zman102 Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Last Saturday evening I went to the web site of the Arizona Republic (the main newspaper in Phoenix) - arizonarepublic.com. While there I read their endorsement of John McCain for president. I also read the comments from readers on the endorsement. There were 276 pages of comments and they were running approximately 9 to 1 in favor of the Obama/Biden ticket. Most of the posters were Republicans who were not going to vote for McCain because they were not impressed with the campaign he has run, his choice for vice president, his response to his constituents as our Senator (virtually none) and the Republican party in general. Some Democrats posted for Obama (not very many Democrats in Arizona). And the few posters who were going to vote for McCain posted mostly racist, ugly comments about Obama (you know the tirade - take our guns away, raise our taxes, he is an arab terrorist). Tonight I went back to see if there were more posts on this subject and there were only 5 pages of comments. Odd that the others were gone, but maybe there were too many pages and caused problems for their site. The five pages were more recent than Saturday and 28 people were voting for Obama, 13 for McCain and 1 not voting. Also tonight I heard on the Arizona news that some polls were showing Obama and McCain in a very close race here in Arizona. Something like McCain 44 and Obama 41 (+/-3). Not sure I understand polling as I have never understood why it doesn't add up to 100%. Some people undecided? So could it possibly be that Obama will take Arizona? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 i would imagine that people who reply to/comment on blog entries and such are not a very representative sample of the population at large Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 http://www.electoral-vote.com/ Check here, Arizona is still red. Better hope for Colorado & New Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 i would imagine that people who reply to/comment on blog entries and such are not a very representative sample of the population at large Yes, better trust the polls. Latest four polls give McCain a 2%, 5%, 8% and 2% lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akhare Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I doubt that Obama can win AZ, but I really don't care as long the total tally is 270 or more :)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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