Gallup Daily Tracking Poll Thread

[Alcon]

Clinton: 54.2%
Obama: 43.9%

Essentially 11 pts....

And 16 is soooo close to being divisible by 5 too!!!

but my point remains. Why did everyone expect Ohio to be such a "battleground"?

Because they weren't paying much attention?

[Joe Republic]

Clinton: 54.2%
Obama: 43.9%

Essentially 11 pts..

10.3 points is closer to 10 than it is to 11.

[Alcon]

Clinton: 54.2%
Obama: 43.9%

Essentially 11 pts..

10.3 points is closer to 10 than it is to 11.

But, Joe, it feels like 11.

[Reaganfan]

Clinton: 54.2%
Obama: 43.9%

Essentially 11 pts..

10.3 points is closer to 10 than it is to 11.

But, Joe, it feels like 11.

[Democratic Hawk]

Wednesday 2 April, 2008

.....

Obama - 49%
Clinton - 46%

.....

McCain - 47%
Clinton - 45%

McCain - 46%
Obama - 44%

[Democratic Hawk]

Presidential Candidates’ Weaknesses in Depth (April 2, 2008)

Clinton and Obama foes cite personal factors; McCain critics cite policy

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105994/Presidential-Candidates-Weaknesses-Depth.aspx

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

Age, Vote More Strongly Related in Obama-McCain Matchup (April 3, 2008)

Gender more strongly related in Clinton-McCain contest

http://www.gallup.com/poll/106042/Age-Vote-More-Strongly-Related-ObamaMcCain-Matchup.aspx

Dave

[MODU]

Clinton: 54.2%
Obama: 43.9%

Essentially 11 pts..

10.3 points is closer to 10 than it is to 11.

But, Joe, it feels like 11.

It's against the law to feel 11's.

[Mr. Morden]

Presidential Candidates’ Weaknesses in Depth (April 2, 2008)

Clinton and Obama foes cite personal factors; McCain critics cite policy

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105994/Presidential-Candidates-Weaknesses-Depth.aspx

Dave

This table is interesting:



MOE is huge, but still, 3rd most cited reason given by people who least like Obama is that they think he's Muslim?

[Democratic Hawk]

MOE is huge, but still, 3rd most cited reason given by people who least like Obama is that they think he's Muslim?

It's because they are ignorant

Dave

[Joe Republic]

LOL at the 2% who are "scared of him".

[Democratic Hawk]

Thursday 3 April, 2008

.....

Obama - 49%
Clinton - 46%

.....

McCain - 46%
Obama - 45%

McCain - 47%
Clinton - 45%

[MODU]

MOE is huge, but still, 3rd most cited reason given by people who least like Obama is that they think he's Muslim?

It's because they are ignorant

Dave

No kidding, but not unexpected.  I'm sure many of his flock are equally ignorant of his platform as well.  Many voters are just lambs after all.

[Democratic Hawk]

MOE is huge, but still, 3rd most cited reason given by people who least like Obama is that they think he's Muslim?

It's because they are ignorant

Dave

No kidding, but not unexpected.  I'm sure many of his flock are equally ignorant of his platform as well.  Many voters are just lambs after all.

Obama, on the face of it, is not my kind of Democrat but I'm currently reading a book and the more I read it the more it becomes apparent that he is my kind of pragmatic progressive Democrat but I'm a long way finished from reading it yet

I just thought it was time I got to know a bit more about the man I've endorsed

That is not to say I wouldn't be at significant variance from the senator on certain issues

Dave

[MODU]

It's very rare to find a politician that closely aligns to your views.  Reagan didn't.  Perot didn't.  Bush didn't.  Steve Adams doesn't.  Yet they covered a lot of the basic issues more so than their competitors, so I had/have no reservations for voting for them.  The Dems need to put a true Blue Dog on the ticket one of these years, just to get away from the Liberal and Populist pool which they keep fishing in if they really want to retake the nation.  But in order to do that, they have to get people interested in the details like the Republicans did back in the 80s, and so far, the Dems haven't been able to pull that off.  So, they are stuck with the lambs, hoping that they can get enough to follow long enough to win an election before they start asking questions.

[Democratic Hawk]

It's very rare to find a politician that closely aligns to your views.  Reagan didn't.  Perot didn't.  Bush didn't.  Steve Adams doesn't.  Yet they covered a lot of the basic issues more so than their competitors, so I had/have no reservations for voting for them.  The Dems need to put a true Blue Dog on the ticket one of these years, just to get away from the Liberal and Populist pool which they keep fishing in if they really want to retake the nation.  But in order to do that, they have to get people interested in the details like the Republicans did back in the 80s, and so far, the Dems haven't been able to pull that off.  So, they are stuck with the lambs, hoping that they can get enough to follow long enough to win an election before they start asking questions.

Well, I wouldn't have endorsed Perot or Bush, assuming that Bush is George W

Reagan I'm not too sure about. Never really subscribed to that 'conservatarianism' being a moderate liberal populist . I'd have endorsed Nixon, in 1972, wholeheartedly against McGovern

As for Blue Dogs, they just don't seem to be able to get out of the traps

Dave

[Umengus]

MOE is huge, but still, 3rd most cited reason given by people who least like Obama is that they think he's Muslim?

It's because they are ignorant

Dave

No kidding, but not unexpected.  I'm sure many of his flock are equally ignorant of his platform as well.  Many voters are just lambs after all.

"Muslim a day, muslim all days."

[Tender Branson]

Friday 4 April, 2008

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Obama - 49%
Clinton - 44%

.....

McCain - 46%
Obama - 45%

McCain - 46%
Clinton - 45%

[Gustaf]

Are the people who said racism referring to Obama or themselves?

Anyway it should be kept in mind that if I understand this correctly it would amount to 2-3% of adults who won't vote for Obama because they think he's a muslim. And if they're that uneducated I suspect their turnout is a bit lower too.

[Person Man]

Well, these numbers are encouraging if the Dems are this split and are still one point behind McCain. This means that if the dems run even an average campaign this year, they should win...this is of course thinking that 95% of those in the dem primaries would still vote for the generic dem and that most of the 15% that will leave the party if their nominee is not chosen can be convinced to come back. I think if the dems can get back 40% of those voters which constitute 5% of the electorate, the dems will win. If they can't do that and if they lose this election, the democrats will officially be the permanent, crisis-proof minority, regardless of how well they do in Congress. At that point it won't be unreasonable that many Dem leaders would consider a new way foward.

[Democratic Hawk]

"Muslim a day, muslim all days."

Amendment I (1791) of the Constitution of the United States of America reads:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibting the free exercise thereof ...

Islam is not the established, as in official, state religion of the United States of America; consequently, American citizens are not bound by Islamic Sharia Law. Indeed, American citizens are free to choose which faith they practice, if any

Dave

[Lief 🗽]

Well, these numbers are encouraging if the Dems are this split and are still one point behind McCain. This means that if the dems run even an average campaign this year, they should win...this is of course thinking that 95% of those in the dem primaries would still vote for the generic dem and that most of the 15% that will leave the party if their nominee is not chosen can be convinced to come back. I think if the dems can get back 40% of those voters which constitute 5% of the electorate, the dems will win. If they can't do that and if they lose this election, the democrats will officially be the permanent, crisis-proof minority, regardless of how well they do in Congress. At that point it won't be unreasonable that many Dem leaders would consider a new way foward.

I really don't see how we can be a permanent minority when we have a majority control of the states and of the Congress.

[Person Man]

something feels a miss...

[Umengus]

"Muslim a day, muslim all days."

Amendment I (1791) of the Constitution of the United States of America reads:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibting the free exercise thereof ...

Islam is not the established, as in official, state religion of the United States of America; consequently, American citizens are not bound by Islamic Sharia Law. Indeed, American citizens are free to choose which faith they practice, if any

Dave

I agree but some voters think that if you are a muslim a day, you will be always a muslim.

[Alcon]

"Muslim a day, muslim all days."

Amendment I (1791) of the Constitution of the United States of America reads:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibting the free exercise thereof ...

Islam is not the established, as in official, state religion of the United States of America; consequently, American citizens are not bound by Islamic Sharia Law. Indeed, American citizens are free to choose which faith they practice, if any

Dave

I agree but some voters think that if you are a muslim a day, you will be always a muslim.

That's ridiculous, and Obama has never been a Muslim anyway, so I'm not sure why that matters.  "Some people" are idiots.