a poll from july ! you are a little behind the times arn't you ? On Sep 14, 5:27 am, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And yet... > > http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Sound-Off/Politics/Story~500... > > NBC/Wall Street J. Poll: McCain Better Prepared > Contributed by: Kory Nelson on 7/27/2008 > > Tom Browkaw announced today that the latest NBC News/Wall Street > Journal poll reported that 53% of the American people believe John > McCain has the knowledge and experience to be President, as compared > to only 19% who believe Obama has such qualifications. Similarly 53% > of Americans believe McCain would be a good commander in chief, as > compared to only 25% for Obama. > > If other polls are correct in reporting that McCain and Obama are > close to each in terms of general support, it would therefore mean > thata moderate, but significant, percentage of Americans are willing > to support someone for President who they believe doesn't have the > knowledge or experience to do the job, and who would not be a good > commander-in-chief in the time of war and an ongoing battle against > Muslim extremists who desire to commit acts of mass destruction and > murder on the U.S. homeland. What's up with that? > > On Sep 14, 2:23 am, mike532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Poll: Biden Better > > Preparedhttp://www.truthout.org/article/poll-biden-better-prepared > > Poll shows voters think Joe Biden is better prepared to be President > > than Sarah Palin. (Photo: Getty Images) > > Washington - John McCain and Barack Obama head into the fall > > campaign neck and neck, despite questions in many voters' minds about > > whether McCain's running mate is as qualified as Obama's, according to > > a new Ipsos/McClatchy poll. > > > The national poll finds Republican McCain with the support of 46 > > percent of registered voters and Democrat Obama with 45 percent. The > > survey has an error margin of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points. > > > Independent candidate Ralph Nader has 2 percent, and Libertarian > > candidate Bob Barr 1 percent. Another 6 percent were undecided or > > didn't support any of those choices. > > > "The race has tightened," said Clifford Young, senior vice > > president of Ipsos Public Affairs, which conducted the poll Sept. 5-9, > > its first since the two major-party conventions kicked off the fall > > general-election campaign. > > > "McCain got a very good bump from his convention and now it's a > > real race." > > > Bounces up in polls immediately following conventions are no > > guarantee of victory in November. Candidates who got higher post- > > convention poll bounces than their opponents and went on to lose > > include Barry Goldwater in 1964, Jimmy Carter in 1980, Walter Mondale > > in 1984, and Michael Dukakis in 1988, according to a study by Karlyn > > Bowman of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank > > in Washington. > > > With the Obama-McCain race so close less than two months until the > > election, several factors could prove pivotal in coming weeks, > > including how the two campaigns do in winning the support of the > > roughly 15 percent of voters who could go either way, and how well > > Sarah Palin, McCain's running mate, does in assuring doubters that > > she's up to the job. > > > The poll finds that registered voters continue to wonder whether > > Palin, a first-term Alaska governor, is as qualified to step up to the > > job of president as Obama's running mate, Joe Biden, who's been in the > > Senate for more than three decades. > > > A majority of voters, 60 percent, think that Biden is qualified to > > be president, while 31 percent think he is not. > > > By comparison, 48 percent of voters think Palin is qualified, > > while 44 percent think she is not. > > > "While Palin has electrified the base, her overall appeal is less > > than Biden's," Young said. > > > On issues, McCain leads on foreign policy and national security. > > Obama leads on jobs and the economy, health care and representing > > change. > > > Voters split almost evenly on which is a better leader. "Neither > > has been able to dominate on that," Young said. > > > At stake for all the candidates are the roughly one in six voters > > still up for grabs, a total that includes those still undecided and > > those who still could change their minds about Obama or McCain. > > > Among McCain supporters who are registered voters, 77 percent said > > they'd definitely vote for him; 13 percent said they'd probably vote > > for him, and 10 percent said they still could change their minds. > > > Among Obama supporters, 80 percent said they'd "definitely" vote > > for him; 12 percent said they'd "probably" vote for him; and 8 percent > > said they could still change their mind. > > > McCain leads 57 percent to 34 percent among non-Hispanic whites, > > and by 53 percent to 38 percent among voters age 55 and older. > > > Obama leads among voters age 18 to 34 by a margin of 55 percent to > > 34 percent, among non-Hispanic blacks by 90 percent to 3 percent, and > > among Hispanics by 58 percent to 34 percent. > > > They are in a dead heat among voters age 35 to 54. > > > Methodology: > > > The Ipsos\McClatchy poll was conducted Sept. 5-9, 2008. > > > For the survey, a nationally representative, randomly selected > > sample of 1,018 adults across the U.S. was interviewed by Ipsos. With > > a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate within 3.1 > > percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been > > had the entire adult population in the U.S. been polled. The margin of > > error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the > > survey population. > > > Within this sample, Ipsos interviewed 876 respondents who self > > identified as registered voters. With a sample of this size, the > > results are considered accurate within 3.3 percentage points, 19 times > > out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult > > population in the U.S. been polled. The margin of error will be larger > > within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. > > > These data were weighted to ensure the sample's regional and age/ > > sex composition reflects that of the actual U.S. population according > > to data from the U.S. Census. > > »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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