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Report: USA Today/ Gallup Poll: GOP Opens Up 16% Enthusiasm Lead over Dems
Twitter ^ | Saturday, September 29, 2012 | Susan Page

Posted on 09/29/2012 11:12:19 AM PDT by kristinn

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1 posted on 09/29/2012 11:12:23 AM PDT by kristinn
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To: Jet Jaguar

ping


2 posted on 09/29/2012 11:16:28 AM PDT by JPG (Make it happen)
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To: kristinn

And so the NYT/Quinnipiac/CBS polls justify their D+9% skew because....?


3 posted on 09/29/2012 11:17:27 AM PDT by montag813
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“Republicans have opened a big enthusiasm gap: 64% say they are more enthusiastic than usual about voting, compared to 48% of Democrats. In general, though, the results show an electorate that is less excited and less engaged than in recent presidential elections.”


4 posted on 09/29/2012 11:19:46 AM PDT by mrs9x
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To: mrs9x

well, well, well...

it’s seems it’s going to come down to who shows up..


5 posted on 09/29/2012 11:21:42 AM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: kristinn

Flashback October 13 2008 - Gallup



PRINCETON, NJ -- Only 51% of Republicans say they are more enthusiastic about voting than in previous years, compared to 71% of Democrats, marking a shift from October 2004, when enthusiasm was about the same for both partisan groups.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/111115/democrats-election-enthusiasm-far-outweighs-republicans.aspx
6 posted on 09/29/2012 11:22:19 AM PDT by o2bfree
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To: kristinn

This may be why the MSM is desperately pushing the meme that Romney has already lost. They want to dispirit our side so less Republican/Tea Party voting will even out the unenthused Democrats who may bother to vote. I think this strategy is enraging our side and making them chomp at the bit to vote. IMHO, it’s not about Romney, it’s ABO and bring down the MSM at the same time.


7 posted on 09/29/2012 11:23:22 AM PDT by plushaye (Election 2012 Prayer Force)
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To: Chuzzlewit

It also depends on how the pollsters are defining a “likely voter.” My guess is that a lot of polling outfits are defining a likely voter as someone who voted in 2008. I subit that a large number of people who voted in 2008 are not going to show up this election.


8 posted on 09/29/2012 11:25:03 AM PDT by mrs9x
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To: plushaye; LS

Rising GOP enthusiasm could be a Tea Party backlash against media-driven poll reporting meant to depress turnout/support for Romney.


9 posted on 09/29/2012 11:27:53 AM PDT by kristinn (Dump the Chump in 2012)
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To: kristinn

Do NOT trust the media, nor the polls. Not even the ones that apparently bear good news.

The real thing to do is GET OUT AND VOTE like your life depends on it!


10 posted on 09/29/2012 11:28:25 AM PDT by VRWCRick
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To: montag813

It makes all the bedwetters out there happy


11 posted on 09/29/2012 11:29:36 AM PDT by italianquaker (The 47 pct need to pay their fair share)
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To: plushaye

That’s exactly what I’ve thought when seeing these weighted polls, especially in light of the answers to other questions in polls that don’t line up with these results. The ‘rats have already known that there’s an enthusiasm gap and those polls were intended to suppress it, but as time elapses and that strategy doesn’t work they will have to get more in line with reality or lose credibility. They have been working in the “free time” they had to depress the Republican vote.


12 posted on 09/29/2012 11:33:19 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: italianquaker

Don’t count on it, nothing makes them happy.


13 posted on 09/29/2012 11:33:43 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: kristinn

What LS and others have presented here at FR, and what seems to be trending is a definite “enthusiasm gap” in the absentee ballots requests for Ohio. It’s definitely not showing a 2008 pattern (so far). This might be the first concrete indication of a Republican wave developing that is more like a 2004/2010 turnout model.


14 posted on 09/29/2012 11:42:49 AM PDT by plushaye (Election 2012 Prayer Force)
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To: VRWCRick

“Do NOT trust the media, nor the polls. Not even the ones that apparently bear good news.

The real thing to do is GET OUT AND VOTE like your life depends on it!”

Exactly. I would only add that your life, and your kids’ lives do depend on it.


15 posted on 09/29/2012 11:42:51 AM PDT by Jaguarmike
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To: plushaye; All; LS

Everyone ought to have a gander at the ohio spreadsheet today. Keepin it close in cuyahoga and gaining further in Hamilton and Franklin. Very interesting.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvEOdIaw0fPNdHVOZnFENDdDYVFTRi1UMlgxQ0F4OVE#gid=0

Repubs have already requested 5,000 more absentee ballots this year compared to 2008 in Cuyahoga. Need you cuyahoga repubs and indies to keep it close enough there.


16 posted on 09/29/2012 11:47:41 AM PDT by Ravi
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To: kristinn

We’re winning independents...

We’re more enthusiastic....

We’re about equal in numbers...

HOW THE HELL DO THE POLLS SHOW US LOSING? I smell BS. Romney is going to win


17 posted on 09/29/2012 11:57:06 AM PDT by Viennacon
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To: kristinn

Rising GOP enthusiasm could be a Tea Party backlash against media-driven poll reporting meant to depress turnout/support for Romney.

I agree. I think the polls showing a large BO win will actually keep dem voters at home and will turn out Republicans in huge numbers. It’s going to backfire on the media and I can’t wait.


18 posted on 09/29/2012 11:57:33 AM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: kristinn

Folks, please tell me what, besides all these polls, is making any of you get a gut feeling that Obama is going to win? What facts on the ground can you point to? And please don’t tell me “there’s too many freeloaders, the USA is finished”. If that were the case, Scott Walker would have gotten destroyed in his recall election, as the SEIU and the UFT would have gotten busloads of freeloaders to the polls.

In 2008, as much as I didn’t want to believe that the American people would elect an inexperienced college campus Leftist, my gut feeling was that Obama would win. All the evidence was there. Tons of bumper stickers and lawn signs, huge crowds showing up to hear him speak, Republican voters convincing themselves that if Obama won, he’d be a Clinton-esque Centrist.

In 2004, my gut feeling was that Bush would win a close victory over Kerry. This was based on the fact that Bush’s approval ratings and support for the Iraq war were both over 50%.

So tell me, what, besides “people are more interested in Honey Boo Boo than the election”, and just plain paranoid pessimism is making you think Obama will win?

The old saying that “people vote with their pocketbooks” is as true to today as it ever was. So what are all the good things that people who are paying attention to their pocketbooks are saying about Obama these days? What is Obama doing to make them feel content or optimistic? What is making them say that Obama is the better choice? Because I’m not hearing it, I’m not feeling it, and I see no enthusiasm for Obama at all.


19 posted on 09/29/2012 12:00:36 PM PDT by The Fop (Excuse me while I clean the saliva out of my racist dog whistle)
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To: Chuzzlewit

IF more people vote for Romney, Romney is going to win!


20 posted on 09/29/2012 12:03:07 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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