Zogby Poll: Republicans Hold Small Post-Convention Edge
The latest Zogby International poll shows that John McCain and Sarah Palin can count on more support than their opponents Barack Obama and Joe Biden at this point in time.
49.7% of those asked favor McCain-Palin over Obama-Biden (45.9%). Shortly after McCain announced his choice, only 47.1% said they supported the Republican ticket. This means that support for the two has increased in the last two weeks or so by two percentage points.
When the running mates are not taken into consideration, McCain’s lead is less significant: 48.8% vs. 45.7%.
Although polls, as usual this disclaimer has to be put in an article, should not be taken too serious, it would be reasonably fair to believe that Obama did not make a good choice with Biden, at least not according to the American people today. That could, of course, change.
For now, however, the Obama-Biden ticket fails to impress voters. Biden truly adds nothing to the ticket, whereas Palin does (little, but still).
As for the poll; other polls have Obama in the lead when the running mates are ignores, so this poll should certainly not be taken as a sign of imminent doom for the Democratic nominee. However, this one combined with the other polls mentioned once again show us one thing; the race is tight. Tighter than most expected several months ago. For some reason Obama seems unable to use the fact that most Americans have had it with Republicans in general to his advantage.
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