Kos R2K TRACKING POLL: Obama 48, McCain 44. Palin in negativeland. McLame tanks on the economy.

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9/17 Daily Kos R2K Tracking Poll: Obama 48, McCain 44
by DemFromCT
Wed Sep 17, 2008 at 04:52:41 AM PDT

Today's Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll continues to have Obama out in front 48 to McCain's 44 (click here for internals and here for trend.) The MoE is +/- 3 and the numbers refer to a three day sample, although Obama had a strong yesterday single sample (+5, although the MoE on the single day sample is higher, MoE +/- 5.1).

Note Sarah Palin's fav/unfav today is 44/45, a negative spread. This data flies in the face of some of the cable narrative (the print journalists get it, and the bloggers get it). But like using last week's polls in the face of current economic news, it's easier to be lazy than informed. Some people really do connect with her. But maybe the Captains of Industry aren't on the phone saying, "Get me Palin, she can dress a moose." And all of that doesn't mean people will necessarily vote for her, even if they do connect. What the numbers show that in any case, the Palin thing is not universal. Don't forget that it took years before cable was willing to admit Bush was unpopular. They still have never acknowledged getting that wrong.

I also watched folks on cable use week old polls to show that Obama and McCain had similar ratings on the economy. However, Diageo/Hotline, which yesterday also has Obama up by 4, had an interesting graph on the economy question.

Who would do best job handling the economy?*



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