Poll: Obama Closing on McCain in W.Va.

http://www.wsaz.com ^ | Oct 10, 2008 | www.wsaz.com

[Maelstorm]

I don't believe this poll at all but air time is so cheap in West Virginia that I think it wouldn't hurt to air some ads to make certain people show up to vote on election day.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Uh.. yeah, right, ok, sure thing.

Hey, I hear Obama is going to win Texas also.

[snarkytart]

THIS POLL IS LAUGHABLE. YOU ARE KIDDING ME, RIGHT???

[snarkytart]

Yes, Arizona and Montana too.

[steel_resolve]

There. is. no. way. Obama. will. win. West. Virginia. NONE.

[beckysueb]

Oh no not this $#@! again!

[grey_whiskers]

Lying whores.

The ARG poll shows they sampled 55% Democrat, 35% Republican.

If they spotted Obama a 20-point lead and he is only up by 9 points, what does that tell you?

Cheers!

[Tarpon]

Look at it this way — McCain is going on the Letterman Show.

[grey_whiskers]

Click here for more analysis.

Cheers!

[LS]

Ok, in 2006 I was rightly criticized for saying that the polls were wrong. They weren't. However, as NRO's famous mysterious "Obi Wan" tells Jim Geraghty, had the campaign gone one more week, most of those Republicans would have won, and probably we would have held both the House and Senate. Timing is everything.

That said, the pollsters simply must be in that Washington/New York mind-set where they believe their own feces. This is simply absurd. Yes, Palin did one stop in W VA on her way to OH and PA, but it was the northwestern part whose TV reaches into Cincy and Pittsburgh. When this is over, either those of us who found this stuff silly will look completely foolish, or we will look like geniuses. Might want to flag this for future reference, one way or another :)

[LadyNavyVet]

ARG polls tend to be erratic, to put it nicely. I don’t say this very often about polls, but unless we start seeing similar results from better pollsters, it’s safe to disregard this one.

[piper01]

It’s more like Acorn closing in on McCain in W.Va

[ladyvet]

[ncalburt]

Read have pathetic and wrong this ARG polls are and all the state pollsters are too.

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/10/09/state-poll-accuracy.php

We need to BAN polling 30 days from an Election just like the rest of the WORLD does.
These polls are meant to sway people and cause a herd impact and they are useless otherwise.

[kesg]

The ARG poll shows they sampled 55% Democrat, 35% Republican.

This isn't totally out of whack. In 2004, the breakdown by party was D50, R32, and I18. But only 69% of Ds voted for Kerry, 94% of Rs voted for Bush, 56% of Is voted for Bush, and Bush carried West Virginia by 13 points.

[concerned about politics]

Oboma won't win. Political correctness forces people to SAY they're for Oboma. It's easier to play along than argue with a leftist or be called a "racist" about it.

Once in the voting booth, though, the intimidation stops. People are free to speak their OWN mind about political issues, and they will. People don't like being forced into silence by some crazed left wing commie cult.

[ncalburt]

the mid term election was radically changed by the Brian Ross’s October surprise the “ Mark Foley “ scandal that he intentionally kept secret for 4 months .
Rove said after the election that the Repub were picking up steam in Sept and Oct until that bomb .
Dennis Hastert support of Rep Jefferson after the FBI raid not help the GOP .

[bcatwilly]

I live in West Virginia and have heard from multiple die hard Democrats that most certainly never voted for Bush that will never vote for Obama, so if somehow Obama wins WV then he is going to pull a Reagan over Mondale type landslide.

[Harry Wurzbach]

ROFL.

I think the biggest losers in this election will be the pollsters and the media who rely on them.

[cw35]

“I don’t believe this poll at all but air time is so cheap in West Virginia that I think it wouldn’t hurt to air some ads to make certain people show up to vote on election day.”

Sarah is there in person today. That said, most in WV don’t have TVs I don’t think!