AP poll shows Obama backers gleeful, McCain's glum

[jefferson_dem]

AP poll shows Obama backers gleeful, McCain's glum
By ALAN FRAM and TREVOR TOMPSON, Associated Press Writers Alan Fram And Trevor Tompson, Associated Press Writers 46 mins ago

WASHINGTON – That smiling guy walking down the street? Odds are he's a Barack Obama backer. The grouchy looking one? Don't ask, and don't necessarily count on him to vote next week, either.

More John McCain supporters feel glum about the presidential campaign while more of Obama's are charged up over it, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released Saturday.

The survey shows McCain backers have become increasingly upset in recent weeks, a period that has seen Obama take a firm lead in many polls. One expert says the contrasting moods could affect how likely the two candidates' supporters are to vote on Election Day, possibly dampening McCain's turnout while boosting Obama's.

While 43 percent of the Democrat Obama's backers said they are excited over the campaign, just 13 percent of McCain's said so, according to the survey of adults, conducted by Knowledge Networks. Six in 10 Obama supporters said the race interests them, compared to four in 10 backing McCain, the Republican senator from Arizona.

On the flip side, 52 percent of McCain supporters said the campaign has left them frustrated, compared to 30 percent of Obama's. A quarter of McCain backers say they feel helpless, double the rate of those preferring Obama, the Illinois senator.

More McCain supporters also feel angry and bored, while Obama's are likelier to say they are proud and hopeful.

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[qanda]

1. Proud and Hopeful

That's me!

[FrenchieCat]

2. Proud, Hopeful and anxiously waiting for 4 more damn days!

[sarahdemva]

3. may i add mccains supporters are hate filled as well?

anger and hate dont win elections. lets make certain it doesnt.

[pnorman]

4. DANG! I was just fixing to post that myself!

But I cn still be of service on this thread. No doubt because the URL was too long, it failed. TinyUrl fixes that problem, so try this one: http://tinyurl.com/5k932m

pnorman

[Road Scholar]

5. We've come a long way since the morning after four years ago...

That really stung. Some like me are living with a guarded optimism. Next Tuesday night is gonna be sweet. (I hope). :popcorn:

[CADEMOCRAT7]

6. I read this too this morning and smiled. Check out today's NY Times.

There is a great article "Obama Is Up, and Fans Fear That Jinxes It" by Michael Powell. Maybe someone has it posted already on DU. It is an article we all here can relate to !

[Road Scholar]

8. Ha, I went and read that NYT article. I think it was written just for me.

I still am not going out and buy any sweet potato pie or champagne before Tuesday. I didn't want to jinx anything ya'know. LOL Thanks again.

[CADEMOCRAT7]

10. LOL. The pie is almost baked !!!! The champagne is almost chilled !!!

YES WE CAN !!!!! AND, YES WE WILL !!!! (and, just for the record, I just knocked on a piece of wood :) Glad you liked the article.

[truthisfreedom]

7. If McLame had wanted happy, hopeful supporters, he could EASILY have campaigned that way.

Instead he and Paling whipped their crowds into an angry frenzy, and McCanker actually said "I'm ANGRY!" and "You're angry!" again and again while campaigning.

What a total fool.

[tanyev]

9. I was positively giddy when I voted.

Made every one of my screen touches with a flourish, and a big smile on my face.

[ogneopasno]

11. What a shitty lede. Why does AP feel the need to slap shit on the top of their stories every time?

Of course, you can't spell crap without AP.

[tblue37]

12. Well, I hope those long lines discourage McCain's voters, since they aren't

that enthused anyway.

That would be ironic, don't you think? The Republicans deliberately arranged for there to be intolerably long lines at the polls, hoping to discourage Democratic voters, but as Sean Combs (Who is he now? Diddy?) says, "Ain't no line too damned long!"

With some luck, Obama's supporters' hope and enthusiasm will persuade them to wait in line, no matter how long, while the McCain supporters' lack of enthusiasm will make them think it just isn't worth it.

Like Black South Africans at the end of the apartheid regime, Obama supporters are taking their right to vote very seriously this year:

[wroberts189]

13. K&R eom hahahahahahahahahah