"I’m sitting here in tears over this report. Being 73 yrs old I just shake my head in horror over the changes in this country........
......I had to take down my McCain sign because I saw a car pull up at my house...write down my address...back up and write down the address of the lady across the street and then speed off. We were the only two on my block with McCain signs....to make it worse I was standing outside with my dog and he gave me that eye as if to dare me to say something to him....I admit to being intimidated and I took my sign down...
God help us all.........
Now, how many people feel intimidation when the "poller" calls (how do you know who they REALLY are?)? It only takes a few intimidated respondents to throw the whole poll in the dumpster.
Notice that the polls that PUSH the respondents* to decide (and thus have few "undecideds") are where Obama has his big numbers. The less they push the respondent, the more Obama's numbers drop off...quickly.
"Undecided" is a way of saying "please don't mess with me." Registered Democrats wanting to vote McCain would feel the greatest pressure on this.
Another factor is the steady drumbeat of the media telling the viewer over and over that Obama is so cool and McCain is so lame. This adds to the unwillingness of SOME (and that's all it takes) pro-McCain respondents to level with the poller. *When voters say "undecided" , some pollsters will push them to decide; "If you HAD to decide TODAY..."
I told a pollster the other day. “I’m very, very well armed”.