Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Bad news for Obamaniancs
Look which way swing-voters are swinging:
"In a significant move for the McCain-Palin campaign, the support of 'independent' voters has shifted dramatically from Barack Obama to John McCain. When all other factors are equal, the independent or 'swing' voters can certainly make a difference, so this is welcome news.
"According to a new Gallup poll, 'John McCain's 6 percentage-point bounce in voter support spanning the Republican National Convention is largely explained by political independents shifting to him in fairly big numbers, from 40% pre-convention to 52% post-convention in Gallup Poll Daily tracking.'
"According to Gallup, support for McCain before the convention and after the convention was statistically unchanged (90% vs. 89%). Democrat support rose for McCain from 9% to 14%. But, as mentioned above, the significant move was among independents. Gallup notes that this is 'the first time since Gallup began tracking voters' general-election preferences in March that a majority of independents have sided with either of the two major-party candidates.'"
UPDATE:
More good news for McCain:
"GOP presidential candidate John McCain gained voter support on the economy, according to the latest Gallup poll.
"In a Sept. 5-7 USA Today/Gallup poll, 48 percent of Americans say Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama can better handle the economy compared to 45 percent who say McCain can do a better job.
"Before the Democratic National Convention, Obama had a 16-point lead over McCain on the economy. Now it’s just three percentage points, within the margin of error."
"In a significant move for the McCain-Palin campaign, the support of 'independent' voters has shifted dramatically from Barack Obama to John McCain. When all other factors are equal, the independent or 'swing' voters can certainly make a difference, so this is welcome news.
"According to a new Gallup poll, 'John McCain's 6 percentage-point bounce in voter support spanning the Republican National Convention is largely explained by political independents shifting to him in fairly big numbers, from 40% pre-convention to 52% post-convention in Gallup Poll Daily tracking.'
"According to Gallup, support for McCain before the convention and after the convention was statistically unchanged (90% vs. 89%). Democrat support rose for McCain from 9% to 14%. But, as mentioned above, the significant move was among independents. Gallup notes that this is 'the first time since Gallup began tracking voters' general-election preferences in March that a majority of independents have sided with either of the two major-party candidates.'"
UPDATE:
More good news for McCain:
"GOP presidential candidate John McCain gained voter support on the economy, according to the latest Gallup poll.
"In a Sept. 5-7 USA Today/Gallup poll, 48 percent of Americans say Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama can better handle the economy compared to 45 percent who say McCain can do a better job.
"Before the Democratic National Convention, Obama had a 16-point lead over McCain on the economy. Now it’s just three percentage points, within the margin of error."
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Wednesday, September 10, 2008 
