November 1, 2008
Poll: Early Voters Strongly Prefer Obama
CBS News Survey Shows Democratic Ticket With 19 Point Edge Among Early Voters, 13 Point Lead Among Likely Voters Overall
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About one in five voters say they have already cast their vote, either in person or through the mail, and these early voters prefer the Democratic ticket by an even greater margin. Obama leads among early voters 57 percent to 38 percent, a nineteen point advantage.
The economy is by far the issue of top concern to voters, and they continue to view Obama more favorably on the issue than they do his Republican rival, John McCain. Fifty-one percent of registered voters say Obama would make the economy better, while just 29 percent say McCain would.
On the question of who will raise taxes, the candidates are roughly even: Forty-seven percent say Obama would raise their taxes and 48 percent say McCain would do so.
Early voters are slightly more concerned than voters who plan to cast their votes on Election Day that their vote won't be counted accurately. Forty-two percent of early voters are at least somewhat concerned about their vote not being counted, while 34 percent of voters overall say as much.Read The Complete Poll
Nearly half of the early voters are Democrats, while 30 percent are Republican and 21 percent independent. They are slightly more likely to be African American or female than likely voters overall, but they do not differ much in other respects, including ideology, age, income, and level of education.
Early voters who also voted four years ago backed Democratic nominee John Kerry over President George W. Bush 45 percent to 40 percent in the 2004 presidential race.
This poll was conducted among a random sample of 1120 adults nationwide, including 989 registered voters, interviewed by telephone October 28-31, 2008. Phone numbers were dialed from RDD samples of both standard land-lines and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample and the sample of registered voters could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher.
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Sorry, we already voted for Obama over here. Better luck in 012.
"Al-Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election," said a commentary posted Monday on the extremist Web site al-Hesbah, which is closely linked to the terrorist group. It said the Arizona Republican would continue the "failing march of his predecessor," President Bush.
Looks like myhog6 is still supporting Al-Qaeda''s favorite candidate.
The GOP is finished!!!
We need a President with a brain and a vision for the future. We have at least 30 years of right wing disaster to roll back. And then we have to make sure they NEVER come back into power.
----- IS HE STILL A REPUBLICAN? -----
- HAS HE BEEN INVITED TO ANY OF McSAME & FALIN''S RALLIES???
Posted by ShannonJ63 at 07:01 PM : Nov 01, 2008
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That about sums it up
Favorable Ratings 19.6 8.0 Obama 11.6
Intrade Market Odds 83.9 16.3 -
Electoral College Obama McCain Spread
RCP Electoral Count 311 132 Obama 179
---From realclearpolitics.com
Posted by ShannonJ63 at 07:07 PM : Nov 01, 2008
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wow, was that English?
That''s the final nail in McCain/Palin''s coffin.
Now go back into your room and play with your GameBoy.
That''s the final nail in McCain/Palin''s coffin.
- Is George W. Bush still a Republican?
- Are John McSame and Sarah Failin running away from their Bush Republican Heritage?
- Is this some type of "mavericky behavior" or Are they afraid to be seen in public with the President???
McCain was the last hope
time to start over
time to tell the Bible Nazi''s...bye,bye
Vote with the vast majority of Americans, vote Obama Nov.4th!
MCCAIN NEEDS TO GO HOME AND BAKE COOKIES WITH HIS WIFE AND PALIN TO A MENTAL INSTITUTION...HEEHEHEHEHEH
HAHAHAHHAHIIIIIIIIIIIII
Fact 89% of Americans want Change and Obama is the only one who will deliver.
Fact: McCain voted for 4 out of 5 Bush budgets.
Now our country is in debt to the tune of $10 trillion.
Enough is enough!
Vote for the Middle Class, Vote Obama!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008
C-H-E-N-E-Y E-N-D-O-R-S-E-M-E-N-T
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008
1. "As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where%u2013 where do they go? It''s Alaska. It''s just right over the border."
2. "We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C. ... We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation."
3. "Well, let''s see. There''s -- of course -- in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings."
4. "All of ''em, any of ''em that have been in front of me over all these years." (my favorite, admitting that she still reads Highlights For Kids)
GO USA
I rememeber a certain SURVEY that predicted that Gore would win Ohio.
That survey was wrong wrong wrong.
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