Posted on 10/17/2008 5:26:17 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty
WASHINGTON (AP) When it comes to the public's image of John McCain, it's as if somebody dialed the electricity down in the past month. For Barack Obama, the juice is still flowing.
People's regard for the Republican presidential nominee has deteriorated across-the-board since September, an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll showed Friday, with McCain losing ground in how favorably he's seen and in a long list of personal qualities voters seek in White House contenders.
Perceptions of Obama have improved or remained steady. Beyond views of the two rivals' character traits, McCain faces another problem Obama is more trusted on the economy, the contest's commanding issue, including a 15-percentage-point edge for better grasping how the raging financial crisis is affecting people.
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Now I know why I am seeing all those McCain/Palin signs and bumper stickers. They have been popping up all over the place, as well as more and more NOBAMA stickers. How could I not have known this was coming. < /sarc>
I hope someone is archiving all this crap. It will make a good book one day.
Obama Insurance.
Republicans-29%
Democrats-44%
Ind.-27%
Take a look at the sampling from this garbage!
Now, Obama is seen favorably by 57 percent and McCain by 52 percent a close margin that masks the opposite direction the two rivals' ratings are heading.
Leaving aside the Independents, the sampling slant gives Dems a 15% polling advantage.
If Obama only gets a 5% result with that, then McCain likely has a 10% lead in the favorable ratings.
Obama is sunk, otherwise the sampling slant toward Democrats would not be increasing daily just to keep his results slightly ahead.
Wondering about the sample:
- Registered Voters?
- Likely Voters?
- “American Idol” Sheeple?
The McCain campaign must ARTICULATE the connections: 0bama + Affirmative Action SubPrime Loans = Financial Meltdown. Obama + Redistribution of Wealth = Depression.
Ron Paul was an 'internet phenomenon', and look how that turned out.
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