Posted on 10/23/2008 2:21:44 PM PDT by CutePuppy
Poll: Voters Against Obama 'Wealth Redistribution' Plan
POLITICS, MCCAIN, OBAMA, BIDEN, PALIN, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, ELECTION
CNBC.com | 23 Oct 2008 | 12:06 PM ET
Washington, D.C. Election Day is only two weeks away, and as John McCain and Barack Obama make their final pitches to close the deal with voters, a stunning new ATI-News/Zogby poll shows a clear majority of undecided voters disagree with Obamas plan for wealth redistribution in America.
The major issue on voters minds right now is the economy, and the major voting bloc on candidates minds right now is the undecided voter, said ATI-News president Brad OLeary. Our poll results show that undecided voters overwhelmingly reject Obamas economic plan to redistribute wealth.
The poll surveyed 1,214 likely voters nationwide and was conducted October 17-20. It has a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.
ATI-News/Zogby asked likely voters: John McCain and other critics say Barack Obama is heavily influenced by people and organizations which seek social justice through redistribution of wealth in America. Do you agree or disagree with efforts to bring social justice by the redistribution of wealth?
By a more than two-to-one margin, undecided voters disagree with such efforts to redistribute wealth. In total, 57 percent of undecided voters said they disagreed, while only 24 percent said they agreed (19 percent are not sure).
A majority (52 percent) of self-identified Independent voters also disagree with efforts to bring social justice through wealth redistribution. Only 39 percent of Independents agree (10 percent are not sure).
In his candid conversation with Joe the plumber, Obama made clear that his main economic goal is to redistribute wealth, not strengthen and grow our economy, said OLeary. This is pure socialism, albeit thinly veiled, and it does not resonate with hard-working Americans who would rather keep their money than have Obama redistribute it to his favorite constituencies.
OLeary also noted that Obamas tax welfare plan, coupled with his goal of raising barriers to free trade, makes for a toxic mix that could drive Americas economy into a prolonged depression.
Obama isnt the second coming of JFK, said OLeary, Hes the reincarnation of Herbert Hoover.
© 2008 CNBC.com URL: http://www.cnbc.com/id/27339578/
I am clueless? Thanks to Bush McCain policies I and millons of fellow Americans lost their future to the wall street crooks that's a fact, can you deny it? We will see who is "clueless" on Nov 5.
Ever heard of Wall Street?
Or your idea of Wall Street is: "just a street I think it is in New York, and I do not understand why the media is talking much about it lately, is the wall of this street higher than most of the buildings in NYC? LOL
You are an idiot. A 100% idiot@! Bush and McCain both tries many times to reign in Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac. Go over to DU where you belong.
Younger people don’t have a clue what Marxism is or that’s it’s been proven a violent, repressive horrendous form of government everyhwere it’s been tried. A crash couse for the Americanh public on the proven dangers of Marxism and Communism and its leaders is needed now.
That is TERRIFIC news!! I think the Bishops' statements regarding the comments by Pelosi and Biden are resonating with the regular pew-sitters.
You could tell by Obama's body language that he was pi$$ed! He got real close to Joe and was almost poking him in the chest with his index finger. It was a very 'in your face' stance, just like he's asked his supporters to take with folks who disagree with Obama.
Bush and McCain didn't redistribute it. You did by taking on too much risk. I took a pretty good shellacking myself. I happen to think it will come back sooner with McCain, than Obama. If Obama gets in the whole retirement structure could change. There are democratic senators and congressmen on record wanting to change it.
ATI-News/Zogby 1214 LV poll - 57% vs 24% against “spreading the wealth”.”
I conclude that the 19% don’t work. They are already on the dole.
Oh, that, too! Looks like they’re not buying Obama’s ‘soak the rich’ idea. GOOD!
Thanks. I think it is the same poll that was posted on FR:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113338/posts - IBD/TIPP Tracking Poll: Day Eleven - O: 44.8%, M 43.7%, U: 11.6.
I understand it was most accurate one in 2004. Usually I don’t pay much attention to regular / media polls, particularly because most (even ones that really try to be accurate, which are very few) measure popular, not few states at stake in electoral college votes and they also have to skew the sample to account for party registration.
I posted this because it’s different from usual polls and it’s topical and very fresh in people’s minds, but at the same time has large enough sample of likely voters, so it would not get pat answers people usually give to pollsters.
It kind of shows that ‘Joe the Plumber’ is a [positive] factor in people’s considerations and a positive factor at that in this election cycle.
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