Rasmussen’s Good News for McCain


Read Past the Headline to Feel Even Better

A number of bloggers are commenting on the narrowing of Barack Obama’s edge in the polls, confirmed in the latest Rasmussen survey. What’s interesting in today’s Rasmussen report however, is what you see when you read their summary:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Barack Obama attracting 50% of the vote nationwide while John McCain earns 47%. This is the first time McCain has been within three points of Obama in more than a month and the first time his support has topped 46% since September 24 (see trends). One percent (1%) of voters prefer a third-party option and 2% are undecided.

**Among those who “always” vote in general elections, Obama leads by just a single point. Obama does better among more casual voters.
However, among those with a high degree of interest in this year’s campaign, Obama leads by four. Among those who say they are following the race closely on a daily basis, Obama leads by five.
Among those who have already voted, it’s Obama 54% McCain 45% with other candidates picking up a single percentage point.

As for those who have not yet voted but are “certain” they will do so, the race is tied at 48%. Two percent (2%) of these “certain” voters plan to vote for a third party option while 2% say they are undecided.

Obama has a five-point advantage among those who plan to vote but say that something might come up. Hispanic voters are more likely than others to say that something might come up to prevent them from voting.**

If you’re Barack Obama, you can’t be happy to hear that:

1) John McCain has narrowed the polling gap dramatically;
2) You’re tied among the voters who are most likely to show to the polls; and,
3) Your lead grows larger among groups more likely to fail to vote.


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Nice

Change Jar Conservative (Diary) Wednesday, October 29th at 10:36AM EST (link)

I read it but missed the part about the “certain to vote” people being tied.

We need a bit more than that to win or at least a bit more than that in the right states to win though as I think Barak probably has an early voting edge.

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Not quite

madlaw1071 Wednesday, October 29th at 10:58AM EST (link)

Most reports of the early voting suggest no tidal wive for the Dems, yet. Also, in OH, in counties Bush won in 04, McCain is said to be doing significantly better.

 
 

The movement is definitely toward McCain

jonreagan (Diary) Wednesday, October 29th at 11:05AM EST (link)

And the MSM won’t report it; today’s IBD has an editorial, “Axis of Bias”, which everyone should read.

The LA Times’ refusal to release a 2003 video of Barry at a fundraiser for Rashid Khalidi may actually end up helping us. Voters’ fear of the unknown, combined with anger at a media which is essentially just an arm of the Obama campaign, may be a greater motivator than actually seeing the video. It is undoubtedly yet another clip of Obama trashing and smirking at America…and let’s face it, we have plenty of those already.

FOX has been giving plenty of coverage to two little creeps in West Hollywood who created the effigy of Governor Palin hanging from a noose, as a “Halloween decoration.” Imagine the outrage if someone–anyone–had created a similar image of Barack Obama. Of course, this would immediately be deemed a hate crime, if not a national emergency to be investigated by the FBI! But it’s OK to do it to the Governor of Alaska–a mother of 5 whose only sin is that she is a conservative who loves her country.

Right...

liberalrepublican (Diary) Wednesday, October 29th at 11:34AM EST (link)

“Imagine the outrage if someone–anyone–had created a similar image of Barack Obama. Of course, this would immediately be deemed a hate crime, if not a national emergency to be investigated by the FBI!”

Yeah, they would be talking non-stop about it. It would be huge news… except it wasn’t.

http://www.local12.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=39c3f3ee-24f8-4126-9ea8-f8b18ef1c2d1

“Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. … including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy”

 
 

Pollsters Suck

renegade Wednesday, October 29th at 11:42AM EST (link)

Rasmussen is good at jerking the chain.

They show a point or 2 move for McCain one day making us think their is momentum, then show a shift back then next day. Same with Zogby. They suck!

 

And this is with Rasmussen weighting Dems 7.2 points more than Reps

Finrod (Diary) Wednesday, October 29th at 11:44AM EST (link)

Imagine what the results would look like if they were reweighted to a more reasonable +4 Dem or less– that would probably shift everything 2 or 3 points towards McCain, at least.

Suddenly +3 to Obama overall could look like a tie or maybe even +1 to McCain.

Let’s get down to brass tacks here. How much for the ape?

 

Record Turnout for Young, New and Hispanic Voters...

Patricia_C (Diary) Wednesday, October 29th at 11:53AM EST (link)

The predictions are falling short of expectations.

According to Review Journal:

Analysts have predicted that new voters, young voters and Hispanic voters will turn out in record numbers in this election. But as Nevadans continue to flock to the polls, turnout among those three groups is lagging, at least in the early going.

David Damore, a political scientist at UNLV says that, in spite of the fact that many have predicted record numbers of youth, Hispanic and first-time voters, it is the older white voters who show actually show up to vote in greater numbers.

In counting the proverbial chickens… Mr. Damore predicts:

…it’s possible the Obama campaign faces a challenge turning out the untested voters it’s relying on to win

“Even when you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.”

 

Record Turnout for Young, New and Hispanic Voters...

Patricia_C (Diary) Wednesday, October 29th at 11:54AM EST (link)

The predictions are falling short of expectations.

According to Review Journal:

Analysts have predicted that new voters, young voters and Hispanic voters will turn out in record numbers in this election. But as Nevadans continue to flock to the polls, turnout among those three groups is lagging, at least in the early going.

David Damore, a political scientist at UNLV says that, in spite of the fact that many have predicted record numbers of youth, Hispanic and first-time voters, it is the older white voters who show actually show up to vote in greater numbers.

In counting the proverbial chickens… Mr. Damore predicts:

…it’s possible the Obama campaign faces a challenge turning out the untested voters it’s relying on to win

“Even when you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.”

Great point, Finrod

bigfoot (Diary) Wednesday, October 29th at 12:55PM EST (link)

If we use a historical model, i am sure the race would be even or McCain slightly a head.

It’ll be interesting to see the direction of his poll the next several days. If he has it near even come the weekend, Obama is in huge trouble.

“To believe in nothing is to believe in everything. To believe in everything is to believe in nothing”

If we were to change the polls

MuskegonCritic Wednesday, October 29th at 3:46PM EST (link)

then the polls would be changed.

That is true.

not quite

Pentagon16 (Diary) Wednesday, October 29th at 5:43PM EST (link)

Hedgehog Report is saying that Rasmussen has quietly moved to a D + 3.4 sample instead of the 7.2

which is also good news in a different way- if he sees the electorate being closer and the other pollsters start to conform as well than McCain will continue to draw closer

“Small town folks get bitter after which they cling to guns or religion, or antipathy to people who aren’t like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment”- Barack Carter Obama