"Economy weighed heavily on most voters' minds; Six in 10 called the issue their highest concern" by Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff | November 5, 2008
Battered by a drumbeat of dire news from the workplace and Wall Street, a wave of American voters went to the polls concerned about the economy and chose Senator Barack Obama as the candidate best equipped to lead the country in a new direction.
Obama, a 47-year-old Democrat, enjoyed broad, deep support from women, blacks, Hispanics, and the young to be elected the nation's first African-American president, according to nationwide exit polls. Senator John McCain of Arizona, carried slightly more than half of white voters, but fell far below the 17-point margin that President Bush had in 2004.
As if the 2004 exit polls were legit!!! Yup, CREATE a CONVENTIONAL MYTH, BLARE it enough times and it BECOMES TRUTH -- and the LYING, AGENDA-PUSHING MSM will be sure to repeat it!!
Six in 10 voters described the economy as the most important issue to them. And of those voters, six in 10 supported Obama. Nearly all voters said the economy was poor or not good. Worries about the economy, which had dominated the campaign for nearly two months, dwarfed concerns about the war in Iraq, which only 10 percent of voters labeled as their leading priority.
That makes you wonder about the whole PURPOSE-DRIVEN "crisis." Took the IMPERIALISM right off the table, didn't it? That foreign policy boat ain't "changing," is it?
The Iraq war as a voter concern was followed by terrorism and healthcare, which each drew 9 percent in the poll conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International. Energy policy was selected by 7 percent. Voters clearly linked McCain to Bush's eight-year economic record.
Obama attracted wide support from voters concerned about the economy despite a widespread belief that he is more likely to raise taxes.
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But significantly more voters, 57 percent to 40 percent, think Obama is more in touch with their concerns than McCain, at a time when 93 percent said the economy is slumping or worse.
That is UNANIMITY, folks!
Obama also benefited from a windfall of support from new voters, many of them young and minorities. Six out of 10 new voters were under the age of 30, and Obama won that group by a 38-point margin over McCain.
The Edison/Mitofsky poll was conducted for the National Election Pool, which is composed of ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox, and The Associated Press. More than 10,000 voters were interviewed at random yesterday at 300 precincts across the nation and in phone interviews with early voters. --more--"
Same guys who did 2004!! So WTF?
