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Battleground polls: Obama 47%, McCain 46%
Phoenix Business Journal ^

Posted on 10/23/2008 3:14:50 PM PDT by Chet 99

Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 2:40 PM MST

Battleground polls: Obama 47%, McCain 46%

Phoenix Business Journal - by Mike Sunnucks

A Thursday poll puts the presidential vote at 48 percent for Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden versus 45 percent for Arizona Sen. John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin. Four percent are undecided in the new poll conducted by George Washington University, Tarrance Group and Lake Partners.

But the poll also shows that in toss-up states, the Obama-Biden ticket has 47 percent compared with 46 percent for McCain-Palin with 5 percent undecided. States such as Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Ohio could tilt the election.

The poll of 1,000 voters shows the race closer than other polls. The current average of recent polls by Real Clear Politics gives Obama a 7-point lead.

The GWU poll shows McCain leading among whites (51 percent to 42 percent) and Hispanics (48 percent to 44 percent). Other surveys have given Obama a lead among Hispanics, who could be key in states such as Florida and Colorado. President Bush got 40 percent of the Latino vote in 2004.

Obama holds leads in the GWU poll with younger voters (59 percent to 32 percent) as well as with voters who are black, live in big cities and are not married.

The poll shows the rural vote fairly even.

The survey also paints Palin as the most polarizing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates. She is liked by 51 percent of those questioned and disliked by 42 percent. Palin is most popular with older voters, Hispanic and white men, and least popular with city dwellers, younger voters, African-Americans and those in the Northeast.


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KEYWORDS: 2008polls; battleground; mccain; obama
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To: CautiouslyHopeful

Openly express his admiration for Mussolini or Chairman Mao?

that’s who he’s running against


21 posted on 10/23/2008 3:34:56 PM PDT by ari-freedom (It's the socialism, stupid.)
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To: ari-freedom
Don't look at me... I went into debt and gave Fred $2300.00... which is more than Fred did for me.

LLS

22 posted on 10/23/2008 3:35:00 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (GOD, Country, Family... except when it comes to dims!)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Because somehow McCain has a chance of winning New York?


23 posted on 10/23/2008 3:35:19 PM PDT by CautiouslyHopeful
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To: CautiouslyHopeful
Openly express his admiration for Mussolini or Chairman Mao?

Where did you get a damn fool idea like that, troll? You claim McCain has an admiration for Mussolini and Mao?

Why don't you prove it or STFU?

24 posted on 10/23/2008 3:37:53 PM PDT by Petronski (Please pray for the success of McCain and Palin. Every day, whenever you pray.)
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To: Chet 99

All we need to know:

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/10/23/cooking-polls-—state-poll-edition.php


25 posted on 10/23/2008 3:41:42 PM PDT by SaintDismas (Starting to regret the handle I chose for this forum)
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To: Norman Bates; meandog; onyx; MARTIAL MONK; GulfBreeze; Kuksool; freespirited; Salvation; ...

McCain Ping!

Good news rolling in lately!!!!

In the last day, what have we seen?

AP Poll: McCain down 1%
IBD/TIPP Poll: McCain down 1%
Battleground Poll: McCain down 1%
Gallup LVs: McCain in MOE, and closing......

Panic by PA Democrats - public plea for Obama to refocus on PA by PA Dems, Governor Rendell, and Philadelphia Democrats concerned about not paying beat-walkers for GOTV. Dem campaign leader in PA admitting even his numbers have a dead heat.

THREE new polls that, when corrected for 2000, 2004, or 2006 turnout in PA show McCain ahead or tied. Internal polls by Obama showing a dead heat, with internal polls by McCain showing Mac ahead.

New Hampshire Polls recently showing McCain ahead when corrected for 2000, 2004, or 2006 turnout ID. NH Democrat on liberal talk radio expressing open concern about internal NH numbers and McCain’s lasting popularity there.

Ohio and Florida polls showing McCain ahead even after their absurd Party ID numbers. Obama CAMPING out in Florida for three days as pollster show Floridians coming home to the GOP candidate.

Jim Geraghty at NRO’s Campaign Spot proving statistically that it is near impossible for Obama to win NC, and very very tough for him to win VA. Early voting numbers not quite as impressive as Obama wanted in several states (though not all), but nowhere near the exit polling numbers his team was hoping for with early voting so far.

Polls showing to be a fraud the claim that young voters and first-time voters will dominate the 2008 election.

ACORN out in the open, now having to look over their shoulders in many cases before trying to cast a fraudulent vote. For a change, they know everyone is watching and people are getting caught - this is a thought in the back of their minds that will make SOME difference. Times before, they never believed for a second anyone could get caught. Now they have at least some fear.

Iowa becomes a battleground - McCain and independent pollsters hinting at a dead heat there.

New Mexico turning back into a battleground - Governor Richardson admitting McCain is popular there and it will be close.

All this in the last day, or couple of days.

My FRiends, let’s GOTV - this thing looks better for John McCain and Sarah Palin EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good news keeps rolling in................


26 posted on 10/23/2008 3:42:45 PM PDT by TitansAFC (In 2008, please vote GOP and show us that you love your country more than you hate John McCain)
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To: CautiouslyHopeful

Hopefully on his way to see his “sick grandma” odumbo makes time to apologize for inciting his supporters to attack that poor woman with his “breathtaking” speeches


27 posted on 10/23/2008 3:42:55 PM PDT by italianquaker (Odumbo needs to apologize for inciting his supporters to get in the voters face)
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To: TitansAFC

Please dont let facts get in the way of the trolls


28 posted on 10/23/2008 3:44:24 PM PDT by italianquaker (Odumbo needs to apologize for inciting his supporters to get in the voters face)
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To: TitansAFC

Thumbs up. This has always been the only way to win this thing.


29 posted on 10/23/2008 3:51:26 PM PDT by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP! It's gonna be a BIG one.)
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To: Petronski

Gosh, I thought this was a conservative website not a Vote-McCain-or-Else site. A year ago, no one here could even stand the sight, sound, or thought of this King of the RINOs. But it never ceases to amaze me how pure partisanship without principle makes people’s rhetoric contort and flip-flop more than John Kerry in his previous life as a gasping fish.

You know very well my one New York vote is not going to make any difference whatsoever, but you are utterly enmeshed in this we-gotta-slay-the-foe-democratic-vote-gop-at-all-costs mentality. It is this mentality that has just about ruined the GOP in Washington.


30 posted on 10/23/2008 3:53:03 PM PDT by CautiouslyHopeful
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To: CautiouslyHopeful
Who and where are the zombies who vote for people like McCain in the primaries?

Democrats.

31 posted on 10/23/2008 3:53:28 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (10 years on Free Republic. Yikes!)
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To: CautiouslyHopeful

I’m waiting for the proof of your claim about McCain’s secret love for Mussolini and/or Mao.

Take your time.


32 posted on 10/23/2008 3:55:06 PM PDT by Petronski (Please pray for the success of McCain and Palin. Every day, whenever you pray.)
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To: CautiouslyHopeful
"Tell me, what would McCain have to do or say in order for you NOT to vote for him."

He'd have to not have his opponent be a Marxist America hating scum bag, aka Obama!

33 posted on 10/23/2008 3:56:13 PM PDT by avacado (Barack Obama, the Cloward-Piven candidate)
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To: Petronski

My post #16 clearly did not say that, so you are either being disengenuous, too lazy to actually read what I wrote, or you are just so blinded by your own notions that it doesn’t matter what I write because you will interpret it however best fits your preconceived views.


34 posted on 10/23/2008 3:59:28 PM PDT by CautiouslyHopeful
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To: CautiouslyHopeful

You mentioned “his admiration for Mussolini or Chairman Mao,” asking if a declaration of such admiration by McCain would be enough to get the other poster to reject McCain.


35 posted on 10/23/2008 4:02:35 PM PDT by Petronski (Please pray for the success of McCain and Palin. Every day, whenever you pray.)
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To: TitansAFC

By next week the DU crowd will be on suicide watch.


36 posted on 10/23/2008 4:02:50 PM PDT by rdl6989 (What isn't above Obama's pay grade?)
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To: Petronski
You know very well I was speaking hypothetically. I'm not going to play these tautological games with you. What state are you in, a swing state or a state that is sure to go to one or the other anyway? What would it take for you to not vote McCain or whatever left-wing Establishment Republican happened to be running against Obama?
37 posted on 10/23/2008 4:07:19 PM PDT by CautiouslyHopeful
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To: Chet 99

Nice!


38 posted on 10/23/2008 4:12:44 PM PDT by scratcher (I trust the media about as much as I trust al Qaeda.)
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To: CautiouslyHopeful
You know very well I was speaking hypothetically.

It was not worded hypothetically.

39 posted on 10/23/2008 4:13:08 PM PDT by Petronski (Please pray for the success of McCain and Palin. Every day, whenever you pray.)
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To: CautiouslyHopeful

It is tough to pull the lever for McCain, but I will gulp a few times and do it even though he will win comfortably here in Tennessee.

In my opinion, the media and establishment Republicans chose McCain for us. My, how quickly they turned on him.

I am voting for McCain because I am so ticked off at the media that I want THEM to lose this election and I shudder to think about the damage B. Hussein could do to our country.


40 posted on 10/23/2008 4:20:05 PM PDT by rashley (Rashley)
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