Posted on 05/15/2012 11:39:07 AM PDT by presidio9
It’s been one week since President Obama, prodded into action by Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks on a Sunday talk show, granted Robin Roberts of ABC News an interview in which he revealed his personal policy shift on gay marriage. Whether or not Obama’s decision, and the way it was handled politically, will make a difference on election day is still anyone’s guess — and may always be. Parsing reactions by millions of individual voters, particularly on an issue that ranks far below other concerns for most Americans, obviously involves a measure of guesswork.
That said, the first wave of polling is in, and the results aren’t looking particularly good for Obama. Taken together, four different national opinion surveys over the past week, by reputable organizations with good track records, indicate that the president’s stand could well hurt him politically. Unsurprisingly, the numbers are fairly close; but as often gets pointed out, tight elections are decided by small numbers of votes.
Perhaps the most encouraging sign for Obama comes from a new ABC/Washington Post poll, which found that independent swing voters had a slightly more favorable than unfavorable view of his position (though the results were a statistical tie, given the margin of error for that subgroup). ABC’s analysis, by statistician Damla Ergun of Langer Research Associates, pointed out that independents who reacted most strongly to the decision tilted against it, and that “strong sentiment can better predict voter turnout and vote preferences.”
A Gallup poll found that the overall change in public opinion was a” net minus” for Obama, though the organization cautioned that these results could change, depending on the degree to which same-sex marriage is, or is not,
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....wish I knew how to make it in big bold letters....
FYI<B><i><font size=+4> <font color=purple> IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</font> </font> </i></b>
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IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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With Obamas view point on sodomy now public, I would suggest sitting is safer.
Fox is going to sell out conservatives on this issue. Wait for them to run endless sessions with Coulter, Rove, etc., criticizing the official Republican position against homo marriage.
All this means is that Obama will ony get 140% of the black vote instead of the 218% he got in 2008.
Bravo!
How long before The One sez something like, “Oh well, then never mind”?
space it was :)
can't tell which you did, space or no space
---space or no space ..really does not make a difference in this example...but usually no space for economy/neatness ;)
can't tell which you did, space or no space
---space or no space ..really does not make a difference in this example...but usually no space for economy/neatness ;)
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