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Rasmussen
Reports...
GOP Voters Want
Presidential Candidate With Private Sector Experience
Monday, January 31, 2011
Most Republican Primary voters are looking for experience in both the
private sector and government in a potential presidential candidate.
Private sector experience carries a bit more weight. They are also
looking for someone who shares their views rather than simply picking
someone who is electable.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 94% of
Likely GOP Primary Voters say that a candidate’s experience in the
private sector is at least somewhat important. That includes 54% who
say private sector experience is Very Important.
Additionally, 85% rate a candidate’s experience in government as at
least somewhat important to their vote, including 44% who say it’s Very
Important. But 13% view government experience as not very or not at all
important.
Eighty-five percent (85%) of GOP Primary voters also say it’s more
important to them when voting that a candidate shares their views. Only
nine percent (9%) say they’re more likely to vote for the candidate who
has a better chance of winning.
Forty percent (40%) of likely Republican Primary voters describe
themselves as a member of the Tea Party. Among those who are Tea Party
members, private sector experience is much more important than a
background in government. Non-members regard both kinds of experience
about equally.
Last October, as Election Day approached, 50% of all voters said they
were more likely to vote for a candidate who has political experience
over one who’s never held office before, while 34% preferred a
political newcomer.But Democrats were far more likely to favor a
candidate with political experience, while a plurality of GOP voters
liked one who’d never previously held public office.
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