Polls Show: Obama Won The Night

[Hissyspit]

Source: Huffington Post

Polls Show: Obama Won The Night

February 24, 2009 11:23 PM

Sam Stein

Instant public surveys on Barack Obama's address before Congress showed, by in large, that the public was incredibly receptive to his speech, regardless of political party. But that did not hold true for every single study.

A CBS News poll of approximately 500 people saw approval of the president rise from 62 percent before the speech to 69 percent afterward. Meanwhile, a poll on CNN showed that 68 percent of respondents -- who skewed a bit Democratic -- viewed the speech positively, 24 somewhat positively, and only eight percent not positively. Eighty-two percent supported the president's economic plan as outlined in the speech, while 17 percent opposed it.

Those results were buttressed by the findings of longtime Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg. In his own dial poll, which included 50 participants of mixed gender, education and politics, Greenberg found a large swath of bipartisan support for Obama's addres. That included a 14 percent jump, from 62 to 76 percent, in the favorability rating for the president. Saying at the onset that this was an "immensely successful speech," he highlighted a few issues on which Obama won over the audience. On taxes, "there was a 26-point gain," from 38 to 64 percent, "the biggest gains that he made." On the deficit, "there was an 18 point swing... from 42 percent to 60 percent." On Iraq, "there was a 18-point swing" (no numbers were offered)

"I've never seen this," Greenberg added. For a large part of the speech, all three, the Republican, Democratic and independent line where virtually in the same place." What was striking, Greenberg concluded, was "how un-polarized the reaction was to this speech. I have not quite seen that."

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[truthisfreedom]

1. Wonderful. Now I have to go find it... I was at work.

Any ideas where I can see the highest quality?

[4lbs]

3. MSNBC has it in pretty good detail.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29289533/vp/29372559#29372559

[damntexdem]

18. And the MSNBC 'audience' groups showed steady high approval through the speech.

And that included the 'McCain voters' as well as the 'Obama voters,'

[Pluvious]

20. Looked like the red/blue were reversed

As I watched the tracking lines on MSNBC's "reaction meter" most of the time
the blue line would drop below the red line. Seemed like they had the audience
meters reversed !

[demokatgurrl]

16. whitehouse.gov

[jpak]

2. Candy Crowley sed there wuz 2 many Democratz that likes Obama in them polz

and that them polls were not representative of the right thinking 'Merican public...

Candy can cram it.

[8 track mind]

4. who in the world is Candy?

[Qutzupalotl]

8. A CNN reporter.

Who can't hide her rightward bias.

[DS1]

17. Human slug, working for CNN

[Cha]

23. Are you sure about "the

human" part?

[relayerbob]

6. Is Candy any relation to Alistair?

That would make some sense.

[iceman66]

21. Dunno

. . . but George Bush apparently is:

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/04/george-w-bush-barbara-bush-and.html

[liberaltrucker]

5. "I feel a disturbance in The Force"....

Nah, just freepers heads exploding.....

:rofl:

[CitizenPatriot]

7. them there polls ainit from pro america mericuns!

librul media gotcha polls are out to destroy the candidate of serah whallin!!!111!!!!

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

9. Missed the whole thing travelling this evening, will have to dig it up.

[FrenchieCat]

10. The 29 people poll from the GOP Luntz polling company cracked me up....

Why it even got a mention, I don't know! :shrug:

[whathehell]

15. Saw that....You're absolutely right...Figures CNN would pull out some Republican Marketing Exec

to try and "spin" this negatively...I think the thrust right now is to try and paint him as a fabulous orator ("He gave a great speech..That's what he does").but an "empty suit" if you will....The good thing is that it all seems to be failing...The Reich wing keeps trying, but they can't stop the people from believing in this guy.

[FrenchieCat]

26. Plus empty suits don't answer questions at a news Conference

The way this President can and does!

[whathehell]

27. That's true, that.

[Frisbee]

11. Polls Show: Obama Won The Night

well, like duh! :)

[superconnected]

12. Obama - the real uniter, and making me proud!

[quidam56]

13. Hannity, Morris, Doocy, O'Reilly's heads exploded

Their Patriotic holier than thou America http://www.wisecountyissues.com sure isn't my America !

[Left Coast2020]

14. The RW spin machine will be in overdrive.

Sean "Hasen't-Any" will be slobbering all over himself while the Limp-butt pig will claim the world is coming to an end--or something along those lines.

[bitchkitty]

19. I have two very conservative Christian friends who

absolutely LOVE him. It's phenomenal - not that he's admired, but that he's admired by people I would never have believed would support a Democratic President.

[Cha]

24. Great news..I'm so

thrilled Obama is transcending that hate perpetrated by the corporatemedia and the repukes.

[Cha]

22. I should hope so..for

crying outloud! Jeeze. Brillance and below medicore:think:

I like this part.. "how un-polarized the reaction was to this speech. I have not quite seen that."

[bdamomma]

25. so nice to hear someone who talks to us like adults.