Friday, October 24, 2008

A Poll for Obama Supporters

Don't get too happy.
Keep talking to your friends and neighbors. I heard an NPR report today that said young Chinese Americans have been successful in convincing their parents, who supported Hillary, to support Obama.
Young Jewish people, however, are having a tougher time. Unfortunately, the radical conservatives got to them early with the Muslim terrorist smears.
Then there are some older folks who believe that a President Obama will cause the black people to pay back the white people. 
What's more likely is the wingnuts, Joe Six Packs emboldened, will go bonkers on Muslims and black people. 
But I believe a President Obama will be an instant salve on America and the wingnuts will tone down their rhetoric and turn toward new criticisms of Obama. 
This AP poll gives Obama a 1 point lead. 
I'm thinking other polls are either giving Obama too much of a lead or not enough. We're either going to be very surprised that Obama didn't win or gloriously happy. 
I don't think pollsters considered the youth vote to the full extent. I also think the number of republicans voting for Obama hasn't been counted. 
But then again, we don't know how any one will vote until Nov 5. 
Here's how Obama could still lose.

Remember, we don't know how many of these kinds of people there are: