Posted on 09/29/2012 11:12:19 AM PDT by kristinn
New USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: GOP regains enthusiasm edge. 64% of Reps are more enthusiastic than usual v. 48% of Dems. http://usat.ly/QyKk3a (Link goes to USA Today/ Gallup poll results. Enthusiasm gap buried in article.)
BTW, R+19 enthusiasm gap on eve of 2010 midterms... if that continues through election day, it will not even be close.
1. It's still many weeks until the election.
2. So they can change the good news to bad at the most opportune time.
This story of voter enthusiasm is one example, the story about Romney being in front with so-called independents is the other main one.
As we get closer to November, the media will gleefully report that our enthusiasm advantage is GONE and that Romney's lead among "independents" is GONE too. Merely reporting constantly that Republican voter enthusiasm is low will of course have the desired effect of lowering it.
They can't claim that those things (enthusiasm, etc.) have shrunk unless they admit they were higher to begin with.
We'll have free and fair elections again in this country just as soon as the media goes up against the wall and gets what they deserve.
No, it’s OVER! All over, just give up now, the Clinton bounce Obama got has finished Romney for good. Barack will get 40 states and 400 electoral votes, at least!
/msm
This makes zero sense if you believe the polls
Mittbots??
Seriously?
The future of the country is at stake, and that’s your response, newb?
“I can’t remember which FReeper posted it but the Kenyan team ran ads on Craigs list hiring people to infiltrate the forums.”
Several of us have posted employment ads for “Internet Activists” since November of last year.
I actually know a woman doing Democrat push-polling out of a boiler room in Phoenix, under the cover of “Consumer Research”.
The polls have skewed samples. If I had to bet money, I’d take Romney for the win(not in a landslide, but enough to get over the finish line).
Okay, keep drinking the “Romney is the new Reagan and anybody who tells the truth is an Obozo supporter” koolaid.
The Pro-Romney Anti Obama voters are stoked! The real question is “DO OBAMA VOTERS EXIST?” Barely. We spent all day yesterday canvassing Clark County Nevada neighborhoods in pairs doing “voter identification” polls. In plain clothes and armed with a clipboard. We ask just 2 questions- 1. Are you going to vote for Mitt and the republicans this election? and 2 If yes, do you want an Absentee ballot. Things are decidedly Pro-Romney (8-1) when you talk to actual voters. And they want to cast their votes IN PERSON. They are totally paranoid about their votes not getting counted in the election. No Obama signs either, but we did see Romney signs.
Wonderful! Thanks.
Give details on Clark County-—is it th main county, %D, and so on.
I think Romney’s “baby girl” ad is extremely effective, and very well tailored to women.
And another 4 years of the incredible fail Obama would be better, EXATCLY HOW??
It’s been that way for months. You look at the internals of the polls, and Romney gets 90% of R’s, 15% of D’s, and leads independents by at least 6 points. They have to do some statistical juggling to make a 0 lead out of that.
If there is enthusiasm for Zero, they are doing a smashup job of hiding it. In a recent visit to Seattle, I saw not one yard sign, even on the corners were several were lined up. You wouldn’t know he was running. I saw two ‘12 bumper stickers the whole time I was there.
“Rising GOP enthusiasm could be a Tea Party backlash against media-driven poll reporting meant to depress turnout/support for Romney.”
From your lips to god’s ears!!!!
If Romney was up 10, I’d be enjoying the Sunday and not freaking out over the future of this once-great nation, about to go down the drain under Obama 2.0.
Only, a 16% difference? The GOP should be doing much better than this!
My view is that negative media coverage of Romney triggered Obama’s recent rise in the polls. I don’t think, barring game changing events or gaffes, the media can sustain that throughout the remaining days until the election so the numbers normalize back to an equilibrium.
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