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AOL Straw Poll
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Posted on 10/07/2008 9:19:12 AM PDT by Livfreeordi

If you have an AOL screen name go to this poll and please vote

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/10/02/aol-straw-poll-oct-3-10/

(Excerpt) Read more at news.aol.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mccain; obama; poll
If you have an AOL screen name go to this poll and please vote

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/10/02/aol-straw-poll-oct-3-10/

1 posted on 10/07/2008 9:19:12 AM PDT by Livfreeordi
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To: Livfreeordi

Done. It’s a runaway for McCain.


2 posted on 10/07/2008 9:24:50 AM PDT by CaliGirlGodHelpMe
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To: Livfreeordi

As of my vote, it is for McCain by 56%


3 posted on 10/07/2008 9:26:18 AM PDT by comet13 (Life is but a walking shadow....)
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To: Livfreeordi

56% to 40% in McCain’s favor . This is interesting , as AOL is overwhelmingly Leftist .


4 posted on 10/07/2008 9:29:53 AM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (SENATOR McCAIN : PLEASE FIGHT THE DEMOCRATS THE WAY YOU HAVE FOUGHT THE REPUBLICANS ALL THESE YEARS)
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To: Livfreeordi

I voted for Cynthia McKenny of the Green Party just to see if my vote registered. Not yet.


5 posted on 10/07/2008 9:36:59 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Neu Pragmatist

“56% to 40% in McCain’s favor . This is interesting , as AOL is overwhelmingly Leftist.”

I’ve been wondering about that, too.


6 posted on 10/07/2008 9:43:22 AM PDT by Canedawg (If the law supposes that, said Mr. Bumble, the law is a ass, a idiot.)
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To: Canedawg

Actually AOL has been running these polls for a while, they reset them now and then and every time McCain has been well ahead. Which really makes me DOUBT BIG TIME the polls like Gallup, Rasmussen etc... as being accurate.


7 posted on 10/07/2008 9:49:31 AM PDT by LegalEagle61 (If you are going to burn our flag, please make sure you are wearing it when you do!)
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To: Canedawg

Personally, I dont take to poll voting. I think they are a waste of time. Not once have I been asked to participate in a poll. They are like any statistical gather... Anything can be tipped one way or another by whomever is running it. It assists in giving false hope and thus hinders an outcome. If people see that their candidate in winning, then why go to the poll and press the button, especially with the undecided. Would rather and wait till actual Election time, then hit them with it. Once again... this is where the Electorial College needs to be abolished. Great when it was needed during the pony express era, but with technology and the immediate communications network currently in use... We need popular vote.


8 posted on 10/07/2008 9:53:58 AM PDT by jmpmstr4u2 (43 muscles to frown, 7 to smile and 4 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and tired of smiling.)
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To: Livfreeordi; All
With/As of my vote 12:48 EST

MICHIGAN

McCain 52%

Obama 43%

with 2,316 votes

9 posted on 10/07/2008 9:54:58 AM PDT by WmShirerAdmirer
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To: LegalEagle61

That is correct . McCain has been consistently ahead in these AOL polls . The exception was near the debates when the Dims unleashed their pollbots .

The reason I give these polls a bit of credence is that they do it state by state and the red and blue states mirror the typical breakdown .


10 posted on 10/07/2008 10:00:28 AM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (SENATOR McCAIN : PLEASE FIGHT THE DEMOCRATS THE WAY YOU HAVE FOUGHT THE REPUBLICANS ALL THESE YEARS)
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To: Neu Pragmatist

Also, something has to be said for online polls because of the fact that people answer honestly when it is just them and their computer, and tend to lie when asked by a real person. (Of course they are not accurate when the pollbots get to them as mentioned) That is why I think the voting booth is where McCain will gain, there it is just the voting machine and the voter, no one to judge them, and that is why the polls are nonsense to me (I am a pollster for a private company and I STILL think they are inaccurate)


11 posted on 10/07/2008 10:18:29 AM PDT by LegalEagle61 (If you are going to burn our flag, please make sure you are wearing it when you do!)
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To: Livfreeordi

The problem with this poll is that it is limited to AOL subscribers. Remember, the Literary Digest poll in 1936 had Al Landon winning by a landslide.


12 posted on 10/07/2008 10:19:51 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
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To: Livfreeordi

Done!


13 posted on 10/07/2008 10:25:21 AM PDT by bayliving (Democrats used to be funny. Now they're just plain dangerous.)
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To: LegalEagle61

I know. This is not the first time i have seen am AOL poll running in favor of mcPalin.

It would be great if AOL turns out to be the best indicator of the result.

The drudge polls go pretty heavily towards mcPalin, too.

Maybe when you remove the MSM bias you get purer results (I hope).


14 posted on 10/07/2008 10:36:54 AM PDT by Canedawg (If the law supposes that, said Mr. Bumble, the law is a ass, a idiot.)
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To: Livfreeordi

WOW!! Even though that’s not a scientific poll, for AOL that seems JUST CRAZY!! Seems like they usually lean left most of the time.

56-40% for McCain/Palin!! With almost 100,000 votes.

Let’s hope these are the election day numbers, the hospitals will be FILLED with DUmmies having heart attacks!


15 posted on 10/07/2008 10:52:19 AM PDT by RogerWilko
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To: Livfreeordi

I remember in 2004 the AOL straw poll always had Bush beating Kerry pretty handily as well.


16 posted on 10/07/2008 5:44:10 PM PDT by tatown
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To: Livfreeordi
A new poll is up and running. This time, third-party cadidates are available to choose from; it's 2 to 1 for McCain so far!

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/10/10/aol-straw-poll-oct-10-17/

17 posted on 10/10/2008 8:13:55 AM PDT by Michael_Michaelangelo (The best theory is not ipso facto a good theory.)
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