Palin costing McCain about 2% of support, poll suggests, growing less popular

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/02/poll.one.party/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Palin costing McCain, poll suggests

By Paul Steinhauser
CNN Deputy Political Director

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new national poll suggests Sarah Palin may be hurting Republican presidential nominee John McCain more than she's helping him.

Fifty-seven percent of likely voters say Sarah Palin does not have the personal qualities a president should have.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Sunday indicates McCain's running mate is growing less popular among voters and may be costing him a few crucial percentage points in the race for the White House.

Fifty-seven percent of likely voters questioned in the poll said Palin does not have the personal qualities a president should have. That's up 8 points since September.

Fifty-three percent say she does not agree with them on important issues. That's also higher than September.

"Just after the GOP convention in early September, 53 percent said they would vote for Palin over Joe Biden if there were a separate vote for vice president. Now, Biden would beat Palin by 12 points if the running mates were chosen in a separate vote," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

And what if voters were allowed to vote for president separately?

"It would be a 4-point edge for Barack Obama, 52 percent to 48 percent. Since the McCain-Palin ticket is currently getting 46 percent in a match-up against the Obama-Biden ticket, it looks like Palin's presence on the GOP ballot is taking 2 percentage points away from McCain. In a close race, that might represent the margin of victory," Holland said.

[Jack Rabbit]

1. Only 2%?

Quayle was estimated to have cost Bush the Preppy 6%. And the far right thought he was the greatest thing since peanut brittle, too.

[depakid]

2. America has dumbed down substantially since 1988.

and in 21st Century, the legions of the clueless are reinforced every day through talk radio and "fair & balanced" corporate media.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. The clueless were much in evidence by 1988

After all, Reagan was just completing his second term. I rest my case.