Another WTF Poll: Obama ahead in Indiana???

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Sen. Barack Obama holds a tenuous lead over Sen. John McCain in Indiana ... according to a new Indianapolis Star-WTHR (Channel 13) poll.

Obama's three-point lead in the poll, 47 percent to 44 percent, reinforces Indiana's status as a battleground in the race for the White House.

The poll, conducted Sunday through Tuesday by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, also revealed a geographic disparity between the two candidates: Obama, the Democrat, holds a 54 percent to 40 percent advantage in Indianapolis, but McCain, the Republican, leads in all other regions of the state, including Northwest Indiana.

Pollster J. Ann Selzer said the poll, with a 4 percentage point margin of error, reflects a lead by Obama that is tentative and reliant on a solid turnout in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.

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Hoosiers have not supported a Democrat for president since Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide in 1964.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...WS0502/80917076

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Hoosiers have not supported a Democrat for president since Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide in 1964.

You know that poll's methodology is wrong if anybody thinks Indiana will go to Obama. Indiana ain't New Jersey.

Edited September 18, 2008 by alienlovechild

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Hoosiers have not supported a Democrat for president since Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide in 1964.

You know that poll's methodology is wrong if anybody thinks Indiana will go to Obama. Indiana ain't New Jersey.

Likely true.

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you cares about indiana ..it is a state full of hoosiers ///(inside st louis joke)

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From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

Obama is gaining in national polls.

(CNN) – Barack Obama appears to be regaining his summer edge over John McCain according to the latest CNN poll of polls, which shows a swing of four points in the Illinois senator's favor in just over a week.

With less than seven weeks remaining until voters weigh in at the polls, Obama now holds a 2 point lead over McCain (47 percent to 45 percent), according to CNN's average of several recent national polls. Eight percent still remain undecided.

The latest polls also suggest Obama again holds the slim but clear advantage he held in August before both parties' conventions — one month ago, Obama held the same 2 point margin over McCain.

Election Center: Track CNN's poll of polls

The Illinois senator increased that lead following his own convention, but saw it disappear entirely after McCain tapped Sarah Palin as his running mate and Republicans emerged energized from their convention in early September: In a CNN poll of polls taken 10 days ago, The McCain-Palin ticket held a 2 point advantage over its Democratic counterpart.

The poll of polls consists of six recent surveys: CBS/NYT (September 12-16), Quinnipiac (September 11-16), IPSOS-McClatchy (September 11-15), Gallup (September 14-16), Diageo/Hotline (September 14-16), and American Research Group (September 13-15).

It does not have a sampling error.

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Lies!

McCain will win no less than 400 electoral college votes out of an available 538 in November.

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Funny how all of a sudden yet another poll comes out and the methodology is incorrect. I say flup them all over to the campfire and talk real issues.

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Funny how all of a sudden yet another poll comes out and the methodology is incorrect. I say flup them all over to the campfire and talk real issues.

damn, aren't you idealistic.

let's all sit around a campfire, hold hands and just get to know each other.

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I live in Indiana and there's a bunch of old azz, stuck in their ways racists around here

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I live in Indiana and there's a bunch of old azz, stuck in their ways racists around here

That's such a horrible thing to say. Racists have feelings too you know.

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Funny how all of a sudden yet another poll comes out and the methodology is incorrect. I say flup them all over to the campfire and talk real issues.

damn, aren't you idealistic.

let's all sit around a campfire, hold hands and just get to know each other.

Well, we could bash each other over the head with actual issues. That might be OK.

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Funny how all of a sudden yet another poll comes out and the methodology is incorrect. I say flup them all over to the campfire and talk real issues.

damn, aren't you idealistic.

let's all sit around a campfire, hold hands and just get to know each other.

Well, we could bash each other over the head with actual issues. That might be OK.

[nowhereman 1]

I love how the the Neo-con posters spammed the forum (e.g. GaryC) with polls when McCain was ahead, but now that the polls show Obama is ahead again they question the polls. You jackasses can't have it both ways... if you believe one poll from say Gallup when McCain is ahead and then denounce a poll two weeks later that shows Obama ahead there's a word for that... hypocrite!

[Dan J 277]

I love how the the Neo-con posters spammed the forum (e.g. GaryC) with polls when McCain was ahead, but now that the polls show Obama is ahead again they question the polls. You jackasses can't have it both ways... if you believe one poll from say Gallup when McCain is ahead and then denounce a poll two weeks later that shows Obama ahead there's a word for that... hypocrite!

Yup, all the polls either show a tie, or up to 5 points ahead for Obama. Polls should always be taken with a grain of salt though.

The debates on the other hand are likely to be in favor of Obama/Biden (For diffrent reasons). Which will hopefully boost them enough to carry then through the election.

[nowhereman 1]

I love how the the Neo-con posters spammed the forum (e.g. GaryC) with polls when McCain was ahead, but now that the polls show Obama is ahead again they question the polls. You jackasses can't have it both ways... if you believe one poll from say Gallup when McCain is ahead and then denounce a poll two weeks later that shows Obama ahead there's a word for that... hypocrite!

Yup, all the polls either show a tie, or up to 5 points ahead for Obama. Polls should always be taken with a grain of salt though.

The debates on the other hand are likely to be in favor of Obama/Biden (For diffrent reasons). Which will hopefully boost them enough to carry then through the election.

Its going to be a tight race and 1-2 states will make a difference. I just find it really, really sad how some of the neo-cons who post here pick & chose what "facts" they want to accept (even if the source is the same, they will accept the half they like & denounce the half they don't like).