CBS/NY Times: McCain Still Tied To Bush, Palin Slips, Obama Leads By 5
As I suspected and have now confirmed...the McCain bounce is over. I read this on Daily Kos
McCain had a two percentage point lead among registered voters in a CBS News poll released on September 8th, just after the Republican National Convention. Prior to the party conventions, Obama led McCain by 3 points.
In the new poll, the gap among likely voters is the same as it is among registered voters: Obama leads among those seen as likely to go to the polls in November 49 percent to 44 percent.
While Palin remains popular among McCain voters, the poll suggests that the McCain campaign may have cause for concern. More than half of registered voters do not think Palin is prepared for the job of Vice President, and even McCain supporters cite "inexperience" as what they like least about her.
Just 17 percent of registered voters say McCain chose Palin because she is well qualified for the job of Vice President. Seventy-five percent say McCain made the choice to help win the election. (Even voters backing the Republican ticket share this view: 53 percent say the Palin choice was to help McCain win in November.)
Interesting about the favorable and unfavorable ratings
Palin’s favorable rating stands at 40 percent, down 4 points from last week. Her unfavorable rating, which stands at 30 percent, has risen eight points in the same time period. Her favorable rating among women has fallen 11 points in the past week.
Palin is popular amongst Republicans but she is divisive amongst everyone else. From the NY Times, to hammer this home:
But the Times/CBS News poll suggested that Ms. Palin’s selection has, to date, helped Mr. McCain only among Republican base voters; there was no evidence of significantly increased support for him among female voters in general. White women are evenly divided between Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama; before the conventions, Mr. McCain led Mr. Obama among white women by a margin of 44 percent to 37 percent.
By contrast, at this point in the 2004 campaign, President Bush was leading Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic challenger, by 56 percent to 37 percent among white women.
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That was good news to read, and really not surprising...so let's all take a deeeeep breath. Now, exhale.
4 comments:
I became very hopeful again when
I read in the midst of the current economic "situation on Wall Street"
McCain is saying "Our economy is very Stable" Go, John Keep on telling American's that! You are helping Obama !
Thanks for being a loyal reader...what is the mood like down in Georgia?
I'm so hopeful that the wheels are coming off the McCain/Palin bus. It's hard to get perspective where I live - it's pretty red around here.
Welll...........Georgia is not exactly a democratic state, and IS
the deep south, HOwever, I am meeting many more Obama supporters.
I think it will be a tight race here,not a landside.
I'm excited now about becoming a part of the change. Yes we can!
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