(Oklahoma) Poll finds little support for Obama (McCain 56% - Obama 24%)

KSWO.com ^ | 8/3/08

[LdSentinal]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A new poll found little support among Oklahoma voters for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

The Oklahoma Poll found that Republican John McCain has broad support in the state to lead Obama by 32%age points, 56% to 24%.

[LdSentinal]

32% lead for McCain.

Bush won it by 31% in 2004.

[JRochelle]

I see Oklahoma is full of Okie racists.

sarc/

[Alter Kaker]

I’m shocked!

[Renegade]

Racist toward what? -Osama Obama is 50-50 black and white (mulatto ) so the people who don’t vote for him equally don’t like blacks or whites 1

[Bahbah]

You missed the “sarcasm” tag :)

[JRochelle]

I was unaware of those facts!

So if you don’t vote Obama you are a self-hating racist?

[moose2004]

Obama will probably claim Oklahoma is “in play” just like he claims Georgia, Arkansas Tennessee, Virginia and Montana are “in play.”

[BreezyDog]

Its going to be like that nationwide in November. Obama is toast...

[tobyhill]

Oklahoma people like most other Southern State's people know a fraud when we see one.
They may buy the snake oil up there in Chicago, NY, Boston and the other liberal Northern Cities but in the South there's just no use for it.

[KirbDog]

Its going to be like that nationwide in November. Obama is toast...

God I hope so this guy creeps me out.

[frankiep]

so in other words, 56% of Oklahomans are racists?

[JRochelle]

Toast?

Is that a reference to his skin color?

That could be taken as a racist comment.

:)

[Ingtar]

LOL - I find the fact that they have to poll Oklahoma disturbing.

[BreezyDog]

OK ...he’s burnt toast :-)

[comebacknewt]

I find the fact that they have to poll Oklahoma disturbing.

Weak.

[snowsislander]

From talking to people, I don't think that the numbers are all that different for many states. I have talked with no one who is strongly for Senator Obama, including some strongly leftward-inclined, and I have talked with many who are vehemently against.

I think this could be a historical blow-out, perhaps even more so than McGovern or Mondale.

For all of his failings as a candidate, Senator McCain does appeal more strongly to a middle section of this country than a leftist like Senator Obama ever will.

[stevem]

Oklahoma doesn't mean much. I doubt many Democrats expect to win here is November.

For the most part polls produced today are produced way to early to mean anything. Except, Democrats have to be starting to get concerned. Some of the traditional slam dunks for Democrats are getting close long before the infomercials known as conventions are aired.

If only the Republicans had a real candidate, he might actually be wearing a coat with tails. Then you would see true panic among Democrats.

[sofaman]

the question is, which 50%?

[PhiKapMom]

That’s us — Oklahoma racists! How can this be though? Obama is opening up and office in OKC and Tulsa to put the State in play according to the folks at Demookie.com!

I laughed when I read Obama was wasting money on two offices in OK when he didn’t even win the OK primary — Hillary did. Kerry saw the handwriting and after the primary in 2004 said he wouldn’t waste money in OK on offices.

[lesser_satan]

If only the Republicans had a real candidate, he might actually be wearing a coat with tails. Then you would see true panic among Democrats.

I think you've hit on something there. Everybody expected Nixon to get trounced, yet he won. Republicans weren't that enthusiastic about him, and he was a piss-poor conservative (wage and price controls, closing the gold window, EPA, OSHA, etc), but there was a silent majority that like him better than McGovern, even though McGovern excited the youth just like Obamessiah. I think a similar situation may be brewing.