever?
After 9 months "1,000,000 Strong for Barack" is at 381,000 members. After 8 months "One Million Strong AGAINST Hillary" is at 488,000 members.
After 8 days the group "1,000,000 Strong for Stephen T. Colbert" is at 980,000 members. By the time most people read this, it will probably have surpassed the one million mark... unlike those other candidates.
Check it out.
Yeah, it's probably going to break a million in couple of hours. Crazy.
For the record, I am one of the (currently) 981,950 strong for Stephen T. Colbert. He's got my vote right now.
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