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Title: Poll: Obama gets 'convention bounce' [landslide on the way]
Source: USA Today
URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politi ... 8/2008-09-01-poll-monday_N.htm
Published: Sep 1, 2008
Author: Susan Page
Post Date: 2008-09-01 18:57:02 by a vast rightwing conspirator
Keywords: None
Views: 317
Comments: 21

Poll: Obama gets 'convention bounce'

By Susan Page, USA TODAY

ST. PAUL — The Democratic National Convention significantly boosted Americans' views of Barack Obama as a strong leader who "shares your values" and can manage the economy and Iraq, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Saturday and Sunday finds.

Republican John McCain's advantage in handling terrorism was dramatically reduced and his "unfavorable" rating ticked up to its highest level this year.

"This is a convention bounce," says Robert Eisinger, a political scientist at Lewis & Clark College and author of The Evolution of Presidential Polling. The results reflect the impact of themes the Democrats hammered at their convention in Denver last week.

Eisinger cautions, "The Republicans haven't yet had their convention and John McCain will be exposed to a large segment of the population as well" with their convention this week. The GOP has had to deal with competing news events, however, including Hurricane Gustav and the disclosure Monday that vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's teenage daughter is pregnant.

In the head-to-head race between the candidates, Obama now leads 50%-43% among registered voters. In the USA TODAY poll taken Aug. 21-23, the Illinois senator held a four-point lead.

The new USA TODAY survey shows Americans settling into their choices. Now, 21% of registered voters say they either haven't decided or might change their minds. In a USA TODAY poll before the convention began, 30% were swing voters.

Among other findings:

• On personal characteristics, Obama has eliminated McCain's advantage over him as "a strong and decisive leader." By 46%-44%, those surveyed say that characteristic applies more to Obama than McCain. Before the convention, McCain held an eight-point advantage. Obama has a 13-point advantage as someone who "shares your values," double the edge he held before the convention. He has an eight-point advantage as someone who is "honest and trustworthy; before the convention, they were ranked equally on that quality.

• On handling issues, Obama and McCain are rated equally in handling the situation in Iraq — 47% prefer Obama, 46% McCain — while McCain has a nine-point advantage in handling terrorism. That's significantly narrower margin than before the convention, when McCain had a 22-point lead. Obama has a 19-point lead in managing the economy.

• Obama has eased concerns about his level of experience, but they remain a significant factor. Now 50% of those surveyed say they are very or somewhat concerned about his experience. Before the convention, 57% were.

• McCain's favorable-unfavorable rating was 54%-38%, a healthy mark but his highest unfavorable this year. Obama's rating was 61%-32%.

In the poll, Democrats continue to benefit from a "enthusiasm gap." By 57%-28%, Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they are more enthusiastic than usual about voting this year. By 47%-39%, Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they are less enthusiastic than usual.

The survey of 2,035 adults has a margin of error of +/— 2 percentage points. The sample of 1,835 registered voters has an error margin of 3 points

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#3. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#0)

McCain's getting a convention bounce by not having one.

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#19. To: Jethro Tull (#3)

McCain's getting a convention bounce by not having one.

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