Posted on 09/07/2008 6:35:58 AM PDT by NYC Republican
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday, September 7, shows the race for the White House is tied.
In the first national polling results based entirely on interviews conducted after Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech, Barack Obama gets 46% of the vote and so does John McCain. When "leaners" are included, it’s all even at 48%. Tracking Poll results are released at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time each day and a FREE daily e-mail update is available.
This past Tuesday, Obama’s bounce peaked with the Democrat enjoying a six-percentage point advantage. Before the two conventions were held, Obama had consistently held a one or two point lead over McCain for most of August (see recent daily results).
Tracking Poll results are based upon nightly telephone interviews and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. As a result, tomorrow (Monday) will be the first update based entirely upon interviews conducted after McCain’s speech. By Tuesday or Wednesday, the net impact of both political conventions should be fairly clear.
McCain earns the vote from 89% of Republicans while Obama is supported by 81% of Democrats. McCain also manages to attract 15% of Democrats while Obama gets 9% of the Republican vote. Voters not affiliated with either major party remain fairly evenly divided between the two men.
McCain leads by seven points among men while Obama leads by six among women. On Tuesday, when Obama’s lead peaked, he had a fourteen point advantage among women. Premium Members can review demographic crosstabs and all the data we collect--not just the portion we make public. Premium Members can also get an advance look at tracking poll results via the Daily Snapshot each morning.
Forty-two percent (42%) of voters say that economic issues are most important this year and Obama holds a 34-point advantage among these voters.
Twenty-four percent (24%) of voters say the national security issues are most important. Among these voters its McCain by 39.
The Republican hopeful also leads by wide margins among those who consider fiscal issues or cultural issues most important. Obama leads among those primarily interested in domestic programs such as Social Security and health care.
Overall, McCain is now viewed favorably by 58% of the nation’s voters while Obama earns positive reviews from 56% (see trends).
Palin is viewed favorably by 58% of voters including 40% with a Very Favorable opinion of her. Biden earns positive reviews from 48% of voters.
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Obama voters now say they are voting with enthusiasm for their candidate while 17% are primarily voting against the other candidate. For McCain, those numbers are 65% and 28% respectively. Before the Republican convention, just 54% of McCain voters were voting enthusiastically for him rather than simply voting against Obama.
Each Saturday morning, Rasmussen Reports reviews the key polls of the past week to learn What They Told Us.
The Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator currently shows Obama leading in states with 193 Electoral College votes while McCain leads in states with 183 votes (see Quick Campaign Overview). When leaners are included, it’s Obama 264, McCain 247 (see 50-State Summary).
Data from Rasmussen Markets currently gives Obama a 57.4 % chance of winning in November. Other key stats of Election 2008 can still be seen at Obama-McCain: By the Numbers. Sign up for a free daily e-mail update.
Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 1,000 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The margin of sampling error—for the full sample of 3,000 Likely Voters--is +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for the full-week results are available for Premium Members.
Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large. Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process. Our baseline targets are established based upon survey interviews with a sample of adults nationwide completed during the preceding three months (a total of 45,000 interviews). For September, the targets are 39.7% Democrat, 32.1% Republican, and 28.2% unaffiliated (see party trends and analysis). For the month of August, the targets were 40.6% Democrat, 31.6% Republican, and 27.8% unaffiliated.
A review of last week’s key polls is posted each Saturday morning. We also invite you to review other recent demographic highlights from the tracking polls.
So just edit the title
The expression Hussein the Magic Negro has been used on National TV and Radio. What is racist about it? Please elaborate why this is racist.
Thank you... Like I said, nothing racist was intended... I was using the MSM’s phrase, just added the Muslim part
Watson’s in Singapore, so he may have missed the constant alluding to that phrase here in the MSM
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and write that I don’t think you are a racist, and I’ll even give you further benefit of the doubt- that you mean to use the term in a highly ironic way- but I doubt very much if you would use that term at work, or amongst mixed company etc.....
So you shouldn’t use it here- especially when it can be used by lurkers to attack free republic for being racist.
If you honestly can’t see that, then the Admins should probably pull your postings.
If I had used the other word, which I NEVER would (as that clearly is racist), he had a point...
Oh. I thought it was a play on Voldemort’s “He that Must Not Be Named”, and couldn’t figure out what the 4th M was.
The women will search for consensus by looking among their peer groups for which way the wind is blowing. As time goes on, the women will abandon Hussein enmasse. The word will be out over coffee and on cellphones.....better go with Sarah and McCain.
At work, and usually around mixed company, I need to abide by the PC atmosphere that's so awfully prevalent... I didn't realize this was a PC environment here.... If that was the case, what's the point? Frankly, I've called the left sKum on a few occasions... Would I use that phrase, or jacka$$e$, or the like? Probably not....
Again, it was meant more tongue-in-cheek than anything else... and I'm not gonna censor myself even beyond what the MSM uses themselves....
That being said, I AM a guest in JRob's living room... and he or the Mods can edit or ban my postings, or my account, at their will
Please don't go down the road of making this a PC site, it's as slippery slope.
Strickland has governed like a conservative on every issue except the charter schools and one of the homosexual ordinances (a minor one). He signed the concealed carry law. He actually signed lower business taxes (though not income taxes) in the state. He KNOWS that this state is going down the tubes if we don’t get business in, and that the “sick leave” law would have just about finished us off. He’s a Hillary guy who has aspirations for still higher office, too.
Thanks. Will he actively campaign for Zero?
Folks, never mind the polls just look in how the candidates are campaigning that is the true factor..
I’ve used that too, for “H”... Gorgeous day in CT today, after all that rain
You do realize that ‘the magic negro’ is a term the LA Times used to describe Barack, don’t you?
It’s actually better for McCain than Ras is reporting. Rasmussen uses a 3 month ‘intensity factor’ when weighting the results - Intensity for McCain just went up about a week ago, so his numbers are dragged down by voter intensity BP (Before Palin). I’d say he’s lookin good !!!
The polls usually dictate where they campaign... Where-they-campaing is somewhat of a lagging indicator
I agree that the phrase “Magic Negro” is derogatory. I don’t like it when Rush uses it; I don’t like it when it is used on this forum. I am not PC, but it can be too easily construed to imply a racist meaning.
Common sense needs to be used on this forum. I think that if someone on this forum called Lieberman the “Magic Jew” there would be a good chance that their post would be pulled. Just because it is said by Rush, doesn’t make it acceptable or smart.
My guess is he will go through the motions, but I don’t know the man well.
You’re kidding. Right?
It stands for NEGRO. You consider that racist? Tell the LA Times who tagged obama as teh Magic Negro.
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