Politics | rapture Poll: Rapture Would Be Great for Obama Turns out Rapture believers really like Sarah Palin By Kevin Spak Posted May 27, 2011 12:19 PM CDT Copied In this Dec. 17, 2010 file photo, Allison Warden poses with her car in Raleigh, N.C., showing a message about the rapture. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) The Rapture didn’t happen last weekend—and that’s a shame for Barack Obama. Public Policy Polling ran a poll to see what political effect the Rapture might have. Only 2% of respondents actually thought it was coming on May 21, a staggeringly low number. “It's really close to impossible to ask a question on a poll that only 2% of people say yes to,” writes pollster Tom Jensen, noting that in a previous poll 10% said Barack Obama was the Anti-Christ. But 11% of voters do think the Rapture will come in their lifetime. If it happened by next November—and that 11% represented the people carted off to heaven—it would be a game-changer for Obama, boosting his lead by 2-5 points. Rapture believers favor Republicans more than Democrats in general, though the only candidate they really like is Sarah Palin; she has a 53/38 favorability with them, while everyone else garnered more disapproval than approval. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Report an error