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Poll: Voters Against Obama 'Wealth Redistribution' Plan
CNBC ^ | October 23, 2008 | CNBC

Posted on 10/23/2008 2:21:44 PM PDT by CutePuppy

Poll: Voters Against Obama 'Wealth Redistribution' Plan

POLITICS, MCCAIN, OBAMA, BIDEN, PALIN, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, ELECTION

CNBC.com | 23 Oct 2008 | 12:06 PM ET

Washington, D.C. – Election Day is only two weeks away, and as John McCain and Barack Obama make their final pitches to “close the deal” with voters, a stunning new ATI-News/Zogby poll shows a clear majority of undecided voters disagree with Obama’s plan for wealth redistribution in America.

“The major issue on voters’ minds right now is the economy, and the major voting bloc on candidates’ minds right now is the undecided voter,” said ATI-News president Brad O’Leary. “Our poll results show that undecided voters overwhelmingly reject Obama’s economic plan to redistribute wealth.”

The poll surveyed 1,214 likely voters nationwide and was conducted October 17-20. It has a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.

ATI-News/Zogby asked likely voters: “John McCain and other critics say Barack Obama is heavily influenced by people and organizations which seek social justice through redistribution of wealth in America. Do you agree or disagree with efforts to bring social justice by the redistribution of wealth?”

By a more than two-to-one margin, undecided voters disagree with such efforts to redistribute wealth. In total, 57 percent of undecided voters said they disagreed, while only 24 percent said they agreed (19 percent are not sure).

A majority (52 percent) of self-identified Independent voters also disagree with efforts to bring social justice through wealth redistribution. Only 39 percent of Independents agree (10 percent are not sure).

“In his candid conversation with ‘Joe the plumber,’ Obama made clear that his main economic goal is to redistribute wealth, not strengthen and grow our economy,” said O’Leary. “This is pure socialism, albeit thinly veiled, and it does not resonate with hard-working Americans who would rather keep their money than have Obama redistribute it to his favorite constituencies.”

O’Leary also noted that Obama’s tax welfare plan, coupled with his goal of raising barriers to free trade, “makes for a toxic mix that could drive America’s economy into a prolonged depression.”

“Obama isn’t the second coming of JFK,” said O’Leary, “He’s the reincarnation of Herbert Hoover.”

© 2008 CNBC.com URL: http://www.cnbc.com/id/27339578/


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008polls; election2008; elections; halloween; joetheplumber; obama; poll; poll2008; polls; redistribution; socialism; spreadthewealth
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ATI-News/Zogby 1214 LV poll - 57% vs 24% against "spreading the wealth".
1 posted on 10/23/2008 2:21:45 PM PDT by CutePuppy
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To: CutePuppy

“Obama learns from the Alinsky crowd the method for getting people to support radical change they would ordinarily not be willing to accept. “They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future.” [192] Thus, just as it has been the theme of most Democrat Presidential campaigns over the last 30 years, so is it Obama’s: “Everything is terrible and headed in the wrong direction, your lives are in shambles, greedy capitalism is at fault, and you need to trust a bigger government and my plans to solve all your problems.”

http://colony14.net/id41.html


2 posted on 10/23/2008 2:22:54 PM PDT by combat_boots (From the Bush Derangement Syndrome(TM) to the 0bama Worship Cult in which NOTHING matters. USSKKKA)
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To: CutePuppy

Yeah, the morons still plan to vote for Obama.


3 posted on 10/23/2008 2:24:07 PM PDT by KansasGirl (READ MY LIPSTICK, OBAMA IS JUST CREEPY!)
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To: CutePuppy

Sweet! Looking good for McCain/Palin!!! I hope and pray even more people will see the Obamanation for who he truly is!


4 posted on 10/23/2008 2:24:39 PM PDT by wk4bush2004 (Let the sound of intercession meet Your ears......)
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To: CutePuppy

You could get full agreement from most 0bama supporters to the following:

So, you believe in wealth redistribution through the government and in the concept “from each according to his ability and to each according to his needs”, but you’re not a socialist or Marxist?


5 posted on 10/23/2008 2:25:19 PM PDT by MrB (0bama supporters: What's the attraction? The Marxism or the Infanticide?)
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To: combat_boots

Socialism is based on

Lying
Coveting
& Theft


6 posted on 10/23/2008 2:25:54 PM PDT by MrB (0bama supporters: What's the attraction? The Marxism or the Infanticide?)
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To: All

PROOF Obama member New Party:
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7 posted on 10/23/2008 2:26:14 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: CutePuppy
Even more would be opposed if people were accurate and started saying income redistribution instead of wealth redistribution. What Obama calls for is taxing the pre-wealthy.
8 posted on 10/23/2008 2:27:14 PM PDT by mc6809e
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To: CutePuppy
a stunning new ATI-News/Zogby poll shows a clear majority of undecided voters disagree with Obama’s plan for wealth redistribution in America.

McCain/Palin WILL WIN! The undecided are going to break very heavily towards them.

9 posted on 10/23/2008 2:27:20 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: CutePuppy

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10 posted on 10/23/2008 2:27:30 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Liberal psuedo businesses like NY Slimes, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mack, Tribune are Ponzi Schemes)
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To: CutePuppy

This is why McCain is hitting on all cylinders now and why he will overtake Hussein.

Americans see taxes as a necessary evil to provide for needed programs.

They reject welfare which is what Hussein’s “tax cuts” actually are. Transfer payments from producers to non-producers.

They also instinctively know that the hikes will not hit only the “rich” but earners at all levels, directly or indirectly.

The tax issue always wins, when it is hammered home.


11 posted on 10/23/2008 2:27:41 PM PDT by Yankee
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To: wk4bush2004

Zogby is the same one who has McCain losing by 12, though.


12 posted on 10/23/2008 2:29:11 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: snarkytart

Zogby tried this crap in ‘04 too.

Called a Kerry 300+ Electoral vote landslide on November 2nd.

We all fondly recall the Kerry Administration, don’t we?


14 posted on 10/23/2008 2:31:30 PM PDT by Yankee
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To: CutePuppy

the discussion on the hannity show a few minutes ago was that this issue was just beginning to show traction in the polls.


15 posted on 10/23/2008 2:33:19 PM PDT by Canedawg ("The media is a ass," said Mr. Bumble.)
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To: Grampa Dave
This is what will sink Obama...not Ayers ...nothing else.

Americans hate this idea like the plague.

16 posted on 10/23/2008 2:33:47 PM PDT by Dog (Palin for President 2012!)
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To: Yankee

McCain and Palin need to keep pushing the “Obama the wealth spreader” line everywhere they go. Clearly the American people don’t want it.


17 posted on 10/23/2008 2:33:55 PM PDT by tiniyo
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To: tiniyo

Oh I think they will...lol


18 posted on 10/23/2008 2:35:34 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: CutePuppy
24 percent said they agreed (19 percent are not sure)...

This stat just stunes my beeber. 43% want or would consider wealth redistribution. I never thought I'd see the day.

19 posted on 10/23/2008 2:36:12 PM PDT by OB1kNOb ("I guarantee you itÂ’s (a testing of America) gonna happen." - "Plugs" Biden regarding Obama)
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To: CutePuppy
They'd REALLY be against it if they were told that some of the redistribution will occur in KENYA !!

ML/NJ

20 posted on 10/23/2008 2:39:05 PM PDT by ml/nj
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