Good News For Obama?

[Hope And Change]

Regarding Obama`s $5 million Olympics ad buy: do you think this will benefit Obama and to what extent?

Read the article and tell me what you think!

Most Adults Plan on Tuning in to Olympic Games, Think U.S. Needs to Win Most Medals

Monday, July 28, 2008

Sixty-one percent (61%) of adults say they are likely to watch a large portion of the Summer Olympics on television in August, but 37% say they probably won’t tune in, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national survey.

Just over half of adults (53%) also think it is important for the United States to bring home the most medals, with 19% who say it is Very Important. Forty-one percent (41%), however, do not think winning the most medals is essential for America.

Adults over 40 are slightly more likely to follow the games than those younger than them. Sixty-nine percent (69%) of adults in their forties and 64% over age 50 say they will most likely tune in. Fifty-nine percent (59%) between the ages of 18-29 say they will most likely watch, while 52% of those in their thirties say the same.

The plurality of adults (45%) is not sure if the United States will win the most gold medals in the upcoming games. Just over a third (34%) thinks the U.S. will win the most gold medals, while 21% do not think that will happen. There’s even a gender divide on this question: While 41% of men think America will take home the most golds, only 28% of women agree.

While 68% of men under the age of 40 believe it is important for the U.S. to win the most medals, just 50% of women agree. Among those 40 and older, 62% of men and 51% of women think it is important for America to be the biggest winner.


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[book_worm]

1. They are always highly rated, so I don't think it will hurt. I don't get why it's so important that

The US win the most medals. If we do fine, if we don't it means somebody was better. It's just part of our competitive nature I guess. If I were asked that question my response would have been, "It doesn't matter to me."

[Arugula Latte]

2. The ad buy is probably a good move by Obama ...

Just wanted to say, though, I almost always root for the little guys in the Olympics. I love it when some young person from a dirt poor country beats an arrogant American athlete (yeah, I know, they're not all arrogant) who has had all the best training and equipment handed to him/her since infancy.

[monmouth]

3. I was saddened to see that the Iraqi athletes would not be

permitted to participate. Like these kids haven't been thru enough, this would have been such a wonderful experience for them.....sigh..

[Lucky 13]

4. I don't know about and don't care if we win the most medals, but...

This was a SMART ad buy by the Obama campaign.

Beauty part is, McCain can't match it. But he's got to spend at least some of his resources trying. Otherwise, Obama will go largely unchallenged on national television during a month long event viewed by a HUGE number of Americans from all walks of life.

Make McCain spend his money NOW vs. October. Very smart I think...