Only one pollster has taken a poll entirely after the Palin nomimation – Zogby. With the usual Zogby caveats and warnings . . . (Newsmax):
Republican John McCain’s surprise announcement Friday of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate – some 16 hours after Democrat Barack Obama’s historic speech accepting his party’s presidential nomination – has possibly stunted any Obama convention bump, the latest Zogby Interactive flash poll of the race shows.
The latest nationwide survey, begun Friday afternoon after the McCain announcement of Palin as running mate and completed mid-afternoon today, shows McCain/Palin at 47%, compared to 45% support for Obama/Biden.
Prior to the Democrats’ convention and the Biden selection, Zogby had McCain up five - meaning the Audacity of Hype’s bounce is a mere three points (FTR, Rasmussen has a bounce of zero, while Gallup has eight).
More to the point, if Zogby is to be believed, McCain-Palin is in the lead before their convention has even started.
Hands up, anybody out there expect that this year?
August 30, 2008 at 11:09 pm |
I knew that the fight wold start at about this time but didn’t know that Obama would lose his little bouce that fast! Good fo McCain!
September 2, 2008 at 12:08 am |
I really dig all your writing here, but the “Audacity of Hype” kind of sounds like others throwing out “Nobama Hussein.” It’s tacky amidst solid thought.