Posted on 09/26/2008 10:29:39 AM PDT by Red Steel
Great. SO when you add in the ‘racist’ tilt the MSM keeps accusing us of, McCain is actually up 10!
Mason Dixon is good in the mid atlantic region, they know it well, and their polls are spot on in this area.
Not sure how well MD does in other regions in the US.
I think it was SurveyUSA who came out this morning showing B. Hussein 5 points ahead. These polls are all over the place.
These polls are too weird to believe. In the same day you can find one that puts one guy up by 2 points and another that has his opponent up by 4. Or they post something that claims a 10 or 12 point swing overnight. The only thing they tell me is that there is a slice of the electorate that is apparently pretty darned confused.
That’s why people need to stop paying attention to them!
But heaven knows they will make up some story about why this is what it is, then wait for another poll tomorrow and make up a story for that too.
Mason Dixon is the best polling outfit by far. Rasmussen is also OK and I am a little concerned about their recent numbers.
This is northern Virginia - McCain by 19% - contradicts all the naysayers and hand wringers thinking Obama is hammering McCain in the North part of the state.
20-somethings don’t vote. When will people learn? Of course, they say they will, it’s their duty, etc...but when push comes to the shove of actually showing up, they’d rather sleep in or game or anything else.
Those with some skin in the game (ie pay taxes or mooch off those who pay taxes) are the ones who show up at the polls.
McCain just needs to continue to stand up for the taxpayers against the foolishness originating out of DC and he will win this thing solidly. Everyone knows what Obama represents. The taxpayers can’t afford Obama-Pelosi-Reid running this nation.
Hey, it's not "us."
"We" won't be voting for 0bama no matter what color he is.
The problem is the Robert Byrd wing of the Demonrat party.
They won't be voting for a black guy.
One of 0bama's supporters suggested that if 0bama isn't up by 7 or 8 on election day, he won't win.
First off, Mason-Dixon is my favorite pollster, especially when dealing with southern states. Having said that, McCain leads by 21 points among whites in a state where just over 72% of the population is white (acc to 2000 census), and it translates to only a three-point lead? I can't do the math right now, but that does not seem right to me, not at all.
VA can also be considered by same census data to have 74% white population (slightly different measurement).
Whew! I feel so much better now, he was 5 points behind a few pages ago. ;)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091203/posts
Negative. The Obamessiah is winning northern VA 55-37 in this same poll.
Wow. That was fast. He was down 5 just a dozen threads ago.
I live in Pulaski County Virginia and I am voting for McCain/Palin! I know alot of the farmers in this area. Three in particular do not own cell phones or want one, do not have computers, and 2 of them no cable. They are life-long democrats and I have enjoyed bantering back and forth with them re: politics over the last 20+ yrs my husband and I have known them.
Guess what? ALL THREE have said they are definately voting for McCain and there is NOTHING they see about Obama they like. One of them said this is the first time he will ever vote for a Republican!!!
So, where do people such as THIS enter into all of these national polls? They don’t.
I was embarrased enough when Tim Kaine got elected. I pray Virginia will restore its honor and be RED this time around :>)
Correct. And this grouping below in favor of Obama by 17% should not carry the same weight as older Americans. It's misleading to count them as equals in polls. As you say, these young ones will not show up.
• 18-34: 54 percent Obama, 37 percent McCain, 9 percent undecided.
“Hampton Roads: 48 percent McCain, 44 percent Obama, 7 percent undecided.”
I think McCain is leading Tidewater by more than this considering all the active and retired military in the region who heavily favor Mac.
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