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Bogart
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« on: June 09, 2008, 08:56:23 AM »

Obama’s bounce is the result of growing unity among the Democratic Party. Eighty-one percent (81%) of Democrats say they will vote for Obama over McCain. That’s the highest level of party support ever enjoyed by Obama. Still, three-out-of-ten voters are either uncommitted or could change their mind before Election Day. Fifty-six percent (56%) of those swayable voters are women and most earn less than $60,000 a year. There are more conservatives than liberals among these potential swing voters. --Rasmussen

56% being women earning less than $60K. This is a demographic Obama has had trouble with all along. These are a lot of Hillary women. Is Obama going to have a serious issue with this? What are the chances they will go in large enough numbers for McCain and sink Obama?
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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2008, 09:30:01 AM »

Or, it could be an electoral boon for Obama. If Clinton-supporting women are currently undecided instead of supporting McCain, those voters will probably break home--to the Democrats and Obama, maybe 60-40 at worst. And Obama already leads.

Of course, as I've said before, women are always more likely to say that they could change their vote than men, but there is no evidence that the female vote actually swings more strongly than the male vote. (It's an attitude thing in answering polls. Be charitable to the opposition.)
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2008, 01:15:59 PM »

30% are undecided, most of them (Lower) Middle-Income Women. According to most every exit poll, these women tend to vote for Republicans 90-10, right ? Roll Eyes I don´t see the problem here, especially if these undecided middle-class women will vote based on the economy in November ...
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2008, 01:17:45 PM »

Obama’s bounce is the result of growing unity among the Democratic Party. Eighty-one percent (81%) of Democrats say they will vote for Obama over McCain.

LOL Remember J. J. saying Obama could lose a majority of white Democrats?
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2008, 04:07:14 PM »

John Paul Stevens is 87. McCain has promised to appoint "strict constructionists" to the Supreme Court. You do the math.
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