Sarah Palin's SNL Problem

what happens if Sarah Palin does Sarah Palin?

With the TV world waiting to see if the Alaskan governor pops up on tonight's Saturday Night Live special,
one new study says that when Tina Fey does Palin, the Alaskan governor's favorability rating drops.

The poll, conducted yesterday by a research company and a college-based public-opinion institute,
asked 314 people how they felt about Palin after watching an SNL sketch
spoofing the consonant-dropping vice presidential hopeful.
(There was no word on which sketch was watched—so far, Fey's gotten Palin good three times.)

The results?

Unsurprisingly, Palin's favorability rating among her fellow Republicans held steady and strong,
dropping just 1 point to 79 percent. Just as unsurprisingly, Palin's already low favorability rating
among rival Democrats fell even further, down to 17 percent, a drop of 7 points.

Among all-important swing voters, Palin's appeal to unaligned independents fell 4 percent, to 33 percent.
The bottom line: Among all voters, Palin's favorability rating slipped 4 points, down to 43 percent.

If SNL's political history has shown anything, it's that politicians will never stop trying to convert
the show's audience to their side. In the past year, McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
have all made appearances.
Speculation has Palin adding her name to that list before the November election,
and maybe as soon as tonight.
(E! Online)


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