Good News from Gallup....

[WCGreen]

PRINCETON, NJ -- The Democratic convention appears to have helped solidify support for Barack Obama among former Hillary Clinton supporters, with the percent saying they will vote for Obama in November moving from 70% pre-convention to 81% after the convention, and the percent certain to vote for Obama jumping from 47% to 65%.

There is more down the page...

The Democratic convention appears to have increased certainty of support for Obama among Democratic voters, including in particular among the critical group of Democrats who earlier this year supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries (see graph above).

Much attention was given to the fact that only 47% of former Clinton supporters said they were certain to vote for Obama in the pre-convention USA Today/Gallup poll, and that 16% of these voters said they were going to vote for McCain, with another 14% undecided.

The new polling shows that many of these disaffected Clinton voters have now returned to the loyal Democratic fold. The percentage of former Clinton voters who say they are certain to vote for Obama has now jumped to 65%. Although 12% of former Clinton voters persist in saying that they are going to vote for McCain, that's down from 16%, and the percentage who are undecided has dropped in half.


http://www.gallup.com/poll/109957/Obama-Gains-Among-Former-Clinton-Supporters.aspx


This is great stuff. The Puma myth of inevitability has been pretty much squashed. Sure some of HRC's supporters will still be angry but they will, it looks like from the polling data from Gallup, ultimately pull the lever for Obama based on issues and not on emotion.

[vaberella]

1. Fantastic news. n/t

[liberal N proud]

2. So much for the Palin factor helping McCain with Hillary voters.

The main purpose of the comparisons is to provide an initial measurement of the impact of the convention on the images of the two candidates (and the two parties) coincident with the convention. This year's timeline provides a challenge of interpretation. In addition to the Democratic convention, the time period between the two surveys being compared here also encompassed McCain's surprise announcement of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate on Friday, and the intensifying news coverage of the approach of Hurricane Gustav throughout the rest of the weekend. Nevertheless, the comparisons give us a basic indication of the overall impact of the convention.

[Dawgs]

3. Saying they'll vote for Obama and actually doing it are two different things.

I think McCain offending Hillary supporters by picking Palin will help get them to the polls. :)

[Robyn66]

4. Excellent!! I don't beleive PUMA's have ever been Democrats

I think they are just an extension of Operation Chaos. These people wouldn't vote for Obama under any circumstances and they are enthusiastic about McCain/Palin so they aren't interested in Woman's Rights either.

FINALLY it looks like the country is getting a BRAIN!!

[MindMatter]

7. Without a doubt. There are probably only about 6% real PUMAs

who will vote for McCain, but they probably would have voted for him anyway. The other half of that 12% will come out way in the next 60 days. That's bad news for McCain if he was expecting Palin to win them over. If he had picked a more qualified woman, this would be completely different race.

[mnhtnbb]

5. Super news!

[niceypoo]

6. I predict that he will hit the magical 50% mark...

...that republicans continually brag he cannot reach...

Thank you McClown, Thank you Palin!

[thenam]

8. He's already done it

In a few polls, including today's daily tracker from Rasmussen. He's at 51% there. Whether he can do this in the general election is another matter.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Thanks for finding that!

That is great news indeed...

It's always nice to have what you hoped for, happen...

K&R


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