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Zogby: Palin Gives McCain Big Boost (McCain/Palin: 47% - Obama/Biden 45%)
Newsmax.com ^ | 8/30/08

Posted on 08/30/2008 5:12:39 PM PDT by LdSentinal

Republican John McCain's surprise announcement Friday of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate - some 16 hours after Democrat Barack Obama's historic speech accepting his party’s presidential nomination - has possibly stunted any Obama convention bump, the latest Zogby Interactive flash poll of the race shows.

The latest nationwide survey, begun Friday afternoon after the McCain announcement of Palin as running mate and completed mid-afternoon today, shows McCain/Palin at 47%, compared to 45% support for Obama/Biden.

In other words, the race is a dead heat.

The interactive online Zogby survey shows that both Obama and McCain have solidified the support among their own parties - Obama won 86% support of Democrats and McCain 89% of Republicans in a two-way head-to-head poll question not including the running mates. When Biden and Palin are added to the mix, Obama's Democratic support remains at 86%, while McCain's increases to 92%.

After the McCain "Veep" announcement on Friday, Palin was almost immediately hailed as a strong conservative, and those voters have rallied to the GOP ticket, the survey shows. Republicans gather in St. Paul, Minnesota this week to officially nominate McCain and Palin as their presidential ticket.

Overall, 52% said the selection of Palin as the GOP vice presidential nominee helps the Republican ticket, compared to 29% who said it hurt. Another 10% said it made no difference, while 10% were unsure. Among independent voters, 52% said it helps, while 26% said it would hurt. Among women, 48% said it would help, while 29% said it would hurt the GOP ticket. Among Republicans, the choice was a big hit - as 87% said it would help, and just 3% said it would hurt.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; 2008polls; 2008veep; electionpresident; mccain; nobounce; obama; palin; poll; zogby
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1 posted on 08/30/2008 5:12:39 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal

Take that “Convention Bounce”!


2 posted on 08/30/2008 5:13:19 PM PDT by autumnraine
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To: LdSentinal

yuk! yuk! yuk!


3 posted on 08/30/2008 5:14:01 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: LdSentinal

Jeff Chandler Makes a Prediction:

McCain support goes over 50% by this time next week.

You read it here first. Or second if you saw the other thread.

4 posted on 08/30/2008 5:14:12 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (18 million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America from the impact of Hillary's face)
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To: LdSentinal

Man, Zogby and Gallup couldnt be more different. Someone is going to end up looking bad.

Has Rassmussen come out today?


5 posted on 08/30/2008 5:14:31 PM PDT by acsuc99
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To: LdSentinal

All of a sudden we like Zogby!


6 posted on 08/30/2008 5:14:48 PM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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To: acsuc99
Gallup and Rasmussen polls including the convention.

The Zogby poll was taken yesterday and today.

7 posted on 08/30/2008 5:15:21 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal

Is Zogby still working on the Zobgy Sauce recipe to apply to online polls? This isn’t like the other polls with Obama getting a 6 (or is it 6 million) percent bounce.


8 posted on 08/30/2008 5:15:28 PM PDT by Bernard (If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember exactly what you said.)
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To: LdSentinal

Sarah Palin rocks my world!


9 posted on 08/30/2008 5:15:40 PM PDT by hercuroc
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To: autumnraine
ROFL! I just love it when the dems take it in the shorts!
10 posted on 08/30/2008 5:15:40 PM PDT by chaos_5
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To: LdSentinal

<”...stunted any Obama...”>

hopefully forever stunted.


11 posted on 08/30/2008 5:15:41 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: LdSentinal
In other words, McCain is already ahead, with his own convention bounce still to come. He couldn't bring himself to say it, but they all know it is true.
12 posted on 08/30/2008 5:16:06 PM PDT by JasonC
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To: Jeff Chandler

is your wife still ironing your shorts?


13 posted on 08/30/2008 5:16:16 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: acsuc99

Rasmussen, Obama +4.

Difference between Rasmussen and Gallup is that it’s a three-day tracking poll. Once the last two days of the DNC lovefest roll off, it should be a dead heat.

Zogby was all conducted on Friday.


14 posted on 08/30/2008 5:16:47 PM PDT by goawaylibs
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15 posted on 08/30/2008 5:17:16 PM PDT by diverteach (http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html)
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To: Jeff Chandler
You might be right.

Their convention is history and ours hasn't started.

50%+ will be demoralizing for them.

16 posted on 08/30/2008 5:17:31 PM PDT by ryan71 (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: LdSentinal
Palin is now on board. Conservatives are on board. The media is whetting themselves. This ship is ready for liftoff. Bye-bye Obambi!
17 posted on 08/30/2008 5:17:48 PM PDT by Shqipo (Palin for Veep...? The shot....SCORE!!!!!)
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To: LdSentinal

Whatever these “polls” say....subtract 8 to 10 points (from obummer) for the Bradley effect...the dems leadership knows this (as does the media) and it scares them to death.


18 posted on 08/30/2008 5:17:58 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: ken21
is your wife still ironing your shorts?

She'd better be. I'm going to go check.

19 posted on 08/30/2008 5:18:05 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (18 million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America from the impact of Hillary's face)
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To: acsuc99

Gallup is registered voters which should nean McCain is doing better among those who will vote than Gallup says.

Zogby is an interactive Internet poll and I believe less accurate.

So both are flawed. Also I am struck by the shifting polls. If you go to Gallup’s site, within the last week or less the story has been McCain up, Obama up, conservative dems not following Obama, Obama reclaims conservative dems, and on and on.


20 posted on 08/30/2008 5:19:10 PM PDT by Williams
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