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Poll: Convention lifts McCain over Obama (USA Today/ Gallup: McCain by 10)
USA Today (link in article) | 9/8/2008 | Susan Page

Posted on 09/08/2008 2:37:02 AM PDT by markomalley

This article is a link only. Link to article here.

The upshot: the numbers are now 54%-44% +/- 3%, per the USA Today/ Gallup poll.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008polls; bounce; electionpresident; mccain; mccainpalin; obama
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In related news, the RCP National Average now shows McCain up by 1 point.
1 posted on 09/08/2008 2:37:02 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Let’s not peak too soon.


2 posted on 09/08/2008 2:39:57 AM PDT by DB
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To: markomalley

Zerobama can’t win; he never could have. His sycophantic “base” of support are the demographics least likely to vote, youth and blacks.

His “chances” so far have all been manufactured media hype; his failure to state real objectives and his empty rhetoric have already been seen through by the citizenry.

10-15% of his OWN PARTY are people that publicly state “I’ll never vote for a black man” and even w/o McCain’s pick of Palin to energize the base, NOBODY on the right really wanted to see an inexperienced Chicago Machine pol with strong Marxist/Muslim leanings in the White House.

All the “polls” we have seen so far are highly skewed media creations. When it all came down to it on Nov 4th, non-leftist DemonRats, Republicans, and sane independents would have pulled the lever for McCain as a vote against Obama anyway.

Zerobama never had a chance to be elected to begin with.


3 posted on 09/08/2008 2:40:28 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: markomalley

It’s morning in America! Time to double-down on donations to McCain-PALIN, work harder than ever these last weeks and enjoy the sinking of the SS Obama!


4 posted on 09/08/2008 2:41:35 AM PDT by scottinoc
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To: clee1
His sycophantic “base” of support are the demographics least likely to vote, youth and blacks.

Not the same for deads, illegals and pets. The are strong democratic supporters.

5 posted on 09/08/2008 2:49:06 AM PDT by tomymind
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To: scottinoc
Time to double-down on donations to McCain-PALIN, work harder than ever

Yeah and Amen! As in boxing, when you see your opponent go wobbly, that's the time to go for the knockout for good.

6 posted on 09/08/2008 2:52:42 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: markomalley

Hot Damn!!


7 posted on 09/08/2008 2:52:53 AM PDT by screaminsunshine
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To: markomalley

First reaction: How fickle and unstable the sheeple are!


8 posted on 09/08/2008 3:02:39 AM PDT by don-o (Avoid the rush. Donate to FR today. Do the RIGHT thing.)
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To: scottinoc

...”It’s morning in America”...

You may have nailed it! Yesterday I was in a private health care setting when I overheard a spirited conversation about this election taking place among seven or eight people who were health care workers there. Of course, I had to get involved and when I did, I learned that all except one were arguing for McCain/Palin and some seemed to have shifted during the past week. Only one male was still arguing for Obama/Biden but he lost credibility when he insisted that lawyers should be the only people elected to office!!!!!I finished my nursing degree in 1992 and at that time, almost all my classmates were Clinton voters. It seems that some kind of enlightenment has occurred since then.


9 posted on 09/08/2008 3:08:15 AM PDT by jazzlite (esat)
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To: jazzlite

Obama was all alone, cruising in for the layup. But in comes Sarah Barracuda with the come from behind/blindsided block.

LOL!!


10 posted on 09/08/2008 3:17:15 AM PDT by nhwingut
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To: markomalley
Obama & Biden (aka Obiden) are through! Lets move on and make sure that the Republicans regain control of the Senate and the House. Contribute and work for Republican Senate and Congressional Candidates!

Don't contribute to the RNC or McCain-Palin as that money will not be used for the Senate and Congressional candidates.Instead contribute to the National Republican Congressional Committee: www.nrcc.org

Make the Victory not just McCain or Palin, but Republican .

Harlem, NY Democrat Congressman Charlie Rangel, Chairman of the Tax Setting House Ways and Means Committee Hard At Work At His Punta Canna Villa that he has rented out without reporting the income!

11 posted on 09/08/2008 3:18:14 AM PDT by cyberslave (The time has come to talk of many things.)
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To: markomalley
PLEASE NOTE!!!!

The link now leads to a USA article showing the lead to be 4 points instead of 10. Is it possible the media is this ham handed and obvious they would IMMEDIATELY falsify the results of their own poll?

"WASHINGTON — The Republican National Convention has given John McCain and his party a significant boost, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken over the weekend shows, as running mate Sarah Palin helps close an "enthusiasm gap" that has dogged the GOP all year.

McCain leads Democrat Barack Obama by 50%-46% among registered voters...."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-07-poll_N.htm

12 posted on 09/08/2008 3:25:56 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: 101voodoo

Calm down. They are two different polls. One is a tracking poll that averages likely results over three days for all registered voters. The one giving McCain a larger lead is not a tracking poll and limits its pool to likely voters rather than registered voters. Republicans always do better in surveys of likely voters.


13 posted on 09/08/2008 3:30:46 AM PDT by liberlog
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To: liberlog

I guess I need to add, in the non-tracking poll, the lead among registered voters if four points. You have to go down the article to find mention of the ten point lead among likely voters. The daily tracking poll from Gallup never limits itself to likely voters.


14 posted on 09/08/2008 3:32:48 AM PDT by liberlog
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To: liberlog

Is there a way to access the likely voter statistics in this poll? Are they actually two separate polls or one poll consisting of 2 separate groups, likely and registered voters.


15 posted on 09/08/2008 3:34:37 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: liberlog

Never mind, I see now the 10 point spread near the bottom of the article. Thanks anyway.


16 posted on 09/08/2008 3:37:10 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: 101voodoo
This was among registered voters; wasn't the big bump among likely voters?---big difference!

Remember, these polls can and are rigged to reflect the wanted end result. Empirically, one can prove anything by being selective of facts and creative of questions..

vaudine

17 posted on 09/08/2008 3:37:18 AM PDT by vaudine (RO)
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To: don-o
First reaction: How fickle and unstable the sheeple are!

That is precisely why we have an Electoral College to elect Presidents, instead of mob rule, er, uh, I mean popular vote.....

18 posted on 09/08/2008 3:57:07 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
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To: markomalley
the thing that struck me was the 21% jump of people who are now enthusiastic about voting for McCain Palin they swapped the numbers to make it look like less of a jump but before the convention and Palin only 39% were enthusiastic about McCain and 47% were not after Palin and the convention 60% are enthusiastic.

from the article:

Before the convention, Republicans by 47%-39% were less enthusiastic than usual about voting. Now, they are more enthusiastic by 60%-24%, a sweeping change that narrows a key Democratic advantage. Democrats report being more enthusiastic by 67%-19%.

19 posted on 09/08/2008 4:00:28 AM PDT by edzo4 (Vote McCain, Keep Your Change)
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To: liberlog
You have to go down the article to find mention of the ten point lead among likely voters.

Yes. It was in one of the last paragraphs near the bottom of the article.

Talk about burying the lead. They buried it as deep in the article as they could and still have it in the article.
20 posted on 09/08/2008 4:00:53 AM PDT by TomGuy
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