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Obama Trounces McCain In Four Swing States
All Headline News ^ | June 26, 2008 | Kris Alingod

Posted on 06/27/2008 6:21:33 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is winning the race against Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in battleground states. A new Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP poll said on Thursday that the freshman senator leads from five to as much as 17 points among voters in four key states.

Obama narrowly has the support of voters in Colorado, where he leads McCain 49% to 44%. The Republican, however, has the edge among men, 50% to 45%, and whites, 47%to 46%.

In Michigan, Obama wins with 48% while McCain trails with 42%. The Illinois senator has a whopping lead among women, 52% to 38%, and African-Americans, 89% to 6%. But again McCain leads among whites, 48% to 42%, and men, 46% and 45%.

Minnesota voters also chose Obama over McCain, 52% to 39%. Obama's 17-point lead is the biggest among the four states, and is due to his overwhelming support among nearly all demographics. The freshman senator beats McCain even among whites, 49% to 42%, and men, 51% to 40%.

The picture in Wisconsin for McCain is not much different. The Arizona senator trails his rival, 39% to 52%.

"Sen. McCain's lead among white voters in Colorado and Michigan cuts the gap to single digits, but doesn't offset Sen. Obama's strength among other groups. The Democrat also leads by eight to 21 percentage points among independent voters in each state," Quinnipiac University said in a release.

"But Sen. Obama should not be picking out the drapes for the Oval Office just yet. His lead nationally, and double digits in some key states, is not hugely different from where Sen. John Kerry stood four years ago at this point in the campaign," Quinnipiac University Polling Institute Assistant Director Peter Brown added.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2008polls; electionpresident; quinnipiac; swingstates
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To: DarthVader

NO , the radical left will control the WH , Congress, and the Courts and all the federal agencies . They will change the laws and rewrite everything in insure they stay in power. Its happened in every single country in similar circumstances, look at Venezuela,Spain, . The key is changing the voters id requirements and letting 20-30 million illegals get the vote in the next two years . Good by USA. The other key is shutting down Talk radio and the new media such as this website using new FCC regulations. Control the masses using the old Media who will have there monopoly back and they are all Obama drones . The Obama left plans to stay in power.Soros and the Obama other puppet masters have been planning this for years .


81 posted on 06/27/2008 7:49:13 AM PDT by ncalburt
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To: TexasGunLover

YES, I think we will have much less danger with McCain and much more of a chance to promote conservative principles.

Are you honestly aware of how quickly Obama can damage this nation in a number of areas?


82 posted on 06/27/2008 7:51:38 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: ncalburt

Yep!


83 posted on 06/27/2008 7:52:58 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: TypeZoNegative

I hope you’re right, but I’m not holding my breath. I hope Coleman beats Franken, that to me is the best result we can hope for in MN.


84 posted on 06/27/2008 7:57:11 AM PDT by moose2004 (Go Ahead, Make My Day)
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To: what_not2007
I am becoming discouraged.

They're counting on that. That's what the whole constant drum-beat of media polls is all about. None of them are even close to accurate until we're about 2 weeks out. And even then...


85 posted on 06/27/2008 8:00:37 AM PDT by Antoninus (Every second spent bashing McCain is time that could be spent helping Conservatives downticket.)
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To: TexasGunLover
Ha Ha , Your living in a fantasy world in which you let the left take over because the Rep will rise like a phoenix one day. Spare me .
Back in the real world, Obama , a radical ACCORN lawyer will do everything to insure this country is radicalized ASAP which includes socializing medicine , Fairness Doctrine , regulating the internet , GUN CONTROL LAWS , partial birth abortion, changing the voting id rules, instant voting rights for illegals,53 % tax rate , capital gains tax,.....
Thats a real great idea about promoting the sit this one strategy that only Repub seem to promote .
The left is busy getting dead union people registered thru ACCORN.
86 posted on 06/27/2008 8:00:39 AM PDT by ncalburt
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To: SumProVita
Are you honestly aware of how quickly Obama can damage this nation in a number of areas?

Yes, people will be furious and will convert to conservatism, hurting liberalism for a generation. They've forgotten what it was like.
87 posted on 06/27/2008 8:02:00 AM PDT by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: Antoninus

Thanks for the logical post. My first post was a knee jerk response. Most posts on this thread discount that poll, and are quite encouraging. I’m better now.

(and awake). :`)


88 posted on 06/27/2008 8:04:08 AM PDT by hoe_cake (Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less!)
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To: TexasGunLover

“Yes, people will be furious and will convert to conservatism, hurting liberalism for a generation. They’ve forgotten what it was like.”

You’re living in the past. Check out the statistics regarding the numbers of Americans who now prefer the government to GIVE them their needs....and wants.


89 posted on 06/27/2008 8:04:59 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: what_not2007

Did you know that for the 1980 election, Reagan was polling so badly against Carter that the GOP was trying to get Ford to run again?


90 posted on 06/27/2008 8:05:15 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl (McCain calls it "radical islamic terrorism," the dems don't refer to it at all)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

For the first time in my life I am really ashamed of so many Americans who obviously hsve no brain.


91 posted on 06/27/2008 8:07:10 AM PDT by TonyM (E)
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To: what_not2007
They churn the numbers...keeps them busy...the numbers in September and October are a better indicator...the MSM always claims the Democrat is winning
92 posted on 06/27/2008 8:12:05 AM PDT by Rumplemeyer
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To: Cinnamon Girl
1984 in August Mondale was over 15 points ahead of Reagan.

In 1988 Dukakis was 18 points ahead before decided to test drive a tank.

93 posted on 06/27/2008 8:14:17 AM PDT by AU72
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To: AU72

How about posting the numbers for 1992 and 1996?


94 posted on 06/27/2008 8:15:12 AM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: ncalburt

No, you fail to see the disatrous after effects on the economy and life which will be near instanteous with gaining control of all these things. Things are bad enough they will metastize quickly into national ruin. Sort of like the RMS Titanic disaster. The Rats will not survive as they will be blamed and bear the brunt. Soros and the liberals are headed towards their doom.


95 posted on 06/27/2008 8:16:41 AM PDT by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgement has come.)
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To: AU72; what_not2007

Two things happen in this early polling:

1. clowns who are high or watching Oprah on election day are polled, but won’t vote.

2. people wallow in populist rhetoric, think they are giving GOP authority figures a spanking, believe the grass is always greener in the lawn you haven’t planted— and love to tell phone pollsters that they are going to vote Democrat, FOR THE PEOPLE!

When the chips are down, only a few things really motivate people to vote.

As Hunter S. Thompson said regarding the youth vote not coming out for Kerry: “Yeah, we rocked the vote all right. Those little bastards betrayed us again.”


96 posted on 06/27/2008 8:33:41 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl (McCain calls it "radical islamic terrorism," the dems don't refer to it at all)
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To: SumProVita
Polls are pretty much meaningless at this point, but McCain will get trounced for the simple reason that SOME conservatives (who are not thinking logically) won’t vote for him.

Correct. Let me add to this. Any conservative that will not vote for McCain is a stinking liberal. I don't agree with all that McCain is, but not to understand the what this Country will become with OOOBBBAAAMMMAAA and a total anti Constitutional bunch of nitwits is enough for me.

97 posted on 06/27/2008 8:38:49 AM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: TexasGunLover
Enjoy your next 25 years in a Dem party controlled socialist hell. If McCain wins, you're 100% right.

Are you kidding or just not thinking?

98 posted on 06/27/2008 8:47:10 AM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: Logical me
Are you kidding or just not thinking?

I'm thinking strategically rather than tactically. Hussein will be so bad, people with embrace self-responsibility and conservatism. McCain will increase complacency and people will continue to suckle at the tit of big government robbing from those who work the hardest.

Carter gave rise to Reagan, Hussein should give rise to someone a little further right than Ann Coulter, which is what we desperately need.
99 posted on 06/27/2008 8:52:29 AM PDT by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: TexasGunLover
I believe the expression is “cut off your nose to spite your face” but “despite your face” is pretty good also.

I believe a McCain loss to Obama will NOT be interpreted by the RNC as a need to nominate a more conservative candidate (which is not the job of the RNC but the job of republican voters); but instead will be interpreted as that the “mood of the nation” was towards the left. If McCain loses look to see even LESS conservative candidates to be backed by the RNC desperately looking for that winning “middle ground”.

100 posted on 06/27/2008 9:20:58 AM PDT by allmendream (Life begins at the moment of contraception. ;))
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