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NRaleighLiberal

(60,021 posts)
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:02 AM Oct 2012

Sunday morning DU election temp check poll.....

Just a little over two weeks before the election - one big debate and endless negative ads and days of GOTV work to do...how does everyone feel?


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President Obama is reelected comfortably
7 (37%)
President Obama is reelected in a squeaker
12 (63%)
Off to Congress (tie breaker) or Supreme Court to decide - due to contentious issues (ie attempted theft by right wing)
0 (0%)
RMoney in a squeaker
0 (0%)
RMoney with room to spare
0 (0%)
Other
0 (0%)
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Sunday morning DU election temp check poll..... (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Oct 2012 OP
Today, BOs momentum post debate has appeared to abated Cosmocat Oct 2012 #1
Today Floyd_Gondolli Oct 2012 #2
my DU mini-poll is looking pretty optimistic right now, which I am pleased to see.... NRaleighLiberal Oct 2012 #3
bumping because the current polling totals make me happy! NRaleighLiberal Oct 2012 #4

Cosmocat

(14,574 posts)
1. Today, BOs momentum post debate has appeared to abated
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:13 AM
Oct 2012

Biden helped to stop the bleeding, BO stopped it and got some positive momentum to get a small, but tangible lead back.

But, there appears to be some slippage from that.

I posted a month ago I wished the election was then, when BO was up about 4 to 5 give or take.

It looked promising for a good, solid win then, but that the post first debate aftermath showed was that:

1) BO did have support on the fringes that was a bit soft and slipped off.
2) Romney had a larger margin of folks undecided that were his, that were not willing to commit until after that first debate, and they are now firmly his.

I know people took exception to it, and I hate Chuck Todd for being the corporatist sell out he is as much as anyone.

But, he DID say about two months ago, if the main battles were in va, flo, co, that it would be very favorable to a bigger bo win, and if the battles were in the mid west states, BO was holding serve.

That is what the race is boiling down to.

Now, for those who want to just bash good democrats for being concern trolls, bo is still is in a much better position, clearly.

But, his campaign went from a rallying win, pushing to get fla and nc to roll up 330ish evs, to falling back to his primary over 270 states in the midwest, and va, co, nv, nh.

Does not mean he is throwing the towel in completely at this point on the outer ring of states. but, romney is clearly taking the battle to bo a lot more at the inner ring of states.

 

Floyd_Gondolli

(1,277 posts)
2. Today
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:23 AM
Oct 2012

Seems like an "Obama can't win" and "they're stealing it!!!1" kind of day in the making from what I can tell.

A lot of doom and gloom. But who knows maybe some will turn that frown upside down by the evening hours.

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