Posted on 08/30/2008 6:42:16 AM PDT by Night Conservative
Sarah Palin has made a good first impression. Before being named as John McCain’s running mate, 67% of voters didn’t know enough about the Alaska governor to have an opinion. After her debut in Dayton and a rush of media coverage, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 53% now have a favorable opinion of Palin while just 26% offer a less flattering assessment.
Palin earns positive reviews from 78% of Republicans, 26% of Democrats and 63% of unaffiliated voters. Obviously, these numbers will be subject to change as voters learn more about her in the coming weeks. Among all voters, 29% have a Very Favorable opinion of Palin while 9% hold a Very Unfavorable view.
By way of comparison, on the day he was selected as Barack Obama’s running mate, Delaware Senator Joseph Biden was viewed favorably by 43% of voters.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
The choice clearly hurts McCain WITH DEMOCRATS!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
another out-of-the-ballpark hit!
Natural gas pipeline beats Amtrack every time.
It looks like she has even stronger support from Republican women than Republican men, while Democrat and independent women are a little less supportive of her than are their male counterparts.
The MSM is going into full attack mode. Several articles quoting NObama on foreign policy..... transparent attempts to bolster his weaknesses.
I love PALIN...... I have donated to McCain08 for the first time. Because of Palin
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Time will tell.
My guess is more people - especially women - will like her as they get to know more about her.
Obama and Biden are getting P3WNED
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Rasmussen’s methodology provides a very good look at trends and responses to events.
Unfortunately, there was no change in Obama’s 4% lead last night.
That is a multiday moving average so we do not know if the oldest day was very strong for Obama, and last night strong for McCain yielding a net neutral result. But we do know it was net neutral.
Palin’s announcement probably did trample on any uptick that would have occurred from his speech, but we do not yet know if PUMA polling respondents moving to McCain were obscured by some strong Obama polling result on the oldest day of moving average.
Interesting insight to human nature.
A swell has begun out in the ocean depths, that in passing, is scarcely felt on the surface. But as it nears shore, and enters the harbor, it builds, with an intensity and pressure that was difficult to predict before it arrives. This phenomenon is known as a “Tsunami”, so named by the Japanese for what is translated as “harbor wave”.
John McCain did something both unpredictable and brilliant. Sarah Palin’s first introduction to most of the US public went remarkably well, and she made the best of it. You don’t get a second chance at first impressions.
Those who were not immediately swayed to support of Palin, at least were left without a large NEGATIVE impression, and the McCain campaign can work with that. Expect a lot more people to come around in the coming weeks. If the McCain-Palin ticket can develop something like coattails, the results should show up in both Houses of Congress as well.
Maybe there might not be a majority for Republicans, but the Democrats are not going to have the “bulletproof” majority they think they deserve.
Any day now Biden will suffer unexplained headaches and be replaced on the ticket by Hillary.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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