It's all about the spin...
Posted on 09/11/2008 4:42:44 AM PDT by bigcat32
WASHINGTON -- When a new Rasmussen poll this week showed John McCain with a healthy lead in Ohio, the head of the Ohio Democratic Party observed that polls come, and polls go. He wasn't kidding.
A new Quinnipiac University poll of Ohio this morning puts Barack Obama ahead in this swing state, not McCain.
Quinnipiac University assistant polling director Peter Brown explains why:
"Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama are getting the same level of party loyalty and the Republican is even winning slightly among independents. But Obama is ahead because there are so many more people who identify as Democrats -- a legacy of the 2006 election and scandals involving former Gov. Robert Taft's administration."
(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...
I try not to watch polls much until we are on top of the election.
I think Ohio needs to see Mr. Palin, in his hiking boots and blue work shirt, around Youngstown, Dayton, Lima and Toledo. That would help solidify. Send Sarah to Athens.
The only thing keeping Obama afloat are Ohio and Pennsylvania’s dem governors going all out for him.
The Quinnipiac poll is run by the Political Science Department of Quinnipiac University. Enough said.
Look at their internals. In Fl and PA they are showing men favoring McCain by 10 or so; in OH, they are showing men tied for McCain and BO. No way! This would be the only poll showing men equally in favor of BO as McCain. This would only be true in the liberal meccas like Mass.
Are they saying there isn’t enough Testosteron in Ohio?
I had someone call me and asked who I would vote for. Her inflection told me I gave the wrong answer and I wonder if she put the right one down.
Quinnipiac is heavily laced with College socialist/brainwashed students that conduct their surveys. They frequently do this. They make up much of Daily Kos, DU and the like. They “cherry pick” interviews and load the results in their favor.
Surveys such as this are not worth the time it takes to report them. Rasmussen is the best poll to watch this stage of the election. (But then, you know that...)
Loved your post. I hope Obama concedes while they are still voting in California, as Carter did in 1980, so I can go out in my driveway and lean on my car horn the way I did back then.
Those Quinnipiac polls are so far to the left the bell curve is flat lined...
Candidates have their own polling that they require to be accurate.
So see what they do and peg your emotional currency accordingly.
That's probably who they polled. After all, they will be voting in the election :-)
“It is impossible for Obama to win Ohio, the demographics are against him. McCain will Ohio by 52% to Obama 47%.”
I live in communist Cuyahoga County and I personally know many Dems who will flat out NOT VOTE for Obama.
Approximately 20% of the democrats nation wide will not vote for Obama and that is why he has zero chance of becoming President.
There’s only one poll that counts and that is held in November.
Sorry for not going through the entire article.When was this poll taken? State polls are updated less frequently compared to national polls.
The media bubble that protected Barry has been popped, its been losing air since the Republican convention, and will be noticably flattened after the two candidates meet on the debate battlefield. They can't protect him forever.
Dan Rather will soon offer to save Obama, with a derring-do expose. Maybe a Palin memo to the Alaska Natl Guard.
You just noticed this? The polls during the primiaries were only one half correct.
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