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Anyone Switch to McCain After the Palin Announcement?

meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
edited September 2008 in A Moving Train
Just curious about this. I have read a lot about people who were on the fence and who are now leaning Obama based on this decision. There must be people on the other side of this, and I am curious why.
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  • __ Posts: 6,651
    I'd like to see a poll posted asking how many have switched from Obama to McCain or McCain to Obama because of this decision. I'm also wondering how many have switched from neutral/undecided or 3rd-party candidates to either McCain or Obama since the VP announcement. But I don't know how to post a poll. :o
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    I've heard more people going over to Obama because of his choice of Biden more so than McCain choice of Palin.

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  • Dylan StoneDylan Stone Posts: 1,145
    i love stephanie

    :)
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Nope...just a pretty face with the same old conservative agenda.
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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    g under p wrote:
    I've heard more people going over to Obama because of his choice of Biden more so than McCain choice of Palin.

    Peace

    See, I've heard the opposite. Biden's announcement didn't affect the polls at all while Palin's announcement has brought a record breaking fund raising weekend for the Republicans and in the CNN poll narrowed Obama's lead to one, gave McCain a 2 point lead in Zogby's poll, and cut Obama's lead in half in Rasmussen's polls. What these polls mean is meaningless but a lot of conservatives who were sitting out this election are going to vote now.

    My aunt and two of my friends mom's who haven't voted since Reagan and Bush senior are now voting for McCain. I think there is a group of older white suburban moms who are going to vote for McCain now.

    Me, I'm still probably voting for the Libertarian candidate.
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  • AnnaMelindaAnnaMelinda Posts: 331
    GTFLYGIRL wrote:
    i love stephanie

    :)

    Me too.

    I love Stephanie

    :D


    REALLY!!!!!



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  • __ Posts: 6,651
    suppafreak wrote:
    Me too.

    I love Stephanie

    :D


    REALLY!!!!!



    .

    Wait - so are you two saying that's who you're voting for now??
  • AnnaMelindaAnnaMelinda Posts: 331
    I love Stephanie!

    She's rather qualified.

    Fuck.

    We love her!

    That.... apparently makes her MEGA qualified.

    She doesn't HUNT... but she knows her issues!
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  • AnnaMelindaAnnaMelinda Posts: 331
    Gotta love a woman who is ANTI NRA


    Steph for VP!!
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    Solat13 wrote:
    See, I've heard the opposite. Biden's announcement didn't affect the polls at all while Palin's announcement has brought a record breaking fund raising weekend for the Republicans and in the CNN poll narrowed Obama's lead to one, gave McCain a 2 point lead in Zogby's poll, and cut Obama's lead in half in Rasmussen's polls. What these polls mean is meaningless but a lot of conservatives who were sitting out this election are going to vote now.

    My aunt and two of my friends mom's who haven't voted since Reagan and Bush senior are now voting for McCain. I think there is a group of older white suburban moms who are going to vote for McCain now.

    Me, I'm still probably voting for the Libertarian candidate.

    After Kucinich I'm now digusted with both parties. I may just just anything other than those two.

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  • KannKann Posts: 1,146
    Is it just me or does the choice of Palin for a VP look a lot more like a political suicide by McCain than a smart move? (see poll evolutions)
    If I were a little paranoid and conspirationist... ;)
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Solat13 wrote:
    See, I've heard the opposite. Biden's announcement didn't affect the polls at all while Palin's announcement has brought a record breaking fund raising weekend for the Republicans and in the CNN poll narrowed Obama's lead to one, gave McCain a 2 point lead in Zogby's poll, and cut Obama's lead in half in Rasmussen's polls. What these polls mean is meaningless but a lot of conservatives who were sitting out this election are going to vote now.

    My aunt and two of my friends mom's who haven't voted since Reagan and Bush senior are now voting for McCain. I think there is a group of older white suburban moms who are going to vote for McCain now.

    Me, I'm still probably voting for the Libertarian candidate.


    it truly, truly scares me that there are people in this world who might actually believe in palin's extremist pov....at least extremist in my mind. it also reminds me just how MUCH the 'average american' and i have, actually, so little common ground if this is the case.
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I just can't imagine that someone who could be wooed by Palin's very conservative political positions would have been for Obama anyway. I dunno...

    It just seems to me like McCain's camp is trying to sell the idea to Hilary voters that all women are basically interchangeable, and they should vote for him now.
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  • digsterdigster Posts: 1,293
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I just can't imagine that someone who could be wooed by Palin's very conservative political positions would have been for Obama anyway. I dunno...

    It just seems to me like McCain's camp is trying to sell the idea to Hilary voters that all women are basically interchangeable, and they should vote for him now.

    I'd love to see a poll of registered Hillary voters from the primary, to see how it's affecting their vote.
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    digster wrote:
    I'd love to see a poll of registered Hillary voters from the primary, to see how it's affecting their vote.



    i have said this often enough in this forum....i cannot for the life of me imagine a hilllary supporter suddenly becoming a mccain/palin supporter, simply b/c he chose a woman. palin and clinton have NOTHING in common beyond gender, so any true suppporter of her ideas and ideals could NO WAY suddenly switch to mccain. it makes zero sense. that said, i am not saying it won't happen....just saying they obviously weren't true supporters of hillary and her ideals.
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  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    You'd have to be a blithering moron to switch your vote to McCain, because of Palin.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I wouldn't switch to it, but I like that ticket better than I did before they had Palin.
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