Posted on 09/09/2008 1:36:24 PM PDT by politicalmerc
I hate to force you to have enthusiasm but Mccain was only up 3 points before the convention. Zero was seriously planning to make a run at taking that state.
I hope you’re right on that one! We need to get more pubs riding the coattails and give congress back to the right!
We can’t win by too much. No time for complacency.
In the first place, we need to blow Obama out of the water, so we never have to deal with him again.
In the second place, we need to do the best we can to regain congress.
In the third place, we need to overwhelm graft and corruption at the polling places in a degree never seen before, not even under clinton in 1996 or 2000.
We need to take back our courts and we need to end corrupt law enforcement that ignores Democrat crimes.
This can only be done with an overwhelming victory—and with an energetic follow-up by McCain Palin. No more George Bush/Mr. Nice Guy/Close your eyes and ignore the corruption.
Illinois is not “in play” but does anyone have a tracking poll to see if Illinois has shifted....at all?
Illinois is not “in play” but does anyone have a tracking poll to see if Illinois has shifted....at all?
I was polled yesterday. They asked party affiliation, top concerns, preference in Pres. election. They were more interested in my opinion of Harry Mitchel ( Rep-D who beat JD Hayworth). I definitely let them know my opinion.
I believe th8is is still just marked as leaning McCain.>>>>>>>>>>>>
That’s because it is based on the average number not the latest poll. If the average is less than 10% they mark it leaning.
JH
I stand corrected. I never win anything, not even the polling lottery. Thanks for the responses everyone.
The prospect of any one of the various Democratic zeroes taking the presidency made me an enthusiast for anyone on the Republican ticket - including Ron Paul. The problem this year is major economic headwinds (foreshadowed by double digit % drops in sales tax collections nationwide this year). I think if McCain wins, he’ll have beaten the odds. Wake me up when McCain gets a double digit lead in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
I’m in NC and I was polled this morning.
I was polled 2 weeks ago, and the first question was
1) Do you think the country is going in the right direction or wrong direction —> I said “right direction”
2) Are you pro-choice or pro-life. I said pro-life and they said thank you and hung up...:)
Wonder who that was. The polling organization was something like “Your opinion counts”
If they send Palin into NC for a couple of days, the McCain-Palin ticket would be accused of running up the score.
You may be happy to know that Obama has gone from 7% up to 3% up which is within the margin of error. So it’s not a 10 point lead but it’s headed in the right direction!!!
Sounds like you were being push-polled.
That’s one reason why i NEVER reply to the several
such “polling” calls that come in every week
during political season.
In the long run, the DINK (double income, no kids) Yankee philosophy will keep their numbers down. To be sure, this isn't real helpful in the next few elections, but I have a feeling that that the future demographic effect will be muted.
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I got an interesting call the other day. The pollster asked me (1) which presidential candidate I supported and (2) how strong the support was on a number scale. After I replied McCain to (1) and the highest number to (2), the guy thanked me without asking for my party affiliation. My feeling? My poll response was buried.
Survey USA poll like Gallup uses random sample instead of weighting.
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