Zogby is reporting that the addition of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket has boosted McCain over Obama/Biden by 2 points. From Zogby:
UTICA, New York - 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.Later in the report John Zogby makes this comment:
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.
"Palin is not to be underestimated. Her real strength is that she is authentic, a real mom, an outdoors person, a small town mayor (hey, she has dealt with a small town city council - that alone could be preparation for staring down Vladimir Putin, right?). She is also a reformer."
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I hope that the other polls coming out reflect the same bump.
It will be interesting to look at how individual demographics change as well.
The campaign raised over $7 million since the Palin announcement. The base (and Independents)are fired up, a lot of the donations are from first time McCain donors. As more people start to get to know Palin better, I hope we'll see a significant Palin bump across all the polls.
A lot of women I have been in touch with are really excited about the chance to make history. Perhaps the polls will start to see a bump in support from married women (the Suburban or "national security Moms").
A libertarian Republican woman for Vice President. I'm still giddy.
I'm in Maine doing a petition drive for legalized slot machines at a local race track. On weekends we walk door-to-door.
Yesterday, I had about 3 people, without any prompting from me, bring up "the Alaska Governor." One sports guy with a Boston Red Sox T-shirt, said he was now voting for McCain.
They love Sarah Palin up here. Lots of shared "Northerner" interests. And with Mainers loving Republican Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, I bet now McCain can win the State. (BTW, Collins is comfortably ahead in her reelection race.)
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