This poster wonders how many of those “unaffiliated” respondents, might just be the sort of people who would post right here on FR.
Former Republicans, who had gotten so infuriated, they no longer considered themselves to be Republicans.
Who now are considering, coming home...
I live in MO, which has only voted for a loser once (Stevenson, 1956) in the past 100 years. McCain's lead has gone from 1.9% to 7% and I heard that one internal Republican poll has it at 10%. This is significant. We are a border state and I know alot of white, union males who will not vote for Obama...period. Palin's hunting is a big plus.
It also seems that the conservative Christian Republican base is always underpolled. If they are energized, as they seem to be now, they will show up. They did in 2002, 2004, and not in 2006. They are critical. They are infinitely more important than the disillusioned Hillary supporters.
I think that the national numbers will not reflect the breadth of the new McCain/Palin support. Now it's the state-by-state electoral maps that will really be matter.