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6 comments:
funny, there were more democrats in that poll than republicans.
Well its easy to say I'd vote him out over a generic Republican. Once there is a face to the vote and its one-on-one it could be different.
To go along with Ryan's comment it is also a bit early to start wondering who will win what, there is still a good year and half or so of possibility for Obama. Though I personally believe he screwed up his chances by going after health care during his first turn.
I just find elections funny in general. People felt the government needed a change and Obama's campaign was all about change, and now those who voted for him are not satisfied with who they voted for. Ah the politics of politics.
I think this is a pretty misleading poll because unless you look at the full poll results you wouldn't notice that two of the options were "probably voting for Obama" and "Probably vote for someone else". With the election so far ahead, those numbers are extremely volatile. Also, to add to Ryan and Ashraf's comments- you can see that in all head to head races with potential GOP candidates, he won every time.
To add to Ryan and Alena's comments, this information is extremely soft at this point in time, especially seeing as we are still lacking a definite opponent.
Also, if the Republican party chooses to go with a candidate like Sarah Palin who leans strongly toward the Tea Party, it is possible that moderate Republicans and Independents will end up casting their vote on the Democratic side.
Finally, consider that this poll was released by Fox News, which could be hoping to influence public opinion through the results. As you can see from the wording of the actual questions given, asking if someone will "definitely" or "probably" vote for Obama could easily lead to lower numbers in Obama's favor.
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