GOOD NEWS in first "real" polls!

[jefferson_dem]

Thanks to http://www.dailykos.com/ for update.

CBS News:

CBS News tracked the reactions to tonight's vice-presidential debate of a nationwide panel of 169 uncommitted voters - voters who could change their minds before Election Day. Here are the initial results. This scientific poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 7 percentage points:

By 41% to 29%, uncommitted debate watchers say Edwards won the debate tonight.


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ABC News:

ABC News poll, 509 interviews +/- 4.5

Who won?
(among debate viewers)
Cheney 43%
Edwards 35%
Tie 19%

Vote preference among debate viewers
Before the debate After the debate
Bush/Cheney 51% 50%
Kerry/Edwards 48% 49%
Nader/Camejo <1% 0%


Party ID of debate viewers
Democrats 31%
Republicans 38
Independents 27

This poll may have given Cheney the edge, but his ticket lost support.

[NMDemDist2]

1. that's great esp since they WAY oversampled the Reps

there are lots more then 31% dems

[lancdem]

13. And even with 7 percent more Repukes

the Bush lead is just 1 percent!

[undergroundrailroad]

2. Thanks for the updates jefferson_dem !

Undergroundrailroad :hi:

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Thanks -- kick --

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

4. Set aside the obvious bias in the sample...

And Edwards won.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

5. KICK

!

[Cha]

6. Whenever I click on an abc poll

..I don't see where we can vote..it's eeiry

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. They polled more repukes.

:grr:

[snowbear]

8. sad sad sidwell

Don't tell Sidwell. He'll have a coronary. :bounce:

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

9. Check out my seven person focus group

of undecided apoliticals (some didn't even know who the VP was a year ago when I started talking to them about this stuff):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x980844

Edwards won hands down according to them.

[jefferson_dem]

10. kick>!

:kick:

[Julian English]

11. double kick

:kick:
:kick:

[leftofthedial]

12. 38% Repukes and 27% Indys means this poll is skewed

badly