Posted on 09/16/2012 1:19:44 PM PDT by Signalman
Please click link to see newspaper article.
"Democrat Michael Dukakis, riding a wave of positive publicity from the convention that nominated him for president last week, led Vice-President Bush by 17 points in a Gallup poll released last Tuesday".
(Excerpt) Read more at news.google.com ...
Also, the country was still over 70% white in 1988, and the electorate even more so. Of course, there is a connection between this and the use of government services, as black and latino Americans are more likely to use welfare services than whites.
Proving they are the stupid party, the GOP has done nothing to stop mass immigration, even though it’s clear that most immigrant groups are natural Democrats, and even though the public has generally and consistently supported reductions in immigration.
Even though Romney should be doing better with whites, the share he is winning right now was pretty much the same share that allowed Reagan to crush Carter; now it just barely allows him to be even.
That would be a nice outcome for this election.
On August 22, two professors from the University of Colorado predicted, based on economic data, that Romney would have a huge Electoral College Win. At that time they said they would update their prediction in September. I can't find any evidence of this update. I wonder if Axelrod had a chat with them like he did with Gallup.
Oversampled push poll. I know that Bishop Bush will win in November!
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