It's Only Two Polls

[rayboyusmc]

And we know polls don't mean anything unless they are in our favor.

WASHINGTON - A pair of one-night polls gave Barack Obama a clear edge over John McCain in their first presidential debate.



Fifty-one percent said Obama, the Democrat, did a better job in Friday night's faceoff while 38 percent preferred the Republican McCain, according to a CNN-Opinion Research Corp. survey of adults.

Obama was widely considered more intelligent, likable and in touch with peoples' problems, and by modest margins was seen as the stronger leader and more sincere. Most said it was McCain who spent more time attacking his opponent.

About six in 10 said each did a better job than expected. Seven in 10 said each seemed capable of being president.

In a CBS News poll of people not committed to a candidate, 39 percent said Obama won the debate, 24 percent said McCain and 37 percent called it a tie. Twice as many said Obama understands their needs than said so about McCain.

Seventy-eight percent said McCain is prepared to be president, about the same proportion of uncommitted voters as said so before the debate. Sixty percent said Obama is ready — a lower score than McCain, but a solid 16-percentage-point improvement from before the debate.

In another Obama advantage in the CBS poll, far more said their image of him had improved as a result of the debate than said it had worsened. More also said their view of McCain had gotten better rather than worse, but by a modest margin.

The CNN poll involved telephone interviews with 524 adults who watched the debate and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. The CBS survey involved online interviews with 483 uncommitted voters who saw the debate and had an error margin of plus or minus 4 points. It was conducted by Knowledge Networks, which initially selected the respondents by telephone.

Both polls were conducted Friday night.

Polls conducted on one night can be less reliable than surveys conducted over several nights because they only include the views of people available that particular evening.

2 quick polls give Obama edge in debate - Yahoo! News

 

[Ninja]

These have already been discussed ad nauseam in other threads, gramps. The consensus was that they don't mean sheeeyit.

 

[Silence]

These have already been discussed ad nauseam in other threads, gramps. The consensus was that they don't mean sheeeyit.

bet they'd mean everything if McCain won them though wouldn't they?

If the Debate is seen as a virtual draw then Obama wins by default... Foreign policy was supposed to be McCain defining subject. It's his strength... if he can't even get a decisive win in that area what the fuck does that mean for him?

 

[dilloduck]

bet they'd mean everything if McCain won them though wouldn't they?

If the Debate is seen as a virtual draw then Obama wins by default... Foreign policy was supposed to be McCain defining subject. It's his strength... if he can't even get a decisive win in that area what the fuck does that mean for him?

no--they still don't mean shit.

 

[Shadow]

bet they'd mean everything if McCain won them though wouldn't they?

If the Debate is seen as a virtual draw then Obama wins by default... Foreign policy was supposed to be McCain defining subject. It's his strength... if he can't even get a decisive win in that area what the fuck does that mean for him?

If Obama was the clear benefactor of it all. You would not be so po'd and cussing right now ,so guess that means you are full of it.

 

[Silence]

If Obama was the clear benefactor of it all. You would not be so po'd and cussing right now ,so guess that means you are full of it.

take your blinders off... what am I po'd about Shadow?

you cons want to have it both ways... when the polls show McCain is in the lead the polls are right on and just further proof that McCain is going to win...when he's behind the polls are meaningless and slanted.

When McCain makes baseless attacks he's just a smart campaigner, when Obama does it he's a liar and a fraud.

The double speak the Cons employ is coming back to bite them in the butt and you all know it.

America is wise to your game as evidenced by the polling numbers...now McCain might be able to play another slight of hand trick to get people to stop thinking about the issues but for now... America is paying attention to what matters and when they do that Obama is the winner

 

[DavidS]

These have already been discussed ad nauseam in other threads, gramps. The consensus was that they don't mean sheeeyit.

Of course they don't, because they don't show McCain won the debate. If they did, you'd be shoving it down our throats.

 

[Shattered]

take your blinders off... what am I po'd about Shadow?

you cons want to have it both ways... when the polls show McCain is in the lead the polls are right on and just further proof that McCain is going to win...when he's behind the polls are meaningless and slanted.

When McCain makes baseless attacks he's just a smart campaigner, when Obama does it he's a liar and a fraud.

The double speak the Cons employ is coming back to bite them in the butt and you all know it.

America is wise to your game as evidenced by the polling numbers...now McCain might be able to play another slight of hand trick to get people to stop thinking about the issues but for now... America is paying attention to what matters and when they do that Obama is the winner

Actually most conservatives don't put any stock at all in polls. Up/down, Up/down.. None of that matters in the least. November matters, and at that point, if Obama doesn't gain the presidency, there'll be plenty of threads and polls "proving" it was stolen from him via underhanded tactics.