Poll: Bush, Palin top endorsements (Politico)

Endorsements from George W. Bush and Sarah Palin would have the biggest impact on Republican voters, trumping the support from other GOP figures such as John McCain and Donald Trump, according to a poll Friday.

The majority of Republican and Republican-leaning voters said in a Pew Research Center survey that endorsements from six prominent GOP figures ? Bush, Palin, McCain, Trump, Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann ? would make no difference in their vote.

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But of the six political figures listed, an endorsement from Bush was found to have the most positive impact on voters, with 28 percent saying they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who garnered the former president?s backing. He was followed by Palin, whose endorsement was shown as swaying 23 percent of GOP voters to choose the candidate supported by the former Alaska governor.

Bush and Palin also were found to have the weakest negative impact on GOP voters ? 11 percent said a Bush endorsement would make them less likely to vote for a candidate, while 15 percent said the same for Palin.

McCain, who announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney earlier this month, was found to make 19 percent of voters more likely to vote for a candidate he supports, while making 17 percent less likely to pick the candidate. An endorsement from Cain spoke favorably to 17 percent of Republican voters and negatively to 15 percent.

Bachmann, who recently dropped out of the race herself, was found to have the least positive influence on voters with one in 10 Republicans saying the congresswoman?s endorsement would make it more likely for them to vote for someone and 18 percent saying her support would make it less likely for them to choose a candidate.

The influence of Trump?s endorsement also was weak, with 13 percent of voters saying his support of a candidate would positively sway their vote. Of the six Republican figures, the real estate mogul, who recently switched his voter registration to independent, was also most likely to have a negative impact on a voter?s decision, with 20 percent of Republicans saying his endorsement would actually make them less likely to vote for the candidate.

The Pew Research Center poll was conducted Jan. 5-8 among 1,000 adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 6.5 percentage points.

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