Posted on 09/04/2008 6:16:34 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
US women voters turned off by Palin's pick: poll
ST PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) — Women voters remain unswayed by the Republican choice of anti-abortion, devout Christian Sarah Palin for vice president, according to a new poll released Wednesday.
White House hopeful John McCain electrified his party's conservative base by naming Palin, a 44-year-old mother of five and Alaska governor, as his running mate on Friday.
But 52 percent of voters polled in a survey for the women's activist group Emily's List said they would vote for the Democrat ticket of Barack Obama and his VP choice Joseph Biden, against 41 for the Republicans.
"If John McCain thought putting Sarah Palin on the ticket would be a game changer, he may have been right but not in the way he intended," said the group's president Ellen Malcolm.
"Senator McCain has seriously misjudged women voters if he thinks he can win them over simply by putting a woman on the ticket," she said.
"Women voters take their votes seriously and the more they learn about Governor Palin, the less likely they are to support the McCain-Palin ticket."
The poll, carried out by random dialing of 800 women on Sunday and Monday, shows that 50 percent of women voters felt McCain picked Palin out of political expediency and not because he believes she has the experience to do the job.
Only 29 percent said he had picked her to run in the November 4 elections because he believed she was qualified to be vice president.
And when asked which ticket had the most experience to run the country, 52 percent opted for the Democrats compared to 37 percent for the Republicans.
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52-41 on a far-left webpage poll? That’s amazingly good for the GOP.
BS.
Emily’s List is a campaign PAC made up by fat cats who donate millions to pro Abortion canidates. Basically they are part of the Abortion lobby here in the USA
Emily’s list is an UBER-LEFTIST, huge democrat supporting organization.
The nere fact that they PAID to put out a push poll like shows how scared the Obama worshippers are becoming...
The lies aren’t working, so here comes the “opinion Drivers” to generate headlines...
BS....not valid in flyover country....
Emily’s List, eh? Yeah, that’s credible.
I think the measured it via flannel sales and lip piercings.
yeah, that’s a good, objective, valid and scientific poll!
Sadly, that one's not always reliable anymore, either.
Some 45 percent of Clinton fans thought Palin was not very attractive as a candidate, and 55 percent said they would not be voting for McCain.It's a spin and tumble of answers to different questions.Only nine percent of Clinton supporters said they thought they would vote Republican because Palin was on the ticket.
"Some 45 percent of Clinton fans thought Palin was not very attractive as a candidate,"
Clever. Ask women about Palin with the word "attractive."
"and 55 percent said they would not be voting for McCain."
Which means Hillary supporters for McCain range anywhere between 1-45%
How to soften that problem? Immediately bring up a small number.
"Only nine percent of Clinton supporters said they thought they would vote Republican because Palin was on the ticket."
Which doesn't mean that 45% of Hillary supporters aren't supporting McCain. Just that only 9% admit it is because Palin is on the ticket.
I think this article brings good news for McCain.
And a "news organization" treats this as news? ROFL!!!
What should scare the hell out of them is that McCain/Palin got 41% in this "poll".
Fiction
Looks like even 37% of them will vote for the Republican candidates. How 'bout that? LOL!
To the women of Emily's List abortion is the ONLY issue. Ever.
Only 52% of women in a liberal website poll will vote for Obama? That’s good news!
Granted.
But who wrote the questions? How were the questions worded? What order were the questions in?
The organization that pays for the survey makes those calls and thus, frames the issue. Have you ever heard of a "Push Poll"?
In this case EMILY's List made those decisions.
Figures and it’s bs. Some of Emily’s List is probably going to pull the lever for Sarah.
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