CNN's 'Poll Of Polls' Show McCain Gaining On Obama »
Posted By TimALoftis 1 year, 2 months ago in Political News(CNN) — A new average of the most recent national polls suggests Sen. Barack Obama holds a 6-point lead over Sen. John McCain.
The CNN Poll of Polls, compiled Friday morning, indicates that 49 percent of Americans say Obama, D-Illinois, is their choice for president, with 43 percent backing McCain, R-Arizona. Eight percent of those questioned are undecided.
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iamasia1 year, 2 months ago
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Barack Obama's is going to raise everyone’s taxes, expand government spending, and force his and his wife’s Radical Leftwing socialist ideology - BUT THAT IS NOT SO BAD...right?
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What is REALLY BAD are his people, and his ideology, and what he really thinks about REAL AVERAGE AMERICANS.
http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/06...
Therefore, Please think very carefully, do research into the following relationships and make your vote count:
-- Gamaliel foundation (Socialist/Marxist tenants of Saul Alinsky)
-- William Ayers (Socialist radical terrorist/Obama fundraiser)
-- ACORN lawyer (Radical/criminal group)
-- Rev. Jeremiah Wright (Black Liberation Theology with Marxist roots)
-- Father Phleger (Radical Socialist Priest/Catholics for Obama)
-- Michelle Obama (White/American hating socialist)
-- Louis Farrakhan (Radical American/White/Jew hating Muslim)
-- Syrian born Tony Rezko (convicted criminal)
-- Rashid Khalidi (former PLO member/Obama fundraiser).
You get the point - now get the facts – and make sure to VOTE!
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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The polls, even on election day, may not be relevant. Obama will have to cancel out many percentage points of GOP fraud to win.
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GOP Tries to Block the Vote
Will the GOP's campaign to deter new voters and discard Democratic ballots determine the next president?
Suppressing the vote has long been a cornerstone of the GOP's electoral strategy.
In state after state, Republican operatives — the party's elite commandos of bare-knuckle politics — are wielding new federal legislation to systematically disenfranchise Democrats. If this year's race is as close as the past two elections, the GOP's nationwide campaign could be large enough to determine the presidency in November. "I don't think the Democrats get it," says John Boyd, a voting-rights attorney in Albuquerque who has taken on the Republican Party for impeding access to the ballot. "All these new rules and games are turning voting into an obstacle course that could flip the vote to the GOP in half a dozen states."
Allegations of voter fraud are only the latest rationale the GOP has used to disenfranchise voters — especially blacks, Hispanics and others who traditionally support Democrats.
The recently enacted barriers thrown up to deter voters include: .....
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ind061 year, 2 months ago
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The RCP Poll Of Polls shows a +6.9 Obama lead.
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/
If you just take the average of the seven polls that came in on the 16th you see Obama at +5.4
Still, one shouldn't get too excited over minor up and down ticks in the polls. The month of October from Real Clear Politics:
10/01 - +5.3 Obama
10/02 - +5.7 Obama
10/03 - +5.8 Obama
10/04 - +5.9 Obama
10/05 - +5.9 Obama
10/06 - +6.2 Obama
10/07 - +5.5 Obama
10/08 - +5.1 Obama
10/09 - +5.6 Obama
10/10 - +6.6 Obama
10/11 - +7.6 Obama
10/12 - +7.3 Obama
10/13 - +7.2 Obama
10/14 - +7.4 Obama
10/15 - +7.7 Obama
10/16 - +6.8 Obama
10/17 - +6.9 Obama
As we can see, the number jog up and down some, but the trend is obviously toward Senator Obama. Now, if you want to make the claim that polls mean nothing you can, but I would disagree, and I've never seen anyone ignore a poll that was in their candidate's favor.
I would personally expect the polls to tighten as election day draws near, the past several elections have been close races. However, anyone predicting a Nixon-McGovern or Reagan-Mondale or even Reagan-Carter-sized blow out by either candidate, but especially by Senator McCain, is quite simply living in a fantasy world of their own construction that has little to do with available facts. I have been keeping track of RCP's poll of polls since August 1st and, except for nine days during and following the Republican Convention, Senator Obama has been leading this race. Senator McCain, even during the short time when he was ahead, never lead by more than +2.5. This is not the sign of a blow out landslide victory.
More so, the Real Clear Politics electoral college map, which is one of the most cautious available, shows Obama-Biden 286 and McCain-Palin 155 with 97 electoral votes rated as "Toss-Up"
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama...
When you set the map to show no toss up states the reading changes to Obama-Biden 364 McCain-Palin 174 with Senator Obama carrying Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama...
There is no possible chance that Senator McCain can win this election without carrying at least two of these three states.
Let me repeat. Senator McCain MUST take Ohio and Florida away from Senator Obama if he is to have any chance of winning this election. So far this has not happened.
I agree with iamasia in one respect. Voting is not just a right, and it's much more than a privilege. It is a duty. It is your sacred trust.
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Mdiar1 year, 2 months ago
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I put his "realistic" ceiling at 375. I can see Indiana and North Carolina flipping. Missouri, I'm starting to think, will be blue before Ohio with Rasmussen's new +6 Obama poll from that state. Obama might manage North Dakota, with a few recent polls having it close or even a slight Obama lead.
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If Indiana isn't called early, it will be a long night for Sen. McCain. -
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ind061 year, 2 months ago
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The margin of error differs from poll to poll but is generally +/- 3%, so, yes, aside from the Galup Tracking (Traditional) poll which shows +2 Obama, all of the polls are outside, and most well outside the statistical margin of error, as is the pol of polls average.
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memestryker1 year, 2 months ago
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The good news is, they generally end up with a congress of the opposite party in the next election, if they don't start off that way, so their wings are frequently clipped on their more extreme efforts.
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The Supreme Court is the grand prize, and I've been very disappointed in some of their rulings where both sides capitulate to advocates of a police state and/or a theocracy. I don't think we'll get much relief on things like searches and seizures that fall outside the limits of the Constitution from appointments by either party.
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FairNBalanced1 year, 2 months ago
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Joe the plumber is causing Obama's present decline in the polls. That's why Obama's staff have starting digging in Joe's past to try and discredit him. Joe has made Obama look bad, and Obama can't take it. Obama is doing more harm than good by this maneuver against everyday 'Joe'.
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Joe, you are my hero! -
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skyking2p1 year, 2 months ago
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Turns out "Joe" is a rightwing nut case like at lot of the ones on here. Believes SS is a bad thing. Doesn't own a business, just wants to. Is not a licensed plummer and would get a tax break under the Obama plan. your hero? Maybe you could lend him the money to start his business.
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sliante821 year, 2 months ago
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Who cares about the polls? That doesn't change fact! Ever heard of Factcheck.org? It's an unbiased view and simply states facts. Look at it. It's a little scary what is fact and what isn't.
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p.s. who cares what "Joe" does or doesn't have. Bottom line, what Joe brought to light is true. Just because Joe has a past doesn't mean we should ignore the facts. I agree, Joe go get a licence before you start talking about owning a biz. HOWEVER just because Joe doesn't have a lisence it doesn't make what he said a lie. I mean seriously people, JOE IS NOT running for Pres. Let's stop talking about Joe and talk about the point he had to make about the person who really is running for pres. -
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