Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Gallup Daily: Obama 48% McCain 44%
Gallup ^

Posted on 09/18/2008 10:09:23 AM PDT by CatOwner

See link.

(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008polls; electionpresident; gallup; mccainpalin
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-74 next last
To: MMcC
It might start tonight. Bill O’Reilly will be talking to the FBI and Secret Service tonight about the Palin email Hacking.

It seems the hacker is from the home of a Tennessee Dem State Rep, who is also the the Chairman of Tennessee for Obama.

21 posted on 09/18/2008 10:26:45 AM PDT by Wilder Effect
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: ScottinVA

don’t think so....it would have been a tight race then as well.


22 posted on 09/18/2008 10:26:51 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Blue Turtle

Sorry folks, the fact that this election is so close is a testament to where we are as a country. Disgraceful...

Agree! If this doesn’t scare us, not sure what will. I think everyone wanted for Obama to beat Hillary...but look what we end up with as a candidate. I truly believe though this will be a blow out by McCain.


23 posted on 09/18/2008 10:29:06 AM PDT by IndianPrincessOK (McCain/Palin...2 pit bulls, one with lipstick! Pigs will fly with lipstick Nov. 4th)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Salamander

Wow! That is the same Lefty site that had Kerry a Winner on Election day 2004.


24 posted on 09/18/2008 10:29:18 AM PDT by Wilder Effect
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: MMcC

Yep! We’ll have to ride this out for a few days. McCain wasted a lot of time blaming generic “Wall Street greed” for the meltdown, when he should have been blaming Franklin Raines, Dodd, Schumer, Barney Frank, and others for the crisis. He slipped back into his old mode of “working with the Democrats to solve the problem” rather than noting that the Democrats caused the problem in the first place.

He seems to have turned that around today in his campaign speeches, but he’ll have to go on the attack now in a series of TV ads. This should have been done two days ago, but fortunately it’s not too late to get them up and running now.


25 posted on 09/18/2008 10:29:48 AM PDT by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: CatOwner

I’m sorry to sound like a defeatist, but I feel like right now that the election is lost. Barring an absolutely colossal blunder by Obama in the debates, there is just no way that McCain can overcome the massive out of control media in this race.

We can see how the media stepped up their attacks and distortions after the convention bounce. Imagine how bad it will be if McCain performs better in the debates.

I wish I felt differently.


26 posted on 09/18/2008 10:29:52 AM PDT by LegionofDorkness (A Proud South Park Conservative)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: tatown

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com


27 posted on 09/18/2008 10:30:20 AM PDT by Wilder Effect
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: LegionofDorkness

Remind me not to jump into your foxhole. LOL

All this gloom over Gallup?


28 posted on 09/18/2008 10:31:48 AM PDT by Wilder Effect
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Blue Turtle

You’re right about that. A candidate like Obama would have been considered unthinkable even twenty years ago. We’ve deteriorated a lot as a nation.


29 posted on 09/18/2008 10:31:54 AM PDT by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: CatOwner

Maybe the decline for McPain set in again when he “offered” Oprah’s Obama a Cabinet post? If Obama is to be in the Cabinet, why not at the top them, voters may be saying?


30 posted on 09/18/2008 10:32:08 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CatOwner

Palin’s been hit really hard recently. She survived the Gibson interview but didn’t help herself. She did better with Hannity last night and that may help her a bit.

It also doesn’t help that McCain for some reason has gone into a shell this week. The GOP response to the financial crisis has been horrible. They are letting Obama’s team define the crisis and it’s inexcusable because the GOP can win the argument if presented properly. They are tip-toeing right now and I don’t get it.


31 posted on 09/18/2008 10:32:37 AM PDT by cdga5for4
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CatOwner

I don’t quite understand why so many people on this board are putting their faith in the “polls.” They have been wrong for 8 years because of the “push polling” that needs to be done by the leftist media. Obama has to raise money and cannot do it unless he is ahead or close in the polls.

The way the Dems are acting they know they are down against McCain/Palin. Why do you think the attacks have gone up so much?

This will be a close election because of the Dem Vote Fraud Machine but if conservatives continue to stay energized Obama will be a small footnote in American politics in November.


32 posted on 09/18/2008 10:33:51 AM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CatOwner
48-44 was my guess for today. We may lose another point or so before it settles back down.

McCain knows he has lost the lead. He is back on the attack again today (finally).

We are headed for another razor close election, but I still really like our chances.

33 posted on 09/18/2008 10:37:46 AM PDT by comebacknewt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MMcC

It’s not going to sink in if the media doesn’t put it out there....and they are not.

It’s up to us to keep pounding on it.


34 posted on 09/18/2008 10:38:03 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Wilder Effect

I go there every time we have a “poll of doom” thread and to find hope....:))


35 posted on 09/18/2008 10:38:49 AM PDT by Salamander (Destroy America! Vote Obama, 08!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: LegionofDorkness
The Obama campaign and Dems are in a panic:

ARG Polls Show Danger Signs For Obama - Democrats Defecting

ARG is out with a bevy of national and state polls in the past few days which are interesting, to say the least. In the national numbers (note: scroll down to Sep 16th item) McCain is up 48-45, a 9 point shift since the end of August. But the internals are really interesting for Obama: McCain has gained 14 points with Democrats and Obama has lost 13 points! No wonder team Obama is worried.

This is important - the poll shows a large defection from Team Obama, and nearly all of them are going to McCain instead of stopping in the ‘undecided’ column. McCain is now getting nearly 20% of Dems! And the numbers are too large to be a sampling error problem. The size can be argued, but not the movement. And it looks to be women doing the moving:

36 posted on 09/18/2008 10:39:25 AM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: truthandlife

I am also befuddled about why people pay attention to changes in polls. The pollsters can manipulate the “data” any way they want to make news. They only play it straight close to Election Day in order to demonstrate the historical accuracy of their polls.


37 posted on 09/18/2008 10:41:04 AM PDT by neocon1984
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: Wilder Effect

From the same actual *home*, as in living the same house?


38 posted on 09/18/2008 10:41:53 AM PDT by Salamander (Destroy America! Vote Obama, 08!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: comebacknewt

yes i thought 47 to 44 is what we would see
its been three bad nights of polling
i was a bit concerned but after seeing McCain back on offense this morning i am all giddy and excited again!
this particular sample is already outdated...its going to be a few better nights for McCain.


39 posted on 09/18/2008 10:43:07 AM PDT by housedeep
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: CatOwner

Why don’t you take a look at some of the einstein comments by Obama supporters under the You Tube video of the football player who hates the National Anthem and tell me how many of those registered voters are going to remember to vote on election day.


40 posted on 09/18/2008 10:43:24 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl (Welcome home, former McCain haters and rageaholics!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-74 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson