CNN Snap Debate Poll: Obama 54%, McCain 30%
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Debates, McCain, Polls
Wow. This is even bigger than last time, which was Obama 51%, McCain 38%.
That’s a 9% difference between the first debate and this one.
According to the poll, 64 percent had a favorable opinion of Obama after the debate, an an increase of four points from his pre-debate showing. McCain’s approval rating remains unchanged: 51 percent of those polled had a favorable opinion of McCain after the debate.The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted by telephone with 675 adult Americans who watched the debate. All interviews were taken after the end of the debate. The survey’s sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Could this thing be any more over?
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October 7th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Could this thing be any more over?
Be careful w/that assumption. Obama’s got to fight like he’s the underdog all the way to the finish line.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:15 am
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October 8th, 2008 at 12:36 am
The most important thing I took away from the polls is that independents were turned off when McCain attacked Obama. That leads me to believe that McCain cannot personally attack Obama in the next debate with Ayers, Wright, or even Rezko without facing severe backlash. In 2004 the bulk of the smearing against Kerry was infamously done by 527 groups, which allowed Bush to claim he had nothing to do with them. Had he personally given speeches or made claims in the debate inferring or stating what the swiftboaters said, it would have backfired. Beyond that, polls show the public likes and trusts Obama more at this point. McCain doesn’t have the standing or moral authority to question Obama’s character anymore.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:10 am
well we could have finished voting i guess…but seriously there is still a month to go. The media would love nothing more than to start writing mccian comeback stories. i cant imagine anything short of an event on the scale of a full blown war with china or russia or iran has an effect on the election.
October 8th, 2008 at 4:12 am
When I predicted a landslide for Obama three months ago, it was mainly wishful thinking. Now I believe it’s quite possible. But I agree with the commenter above who says Obama needs to keep working like he’s the underdog.
October 8th, 2008 at 4:48 am
I’d like to echo the others here saying that we can’t become complacent. That’s my biggest worry - that all the college-aged voters who just registered won’t feel the same urgency on Nov 4 because it looks like things are going so well for Obama.
So, underdog mentality is good for Obama both in terms of his behavior (he did great after Super Tuesday losses to rebuild momentum) and in terms of turning out the vote for him.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:42 am
I my opinion, it makes sense that Obama is doing so well. I analyzed his policy preferences, using a website called Electoral Compass, and I think his campaign is very solid. By the way, the website is a very interesting and helpful feature. Here’s the link: http://www.electoralcompass.com.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:27 am
I think Obama circled a lot of questions, Some blatantly moved around with words to answer the question, without even answering the question. I don’t feel the same that most folks do, I felt McCain had more answers. Obama couldn’t agree to keep inside the moderating guidelines, tom brokaw’s discontent with that was obvious. Obama made it clear, that he did not directly say that he would invade pakistan, but he did make it clear that the soverignity of the nation of pakistan is not worth much to us if we can catch Osama Bin Laden.
Do you think our foreign policy can take much more of ignoring other countries for our personal vendetta or gains? The Taliban has made public announcements of a split w/ Al Qaeda, already the ‘terror organization’ is weakening its ropes, not getting stronger.
He clearly stated that he would not go to Nato to be veto’d by China & Russia. So, let’s ignore the laws we try to set in place years ago to get someone that has had no proof of existance in the last several years.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Obama absolutely must not get complacent (and I don’t think he and his team will). I still don’t trust voting day racism to rear it’s ugly head.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:47 am
How are these post-debate interviews conducted? In person or via phone? Could we be seeing a Wilder effect? Especially if the interviewing is done in person, I could see at least a bit of a Wilder or Bradley effect.
October 9th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
No matter what, VOTE! The polls look good for Obama. But I concur with the above commentary warning of complacency. If we don’t turn out at the polls, then the fools win. My god, Palin.. what a blithering idiot. She’s worse than dubbya, which I didn’t even think was possible. Please, let’s do what we can to keep her and geriatric McCain from the White House and vote for Obama so we don’t wind up with another four years of fools running the country.
October 15th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
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October 16th, 2008 at 8:12 am
My Fellow Americans!
Reach for the stars!
Give hope and tolerance a chance!
Rejoin the world community!
Vote Obama!!!