Despite a raft of advantages in the electorate for Democrats, in September's first Gallup Tracking poll, an equal number of Republicans and Democrats were surveyed (including "leaners") from Sept. 3-5, compared to a 10-point Democratic identification advantage two weeks ago. That partisan makeup of the polling pool resulted in a 5-point lead for McCain in Sept. 5 tracking poll. Meanwhile, the new CBS poll features a 6-point swing in partisan composition toward Republicans, which plays some role in the poll's two-point lead for McCain. Finally, the latest USA Today poll, which claims a four-point edge for McCain, was arrived at after a 10-point swing in partisan makeup toward GOP respondents.
Monday's USA Today poll had a 48-47 split between Democrats and Republicans surveyed. That represents a nearly 10 point shift in party identification toward Republicans since USA Today's July polling. When asked for comment, USA Today polling editor Jim Norman wrote that "it's possible" that their latest sample includes too many Republicans.
Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz is highly skeptical of the new Gallup, USA Today and CBS polls. About the latter, which showed a statistically insignificant two point lead for McCain, Abramowitz said: "One reason for the dramatic difference between the two recent CBS polls is that the two samples differed fairly dramatically in terms of partisan composition. The first sample was 35.2% Democratic, 26.2 percent Republicans, and 38.6 percent independent. The second sample was 34.9% Democratic, 31.1% Republican, and 34.0% independent. That's a change from a 9 point Democratic advantage to a 3.8 point Democratic advantage. That alone would probably explain about half of the difference in candidate preferences between the two [CBS] polls."
Why can't you answer the question? Its a simple one. It is an important one.
I believe that the behavior of the candidates supporters are hurting his cause.
I think the phrase was, "my muslim faith"
Why can't you answer the question? Its a simple one. It is an important one.
It seems to me there is more validity to an attack on him would bear more weight than an attack on the daughter of a candidate.
So do you think the American public will support someone whose supporters are attacking a woman with vicious lies, her daughter with vicious lies, and now twisting the main candidates daughters words are going to help their cause?
What are these vicious rumors? I haven't heard one single rumor about McCain's daughter.
If you think that it is not making the airwaives on a daily basis and being read out loud by talk radio hosts, I do not know what to say.
"You know, you can put lipstick on a pig," Obama said, "but it's still a
pig."
What are these vicious rumors? I haven't heard one single rumor about McCain's daughter.
She parties harder than the Bush girls combined, her and her girlfriend are going to have a baby using Olbermann as the doner, she's Muslim, and she doesn't wear a flag pin. You haven't heard this?
do you have her number?
Other than the fact that talk radio preys on the gullible, uninformed and bigoted?.
Should Obama have called Hillary 'Billary the two-headed monster'?