PA POLL (R): Obama 54 (+7), McCrypt 40 (-6)

[jefferson_dem]

Below are the poll results are based on telephone interviews with 1200 likely voters in Pennsylvania, aged 18+, and conducted October 5-7, 2008. The margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.

1. If the election for President were held today would you support the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden or the Republican ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin?
Obama/Biden 54%
McCain/Palin 40%
Other 2%
Undecided 4%

2. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Barack Obama?
Favorable 51%
Unfavorable 37%
Undecided 12%

3. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Joseph Biden?
Favorable 48%
Unfavorable 37%
Undecided 15%

4. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of John McCain?
Favorable 46%
Unfavorable 42%
Undecided 12%

5. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Sarah Palin?
Favorable 50%
Unfavorable 36%
Undecided 14%

6. Which presidential candidate do you believe would be best able to handle the economy, Barack Obama or John McCain?
Barack Obama 55%
John McCain 35%
Undecided 10%

http://strategicvision.biz/political/pa_poll_100908.htm

[Hope And Change]

1. K & R!

[mucifer]

2. wow Pennsylvannia has the same numbers as IL

[lolamio]

3. Nice! nt

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Huh?

5. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Sarah Palin?
Favorable 50%
Unfavorable 36%
Undecided 14%

:wtf:

[AllentownJake]

5. The Alabama portion

I have a favorable opinion of Jessica Biel...doesn't mean I'd vote for her.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Problem is

McPalin's incompetent campaign staff looks at something like this, believes it, and then hangs their hat on this state as a potential shoo-in. And thus we are cursed with their ilk running around here stirring up the KKK.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. I think the Lehigh rally and the Flyer's puck-drop is the last you will

see of them.

They cannot stay on air in eastern PA. They're fucking broke, and there's no chance for them there.

They will stay on air with a trimmed down campaign in Pittsburgh and Erie in order to keep morale up and maybe salvage down-ticket races, but those ads will really be for eastern OH. Pennsylvania's a done deal.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. They need to take the puck drop to the Penguins and leave the Flyers alone.

I agree that they can't continue although I think some of it is directed to S. Jersey and Delaware since we cover those markets. In fact, I actually find it ironic that they haven't campaigned in New Jersey, which has a long repuke history... But then these folks are definitely the dimmest bulbs in the pack.

I just don't like the idea of the shit-stirring that this would cause here in this city. Now is the time for all cities to batten down the hatches as the tsunami is coming and they don't have time to be forced to deal with McPalin foolishness.

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. NJ is finished before this began; DE is a NEVER

They were shooting for eastern PA, but it is a flop. They have to come down in those markets, since it is now just throwing good money after bad.

[AllentownJake]

20. Plus its incredibly expensive

The Philly media market is one of the most expensive in the country because of the giant area and population it covers.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. SE PA was never in any running

and the last repuke mayor in Philly went away in the mid-1950s. But this fact didn't stop the blockheads from fantasizing. A goodly number of repukes who used to live in Philly and it's 'burbs, moved to South Jersey in the '70s & '80s to coincide with the big Pine Barrens development craze, so there IS an infestation of "Dianne Allen Republicans" there. And I only mentioned DE because this market is basically a 3-fer (PA, NJ, DE, and a little of N. MD) for anyone advertising here.

[AllentownJake]

19. She's going to be booed and booed loudly

In opposed to Obama on Saturday surrounded by supporters all accross the city giving speeches.

[Fluffdaddy]

24. I don't think she will be booed.

[alcibiades_mystery]

25. There's a big surprise

:rofl:

[Fluffdaddy]

26. I know Philly and Philly fans better then you ever will.

She will have a cute little flyer's jersey so the Fans will be polite to her, I didn't say vote for her...........Just polite ;)

[AllentownJake]

29. I lived in Philly for 5 years

She can dress up like all 4 Philly sports team mascots at once holding a Philly Rocks sign and the crowd will still boo her. Its going to take them an extra hour to get into the game because of Secuirty politics aside. Polite has never been in our vocabulary.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. I am a 5th generation Philadelphian (family here since the 1830s)

And it may get ugly down there in South Philly. There's no such thing as a "polite" Philly hockey fan. These folks destroy things when we WIN! :rofl: I remember well the raucous celebrations for the Stanley Cups in '74 & '75 (and I won't say why...LOL).

Did you see the group who greeted her outside when she was at the Irish Pub? They had to hustle her into the car real quick. There is some Buffalo TV station that had video footage of them.

[AllentownJake]

18. Obama is doing four rallies in Philadelphia on Saturday

Who is getting the media coverage :shrug:

[jefferson_dem]

8. I know. I can't explain that shit for nothing.

...other than saying SV is a repug firm and I wouldn't put it past them to massage a number here or there.

[Schulzz]

9. She is "just like us".

:sarcasm: :puke:

[slinkerwink]

6. wow! that's a huge lead!

[C_U_L8R]

7. The tipping point has been toppled

[Jennicut]

11. PA is solid blue!!!!

So much for them taking PA away from us like they thought they could in the beginning.

[MiniMe]

14. McCain has been dumping a lot of money into Pennsylvania

So this is great. Maybe he will pull out of Pennsylvania to concentrate on North Carolina. This is great news.

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. He cannot pull out of PA without a complete collapse of his national support

It is tantamount to conceding the election at this point.

What he will do is pull down ads and events in eastern PA, and stay up on the markets that cross into Ohio (Pittsburgh, Erie). That way, he can still try to gain some electoral vote value (for OH) while not conceding PA, which is well and truly lost for him.

Look for ads to slow down or even come down in the Philly, Allentown, and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre markets within the next few days.

[AllentownJake]

21. There really is no Allentown Market for networks

The Lehigh Valley is covered by Philly.

Part of the reason Philly's media market is so expensive for a campaign.

[jazzjunkysue]

17. I guess we can put away the Pennsyltucky moniker, now. Whew!

I didn't want to see Alabama that far up near New England!

[my3boyz]

22. How in the world can that skank Palin have a higher favorable rating than Biden? Stupid people! nt

[Tatiana]

23. Is McCain going to continue to put $$$ in PA now that it clearly has collapsed for him?

Hmmmm....

MN has also completely fallen apart for McSame as well, to Norm Coleman's detriment and Al Franken's benefit.

[occe]

27. Superb

Superb news!!! Hopefully Obama can sustain this lead for a few more weeks and we can snag PA! :9

[Eurobabe]

31. Pardon me while I LMFAO!!! WOOHOO!!!!

I voted early in PA (absentee) for Obama/Biden, this is great news. McShitstain is toast.