Posted on 08/06/2012 12:29:18 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
A new poll from Gallup looks at how many 2008 voters say they will switch parties in the presidential race. According to the poll, more Americans who voted for Barack Obama will be voting for Mitt Romney than John McCain voters will switch to vote for Obama. Here are Gallup's results:
But as Gallup notes in its analysis of the poll, even though Obama looks likely to win fewer votes than he did in 2008, his margin of victory was large enough that the race between the president and Romney remains close.
” More Obama Voters Switching to GOP “
In the process, even further lowering the collective IQ of the GOP...
Naturally it remains close. Gallup’s prospectus is banking on it. They couldn’t stand the reduction in revenues if they were to call it now.
J-O-B-S!
As a side note, the undead are still reliable democrat voters, with 100% of dead registered voters casting one or more ballots for a straight democrat ticket.
Who are the 5% McCain voters who plan to vote for Obama? They prefer Obama than Romney or third party candidate? To teach the GOP ?
It’s not rocket science...there are less people in the workforce today than in 2008 and there will be less Obama voters than 2008.
It remains necessary to always lie to pollsters. The left must think they are going into this election in good shape. If they are confident, they will not prepare for full-on fraud. We must tell exit pollsters the opposite of our votes so they, and the democrat press will be even more upset after the dust clears.
Exactly.
how on earth are there a full 2-3% of the voting population that opposed Obama in ‘08 but plan to vote for him now?!? I would love to interview one of these idiots: “so, exactly which brand of dart DO you throw when deciding who to vote for?”
Liberals who understand that Romney is a more competent and accomplished pro-choice democrat socialist than Obama.
If only 61.7% of eligible voters voted in the 2008 Election, it might be more useful to consider how many plan to vote in 2012. And who they plan to vote for. I have this idea that the intensity of the “ABOs” is greater than the “Hope n’ Change 2.0” intensity.
“Who are the 5% McCain voters who plan to vote for Obama? They prefer Obama than Romney or third party candidate? To teach the GOP ?”
They were probably never conservatives to begin with... most likely just part of the “huge number of moderates” out there that a McCain nominee was supposed to be able to pick up.
So much for that.
If this doesn’t wake up the conservatives that Romney is a big liberal, nothing will. When Obama Voters are wanting Romney you know there is nothing good there. Kick Romney to the curb at the convention! It can be done and the United States of America would be better off.
I'll tell you a HUGE difference between Romney and Obama that even you can see EV.
Mitt Romney LOVES this country and the idea of American exceptionalism. He wants people employed and our economy back.
Obama does not like America or what we stand for and he is doing everything he can to depress our economy and collapse the middle class.
Who can forget James Carville with the wastebasket on his head? We can only imagine the grief counseling that will be necessary among the media if the Bamster and the Democrat Party crashes and burns this November.
As for pollsters, I tell them I’m undecided. It’s not a lie. I am often undecided about voting early or voting on election day.
The "Oh, we won't be called racists anymore" voters wised up. They found out that Obama is the most race-baiting, class warfare president to come down the pike.
Subject to change at any time, of course.
You put things in such wonderful perspective. Yep I agree Obama is the worst creature on Earth and worst President....Now knowing this information, the GOPe did a stupid thing and picked a Republican who may lose to the worst person on Earth. Does that make any sense when we could have had a candidate that would win this election with a cake walk...Santorum, Bachmann, Palin all would go on vacation to Fiji and come back the day before the election and still go on to win. We picked an idiot who has to work hard to MAYBE win a very close election. It is a disaster that Romney has been chosen.
and yet Pollsters Poll 13% more Democrats than GOP?
It is even worse that this since they used “registered voters” not “likely voters” for their propaganda.
Anyone is more competent at just about anything than The Disaster.
The Lovers of Losers club gets smaller by the day.
Reality bites, doesn’t it? Now you are down to sheer fantasy?
Maybe Harry Potter can wave his magic wand and transform Mitt into Ronald Reagan.
There will not be a SINGLE McCain voter who will vote for Obama much less the ridiculous number represented by 5%
It is breathtakingly absurd to even consider this nonsense.
It's good to see a net 4% pulled from Obama, however. Hard to see if it's a "real" shift until election day.
Gallup doesn’t mention all the voters who will stay home this time rather then vote for the “stain” again. No way he gets close to the turnout of 2008 when everyone without a brain thought it so cool to vote for the Mulatto.
Agreed - short of refusing to deal with them outright.
Oddly enough I was polled in person when attempting to enter a restaurant. Since I didn't know the pollster's motives, sponsor, etc. I lied like hell and claimed to be undecided.
In other words, if the nominee is someone who is actually able to win by attracting votes, he's a big liberal? You're only principled if you support nominees who can't win. Oh, that's good.
I'd guess that there are a fair number of people who voted for Jimmy Carter in 1976 who voted ended up voting for Reagan in 1980. Guess that makes him a big liberal too.
What makes you say that? I know Christians who are now Muslim, I know straights who are now gay, and I certainly know Conservatives who are now liberal. People change.
Your giddy enthusiasm for Romney is obvious. You really should just stop the facade and just say you are a proud Romney voter and supporter and you actually find him closest to your beliefs after Obama. Seriously could you guys be more transparent?
There you go again.
I want Obama OUT..I want his whole administration GONE.
I will therefore be voting for Romney
Not only that we need to overcome the "margin of fraud." I Reality unless a GOP candidate is at least 10% ahead of his opponent there is always the chance of fraud.
any time a pollster asks me or I get a telephone Robo call I always say straight "Demon Rat" ticket.
If your intent is Obama out than you are barking up the wrong tree. It is going to be a very close election because you Romney lovers refused to support a conservative. You weep what you sow.
Despite his flaws, I think Romney is much better than Obama because he believes in markets and capitalism as a general matter. I think his judicial appointments will be better, and I think he really doesn't like ObamaCare because like any good businessman, he can look at the bottom line and see we can't afford it as a nation. I certainly didn't like Romneycare, but a state-run program is infinitely less threatening to the fiscal health of the nation than is a federal one.
If you think that means I'm secretly an Obama fan, you're entitled to your delusions.
IIRC you were shooting down the conservatives I backed, naps.
I voted for Newt in the May primary..THAT was my protest vote.
I am voting to DEFEAT Obama.
Just using raw numbers from 2008, here is what the results would be:
Obamugabe in 2008 got 66,882,230 votes.
McCain in 2008 got 58,343,671 votes.
If Obamugabe loses 9% of the morons who gave him a nod, that is a deficit of 6,019,401. But Obamugabe will also supposedly gain 5% of people who voted for McCain...which would give Obamugabe an addition 2,917,184 votes.
Final Obamugabe vote total for 2012: 63,780,013.
Let's go to Mitt. Mitt loses 5% of McCain's votes, but gains 9% of the finally-enlightened Obamugabe dolts. Final Mitt tally for 2012: 61,445,888.
So Obamugabe still has a "win" in the popular vote...but let's also consider the "intensity" factor. I do not believe for a minute Obamugabe's "cult" is as big as it was in 2008....and I *do* believe, despite the naysaying among many here on FR, that most Republicans will be happily eager to vote for Romney, including many who will didn't even bother to vote for McCain.
We'll see.
Just using raw numbers from 2008, here is what the results would be:
Obamugabe in 2008 got 66,882,230 votes.
McCain in 2008 got 58,343,671 votes.
If Obamugabe loses 9% of the morons who gave him a nod, that is a deficit of 6,019,401. But Obamugabe will also supposedly gain 5% of people who voted for McCain...which would give Obamugabe an addition 2,917,184 votes.
Final Obamugabe vote total for 2012: 63,780,013.
Let's go to Mitt. Mitt loses 5% of McCain's votes, but gains 9% of the finally-enlightened Obamugabe dolts. Final Mitt tally for 2012: 61,445,888.
So Obamugabe still has a "win" in the popular vote...but let's also consider the "intensity" factor. I do not believe for a minute Obamugabe's "cult" is as big as it was in 2008....and I *do* believe, despite the naysaying among many here on FR, that most Republicans will be happily eager to vote for Romney, including many who will didn't even bother to vote for McCain.
We'll see.
Oh yeah. I forgot. Lol. I wanted Santorum and you wanted Newt and we both lost. I just can’t believe the GOPe didn’t learn their lesson from McCain. This is worse as we have much to lose no matter who wins.
Do I think there was anyone better out there out of 300 million Americans. Absolutely. Do I think we had a better choice in the primary --for the general--not who I and the rest of FR would vote for but who I think would not have been destroyed by the MSM. Probably not. Newt, Santorum, Bachman -- I don't know if they could have beat Obama by the time the media and SNL got through with them.
I thought Newt had a chance because when he was a good, he was really good, and had the potential to take Obama apart that the others didn't have. But he also had the ability to self destruct as well. Overall, it was a badly flawed crop of candidates, which is unfortunate because the right guy might really have been able clobber Obama.
I thought Newt had a chance because when he was a good, he was really good, and had the potential to take Obama apart that the others didn't have. But he also had the ability to self destruct as well. Overall, it was a badly flawed crop of candidates, which is unfortunate because the right guy might really have been able clobber Obama.
I used a bit of poetic licence by claiming no former McCain voters will vote for Obama but the figure Gallup quoted is absurd.
No, you don't need to wonder. Stevie Wonder can see how obvious it is.
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