TIME Poll: Women Flocking Back to Obama (Among women: O 55, M 38 / O winning married & white women)

[Pirate Smile]

TIME

Latest national numbers find McCain is losing female voters “faster than Sarah Palin attracted them after the Republican convention.”

Among women: Obama 55, McCain 38.
After McCain picked Palin they were virtually tied Obama 48, McCain 47. Before GOP convention Obama led 49 to 39.

Dates conducted: Sept. 26-29. Error margin: 3 points.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/01/time-poll-women-flocking-back-to-obama/

Poll: Obama Makes Gains With Women, Hits New High
By MASSIMO CALABRESI Wednesday, Oct. 01, 2008


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is greeted by supporters at a rally at Mountain Range High School in Westminster, Colo., Monday, Sept. 29, 2008.
Ed Andrieski / AP

Propelled by concerns over the financial crisis and a return of support from female voters, Barack Obama has opened a formidable 7-point lead over John McCain, reaching the 50% threshold among likely voters for the first time in the general campaign for President, according to a new TIME poll.

Obama now leads McCain 50%-43% overall, up from 46%-41% before the parties' national conventions a month ago. Obama's support is not just broader, but sturdier too; 23% of McCain supporters say they might change their mind, while only 15% of Obama's say they could be persuaded to switch.

Among the poll's most dramatic findings: McCain is losing female voters faster than Sarah Palin attracted them after the Republican convention. Obama leads McCain by 17 points with women, 55%-38%. Before the conventions, women preferred Obama by a margin of 10 points, 49%-39%. After McCain picked Palin as his running mate, the gap narrowed to a virtual tie, with Obama holding a one point margin, 48%-47%.

In a stark indication of just how much the political landscape has changed over the last four years, white women now favor Obama by three points, 48%-45%; in 2004, George W. Bush won the same demographic by 11 points against John Kerry. Where Bush carried married women by 15 points in that election, 57%-42%, Obama now leads by 6 points, 50%-44%, a 21-point shift.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1846065,00.html

:woohoo:

[tblue]

1. I dunno about you, but I am happy as a pig in slop.

[qanda]

2. with lipstick

[vaberella]

7. Stop..you made me pee on myself.

:rofl:

[vaberella]

6. I'm happy picturing you as a pig in slop. hahahaha. Wooohoo..Thanks Palin.

:rofl:

[truthisfreedom]

3. Good news. And after the debate we'll see that rise even more.

She's the gift that never stops giving.

[Schulzz]

4. I just read there will be news Time/CNN state polls today.

CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corporation will release new state polls out of Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia later Wednesday!

Should be interesting, I am hoping for an Obama lead in Nevada and at least a close result in Missouri.

[TwilightGardener]

5. I'm sure the media will pick up and trumpet this story today, right?

[FrenchieCat]

9. Hardly.....

Women will now be relegated to the unimportant voting block of punditry, to join Black voters and Hispanic Voters. The "problem" for Barack not closing the deal will be Suburban White Men. Why can't Obama close the deal. What is wrong with this Obama guy? :sarcasm:

[TwilightGardener]

16. Yes, forget women, forget Hispanics, why can't he win the NASCAR dads?

He's such a freakin' loser.

[ronnykmarshall]

8. Thank goddess!

[JitterbugPerfume]

10. I am one of those "older women"

so are two of my sisters , one of them a republican. We all adore Obama and loathe McCain. It was a tough decision for my "R" sister, but Palin was the last straw for her. He really stepped in it with Palin .

[frickaline]

11. wrong shade of lipstick

glad to know American women prefer "Smart Sienna" over "Sassy but Stupid Salmon"

[Zenlitened]

12. Many women intuitively recognize Palin for what she is:

Nothing more than a B.S. artist, trying to get ahead on nothing more than a wink and a smile.

Matter of fact, many men intuitively recognize this as well! :hi:

Everyone's bullshit-detector is tuned pretty high these days, and people will eventually sense a scam when they see one so blatant.

[leftynyc]

13. Welcome home sisters

There was no way I would believe mclame would get the majority of women to vote for that ticket.

[opihimoimoi]

14. Phalins lipstick is fading past its gloss....

[leftist.]

15. But will he be able to shore up support with Clinton supporters?

:eyes:

Support coming back (if it ever left) was inevitable and we all knew it. Good to see data showing it to be the case.

[Kalyke]

17. That's what happens when you put the biggest insult to women on your ticket, McSame.

McSame assumed women were a monolythic voting block and chose to exploit that by placing a vagina on the ticket.

Little did he know that by choosing Palin, he effectively turned women into a monolythic voting block... against him.

[Schulzz]

18. Obama up 50-43 nationally in this poll.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1846065,00.html