May 2012

Sarah Palin has now become decidedly the most disliked person in the 2008 Presidential campaign. From the Washington Post:

Palin is now a much less positive force: Six in 10 voters see her as lacking the experience to be an effective president, and a third are now less likely to vote for McCain because of her.

It is the experience question that may prove her highest hurdle, particularly when paired with widespread public concern about McCain’s age. About half of all voters said they were uncomfortable with the idea of McCain taking office at age 72, and 85 percent of those voters said Palin does not have the requisite experience to be president.

The 60 percent who now see Palin as insufficiently experienced to step into the presidency is steeply higher than in a Post-ABC poll after her nomination early last month. Democrats and Republicans alike are now more apt to doubt her qualifications, but the biggest shift has come among independents.

In early September, independents offered a divided verdict on Palin’s experience; now they take the negative view by about 2 to 1. Nearly two-thirds of both independent men and women in the new poll said Palin has insufficient experience to run the White House.

In the new Post-ABC poll, Palin matches the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., on empathy, one of McCain’s clear deficits against Obama, while fewer than half of voters think she understands “complex issues.”

A third of independent voters now indicate they are less likely to support McCain because of Palin, compared with 20 percent who said so in an ABC poll a month ago. Palin now repels more independents than she attracts to McCain. The share of independent women less apt to support McCain because of the Palin pick has more than doubled to 34 percent, while the percentage more inclined to support him is down eight points.

This translates into huge shifts in battleground states like Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania as these voters have become wary of the McCain/Palin ticket:

In Florida — Palin gets a negative 36 – 39 percent favorability, down from 47 – 23 percent September 11.
In Ohio — Palin’s favorability is split 35 – 35 percent, compared to 41 – 22 percent last time.
In Pennsylvania — Palin’s favorability is a negative 34 – 37 percent, down from 39 – 26 percent

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See Also: Run, Don’t Walk, McCain Campaign’s Strategy On Palin Shows Signs Of Working, All Eyes on Sarah Palin, McCain’s ‘Stop Sarah Palin’ strategy working like a charm, polls show, Would Sarah Palin Have Been Disqualified?, I know “Joe Six-Pack,” and he’s got no business in the White House, Gov. Sarah Palin: A heartbeat away from the US Presidency, and Your Moment of Apocalypse: What Sarah Palin Does Read Edition.

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“There’s not a single good reason for any worker, especially any union member, to vote against Barack Obama. And there is only one really really bad reason to vote against Barack Obama, and that’s because he’s not white. And I want to talk about that issue because I saw it myself…”

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COURIC: What other Supreme Court decisions [than Roe v. Wade] do you disagree with?

PALIN: Well, let’s see. There’s –of course –in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, that’s never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are–those issues, again, like Roe v Wade where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So you know–going through the history of America, there would be others but–

COURIC: Can you think of any?

PALIN: Well, I could think of–of any again, that could be best dealt with on a more local level. Maybe I would take issue with. But you know, as mayor, and then as governor and even as a Vice President, if I’m so privileged to serve, wouldn’t be in a position of changing those things but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today.

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See Also: Couric vs. Palin, round 17, The Librul Media, Palin on the Supreme Court, The Palin SCOTUS Answer Drops, Palin Reads All Newspapers, Couric Interview Contrasting Biden Against Palin, Biden & Palin Answer SCOTUS Questions, Katie Couric’s Supreme Court questions stump Sarah Palin, and Sarah Palin Loses Millions of Votes for McCain With Jersey Jog.

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It is an old maxim and a very sound one, that he that dances should always pay the fiddler. Now, sir, in the present case, if any gentlemen, whose money is a burden to them, choose to lead off a dance, I am decidedly opposed to the people’s money being used to pay the fiddler…all this to settle a question in which the people have no interest, and about which they care nothing. These capitalists generally act harmoniously, and in concert, to fleece the people, and now, that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people’s money to settle the quarrel.

Abraham Lincoln in a Speech in the Illinois Legislature Concerning the State Bank [via Tiny Revolution]

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With Barack Obama pulling ahead in key battle ground states, the question becomes what has been sinking the McCain campaign. The answer, from recent polling, is clear — Sarah Palin has become incredibly unpopular:

In Florida — Palin gets a negative 36 – 39 percent favorability, down from 47 – 23 percent September 11.

In Ohio — Palin’s favorability is split 35 – 35 percent, compared to 41 – 22 percent last time.

In Pennsylvania — Palin’s favorability is a negative 34 – 37 percent, down from 39 – 26 percent.

Nationally, Palin also has the lowest favorable ratings on the Presidential tickets, with a 52% unfavorable rating [via Daily Kos daily poll tracker]

Sources for state data: Obama Over 50 Percent In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds; Debate, Palin’s Fade, Economy Put Democrat On Top.

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Recent polls show Democratic Senator Barack Obama has begun to take a commanding lead over Republican Senator John McCain in the 2008 Presidential election, both nationally and in key battleground states necessary for winning the electoral college.

Nationally: The last 3 released national polls revealed an average 5.3 point lead for Barack Obama over John McCain. [Sources: ABC/WP 9/27 - 9/29, Pew Research 09/27 - 09/29, Rasmussen Tracking 9/28 - 9/30].

Ohio: The last 3 state polls in Ohio show an average 3 point for Obama over McCain. [Sources: SurveyUSA 9/28 - 9/29, Quinnipiac 9/27 - 9/29, InAdv/PollPosition 9/29]

Pennsylvania: The last 3 state polls in Pennsylvania reveal an average 10 point lead for Obama over McCain. [Sources: Quinnipiac 9/27 - 9/29, Franklin & Marshall 9/27 - 9/29, FOX News/Rasmussen 9/28]

Florida: The last 3 state polls in Florida show Obama with an average of a 3.7 point lead over McCain. [Sources: Quinnipiac 9/27 - 9/29, PPP 9/27 - 9/28, FOX News/Rasmussen 9/28]

Graphs courtesy of Real Clear Politics.

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See Also: Obama Breaks 50 In Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania, Where the Race Stands, Monthly State Poll, New Voters to Push Obama Over the Top?, Campaign 2008: The Swing State Blues, Obama Breaking Away in Electoral Vote Race, Another Poll Shows Obama Leading In Virginia, Polls: McCain Coming On Strong In Battleground States, Does Anyone Think John McCain Will Get 15% Of The Black Vote In Ohio?, and Another Democrat For McCain.

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