(Pew Poll)Growing Doubts About McCain's Judgment, Age and CampaignConduct(O 52 M 38)

[maddezmom]

Source: people-press.org

Growing Doubts About McCain's Judgment, Age and Campaign Conduct
Obama's Lead Widens: 52%-38%

Barack Obama’s lead over John McCain has steadily increased since mid-September, when the race was essentially even. Shortly after the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, Obama moved to a 49% to 42% lead; that margin inched up to 50% to 40% in a poll taken just after the second debate. Currently, Obama enjoys his widest margin yet over McCain among registered voters, at 52% to 38%. When the sample of voters is narrowed to those most likely to vote, Obama leads by 53% to 39%.

Obama’s strong showing in the current poll reflects greater confidence in the Democratic candidate personally. More voters see him as “well-qualified” and “down-to-earth” than did so a month ago. Obama also is inspiring more confidence on several key issues, including Iraq and terrorism, than he did before the debates. Most important, Obama now leads McCain as the candidate best able to improve economic conditions by a wider margin (53% to 32%).

Obama’s gains notwithstanding, a widespread loss of confidence in McCain appears to be the most significant factor in the race at this point. Many more voters express doubts about McCain’s judgment than about Obama’s: 41% see McCain as “having poor judgment,” while just 29% say that this trait describes Obama. Fewer voters also view McCain as inspiring than did so in mid-September (37% now, 43% then). By contrast, 71% of voters continue to think of Obama as inspiring.

The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Oct. 16-19 among 2,599 registered voters interviewed on landline phones and cell phones, finds that McCain’s age also has become more of an issue for voters. Roughly a third (34%) now says that McCain is too old to be president; in the Sept. 9-14 survey, just 23% said this. At this stage in the 1996 campaign, about as many voters (32%) said Republican candidate Bob Dole was too old to be president.



Read more: http://people-press.org/report/462/obamas-lead-widens

[closeupready]

1. McCain sinking like a rock.

:rofl:

[Turbineguy]

2. 53-39?

14 point spread. That may even be enough to overcome GOP cheating!

[Beetwasher]

3. NICKELODEON POLL HAS OBAMA ONLY UP BY 2!!!

So, screw pew. :sarcasm:

SPONGEBOB FOR PRESIDENT!

[cosmicone]

9. Hey hey hey - that's nothing!

A poll of people under a bad LSD trip has McCain up by 5%

[Kalifornia.Kid]

4. "No Country for Old Men"

[PSPS]

5. McCain and Palin rallies resemble Bund meetings more and more. That's turning people against them.

[yardwork]

6. Note the same 30% of loons who think McCain is just marvelous.

Those are the 30% that the Republicans have sold their soul to attract, causing everybody else to abandon them. Those 30% need to be abandoned by both parties. Let them find their way home through the wilderness.

[av8rdave]

8. I suspect there is a lot of overlap with the 25% or so that still think Bush is a good President

Edited for spelling.

[yardwork]

10. I agree.

[torbird]

7. Still only 90% of the voters are reporting

The race could tighten a bit. But only a few points now. McCain, out!

[happygoluckytoyou]

11. in a similar poll..... 4 out of 5 PITBULLS prefer PALIN... 3 out of 5 PIGS... but 0 MOOSE

[tclambert]

14. Jack Russell terriers prefer Obama

[The Brethren]

17. poor Palin

turned down by a moose. And she probably doesn't want to know what the wolves think of her....the ones she likes to chase down with her helicopter and shot to death so she can have their paws cut off for a trophy.

She's not a pitbull, she's a gun totting, sadistic jerk.

[Mr. Sinister]

12. poor judgment & too old

Or in other words Sarah Palin. Making her his running mate was a stupid politically-motivated blunder. And now he is indeed too old if she's the one waiting in the wings. Schadenfreudelicious!

[tclambert]

13. Meanwhile, what the f&#* is McCain doing in Pennsylvania?

Maybe it's an example of his poor judgment. There are several states where he's closer and has a better chance to steal their electoral votes. This could be a big waste of his dwindling resources.

I suppose in his position he has to assume the polls are all biased in Obama's favor. If any of them is even close to correct, his campaign is charred to a crisp. So if he assumes enough bias in the polls, then Pennsylvania would become a toss-up. But, still, other states give him a better chance. There's no senate race in Pennsylvania this election, so it can't be that.

The likely outcome of this move is that McCain still loses Pennsylvania, and the diversion of time and money costs him Ohio as well, and possibly Florida.

[AndyTiedye]

16. McCain is In PA Because they Have PAPERLESS DRE VOTING MACHINEZ!

Which means he can STEAL it, no matter how far ahead we are there.

rob-pennsylvania.zip

[irishcat]

15. My cats are 100 % for Obama!

They say McCain can kiss their gritty, kitty butts!

[Faygo Kid]

18. Barack Obama increases lead on John McCain to 14 per cent in latest poll

Source: UK Telegraph

The Pew Research Center's latest voters poll found support for the Democrat candidate had grown to 52 per cent of voters, compared to 38 per cent for his Republican rival.

A Pew poll at the beginning of October showed a seven-point gap between the two. The new poll was conducted from Oct16-19 among 2,599 people and has a 2.5 point margin of error.

It comes after a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll of 1,159 people showed Mr Obama ahead of Mr McCain by 10 points, up from six points two weeks ago.

Pew said Mr Obama's surging popularity was mostly due to voters' dwindling confidence in Mr McCain, as witnessed after each of the candidates' three TV debates. . .

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/3238292/Barack-Obama-increases-lead-on-John-McCain-to-14-per-cent-in-latest-poll.html

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Extraordinary. Not much else to say.

[onehandle]

19. Wow! nt

[trashcanistanista]

20. Do I hear 20? 20? Going once, going, twice ...

I will be able to sleep thru the night when it gets to 20.

[goforit]

21. This is only good news if the election is not stolen!!

[FUCK_BUSH]

22. NO way , Mccain is gaining back and he is tie with obama now.Very Very close election !