So, as many know SUSA had this odd poll which not only had Obama losing to McCain by 1, but Franken losing to Coleman by 10.
Pretty serious eh? Lost of hand-wringing and lots of WTF moments in parsing though the tabs. It's ok" we say to each other, "it has to be an outlier right? Especially since a week ago CNN/Time had Obama up to double digits" (worry worry worry)
Well there is a glimmer of hope now:
jump with me....
I did it today.. it was easy. Walked up to the County Clerk's office filled out a little paperwork, took a wee test after reading about who can and can not vote. Bam, done....
One of the ways in which you can help in providing a fair election is being part of the system, be on the front lines. So in that vein I give you the massive list of 50+1 links to how you can become an Election Judge:
(cross posted from dkos, as this much work needs more than one place to reside)
SUSA Poll out has Obama winning VA by 6 points (51% to 45%).
(crosstabs here -http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollRepo rt.aspx?g=c16bc98c-8d29-4b28-8aae-fc8aac 9471ad)
A few interesting things to pull out for further commentary:
Obama has a 4 point lead in party affiliation voters, McCain attracts 87% of Rs, Obama 91%(!) of Ds
McCain's base is less sure of their vote, a full 46% say they could change their mind, 35% say the same of Obama
Among women, Obama led by 6 points before Sarah Palin was named to the GOP ticket, now leads by 16.
McCain's target audiences, (the demographics he hits 50% and better with?) male white, prolife, conservative, very religious, who make >50K a year and live in Shenandoah.
Obama's targets (50% +), Females, Blacks, 18-49 years old, moderates, Liberals, college educated, pro choice, <50K a year, and live the Notheeast and Southeast parts of the state
OK.
We are past the primary.
We are past the nomination.
We are past the VP selection.
The Clintons have given great speeches.
Love and admiration has been shown towards both Hillary and Bill.
This is it.
Awhile back there was some wild speculation that McCain stood a chance at winning Calf. this year, especially with Schwarzenegger supporting him.
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