January 2012 Polling

Here are the results from your January poll questions. You would most like to see Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin on the November Presidential ballot, though that is unlikely to happen. 8% of you are interested in the new vacation packages being offered by North Korea, 4% have watched the NDP leadership debates. 81% of you think it is unfair to the other leadership candidates if a potential leader is also serving in the interim role, and 82% consider Elizabeth May to be an Environmental radical.

DOES THE CANADIAN PENSION SYSTEM NEED TO BE REFORMED?

Yes, major changes (63%)
Yes, minor changes (29%)
No change at all (6%)
Undecided (2%)

SHOULD PAUL MARTIN'S $5 BILLION DOLLAR KELOWNA ACCORD BE "REVISITED"?

No (89%)
Yes (11%)
Undecided (0%)

WHO SHOULD BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT?

Sarah Palin (19%)
Herman Cain (10%)
Marco Rubio (9%)
2nd Place Finisher (likely Romney or Gingrich) (9%)
None of the above (9%)
Chris Christie (8%)
Rick Santorum (7%)
Ron Paul (7%)
Rudy Giuliani (5%)
Rand Paul (3%)
Mike Huckabee (3%)
Bobby Jindal (1%)

IF YOU HAD TO SELECT ONE OF THESE MEN TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WHO WOULD IT BE?

Newt Gingrich (46%)
Mitt Romney (20%)
Ron Paul (10%)
Rick Santorum (9%)
Barak Obama (7%)
Undecided (5%)

HAVE YOU WATCHED ANY OF THE NDP LEADERSHIP DEBATES?

No (96%)
Yes (4%)

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN TAKING A VACATION TO NORTH KOREA?

No (89%)
Yes (8%)
Undecided (3%)

WHICH PARTY REPRESENTS THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE CONSERVATIVES IN THE NEXT CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION?

Merged Lib-Dipper Party (64%)
Liberal (20%)
Undecided (8%)
NDP (6%)

DO YOU FEEL THIS WEEKEND'S GATHERING OF LIBERALS IS...

Something to keep the CBC busy (57%)
Bob Rae coronation (18%)
Waste of time and money (17%)
Liberal convention (5%)
Undecided (1%)

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT RELEASING EASTERN ELECTION RESULTS BEFORE ALL POLLS CLOSE COULD AFFECT HOW SOME WESTERNERS VOTE?

No (53%)
Yes (44%)
Undecided (3%)

IS IT FAIR TO THE OTHER COMPETITORS IF A POLITICAL LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE HOLDS THE INTERIM POSITION OF PARTY LEADER?

No (81%)
Yes (18%)
Undecided (1%)

DO YOU CONSIDER ELIZABETH MAY TO BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL "RADICAL"?

Yes (82%)
Who is Elizabeth May? (13%)
No (5%)

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ATTENDING A LIBERAL PRIMARY NEAR YOU TO VOTE ON THEIR NEXT LEADER?

No (79%)
Yes, only if it's free (15%)
Yes, even if I have to pay (4%)
Undecided (1%)

DO YOU FEEL THAT CANADA IS IN THE MIDST OF AN ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE?

No (85%)
Yes (13%)
Undecided (2%)

WILL MITT ROMNEY EVER BE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?

No (54%)
Yes (31%)
Undecided (13%)

DOES PAUL MARTIN DESERVE INDUCTION INTO THE ORDER OF CANADA?

No (85%)
Yes (10%)
Undecided (4%)

WHICH PREDICTION FOR 2012 IS MOST LIKELY TO HAPPEN?

Planet outlives Mayan calendar (49%)
Allison Redford loses election (11%)
NDP polling below 20% (11%)
Bob Rae remains laregely unchallenged for Liberal leadership (8%)
Republicans take back Senate (4%)
Assad regime ousted in Syria (2%)
Putin remains in charge of Russia (2%)
Romney defeated by Obama (2%)
None of these things will happen (2%)
Hostilities with Iran (2%)
Sid Crosby plays fewer than 30 games (0%)
No hostilities with North Korea (0%)
Irwin Cotler will not retire (0%)