Liz Cheney most reviled in ALG straw poll, Mitt Romney close second

By Rick Manning

Americans for Limited Government conducted an internal poll of supporters and subscribers on August 16 and 17 testing which candidates were most likely to garner support and which were rejected by respondents. 

Liz Cheney won the question, “In 2024, who do you refuse to vote for?” with 93 percent declaring their electoral enmity toward the anointed GOP leader of the Never Trump cult. 

Cheney was closely followed by Senator Mitt Romney who polled at 88.9 percent with former Vice President Mike Pence garnering more than two-thirds of those who would refuse to vote for him. 

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a relative unknown, received an impressive amount of rejection at 36.7 percent.  It can be assumed that the more people know Larry, the higher he will rise on the ALG Reject List. 

Americans for Limited Government 2024 presidential straw poll, Aug. 16-17, 2022.

In 2024, who do you refuse to vote for? (Check all that apply)

Liz Cheney                   903                  93%

Mitt Romney              863                  88.9%

Mike Pence                 649                  66.8%

Larry Hogan                353                  36.4%

Mike Pompeo             205                  21.1%

Ted Cruz                      97                    10%

Ben Carson                 83                    8.5%

Donald Trump             23                    2.4%

Ron DeSantis              17                    1.8%

Not surprisingly former President Donald Trump topped the charts as the person that respondents would definitely vote for with 92.6% followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at 76.2 percent. 

In 2024, who would you definitely vote for? (Check all that apply)

Donald Trump             898                  92.6%

Ron DeSantis              737                  76%

Ted Cruz                      320                  33%

Ben Carson                 261                  26.9%

Mike Pompeo             212                  21.8%

Nikki Haley                  148                  15.2%

Mike Pence                 54                    5.6%

Larry Hogan                8                      0.8%

Mitt Romney              3                      0.3%

Liz Cheney                   3                      0.3%

Interestingly, while 15.3 percent of the respondents definitely would vote for former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, 31.5 percent rejected her completely.  A meager 5.6 percent indicated that they would definitely vote for former Vice President Pence.

This unscientific poll was provided to both email and Facebook followers of Americans for Limited Government, but at least Liz Cheney can say that she won one poll on August 16, and we don’t even have to wait for the mail-in ballots to be counted.  Congratulations Liz.

Rick Manning is the President of Americans for Limited Government.