Poll: Women Not Turned Off Over Palin's Abortion Views, Split on McCain-Obama
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new poll finds only a handful of women are turned off to voting for John McCain because of his running mate Sarah Palin's abortion views. The survey also finds women split on the McCain-Barack Obama contest and 23 percent of Hillary Clinton backers supporting McCain. The press and political pundits make much of the supposed gender gap in each election, but the new Lifetime Network poll finds the Alaska governor is helping McCain run even with his pro-abortion rival. In a dramatic reversal since late July, when the women's television network conducted its previous poll, McCain and Palin are now virtually tied with Obama and pro-abortion running mate Joe Biden. Obama/Biden garnered 47 percent of the women's vote to McCain/Palin's 45% in the survey -- within the margin of error -- and another 7 percent are undecided. The poll also looked at women's views on Governor Palin and found that a majority (52%) of women had a mostly positive view while 29% were mostly negative and 13 percent neutral. Of the women who had negative views, 48 percent said it was because of the governor's position on the issues. Of that 48 percent, just 18 percent pointed to her pro-life position as the main position they opposed. That means just 2.5 percent of all women surveyed in the poll indicated they disagree with Palin on the issues and say abortion is the reason why.
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Bruce Elliott, whose wife owns the Old Town Ale House, painted this nude portrait of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. He said his daughter, who does a good impression of the Alaska governor, served as model. (Kuni Takahashi, Chicago Tribune / September 29, 2008) |
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Since we are a land of equal air time, I just cant wait for that nude Joe Biden portrait to make the air waves. JUST KIDDING! Actually, if that were true, I am quite happy that Palin was the choice and that Hillary didnt get the nomination from the Dem side. Additionally, I am quite thankful that this nude female VP nominee portrait program didnt happen during Geraldine Ferraro's bid for the election!
I do hope the perv was only using his daughter to hold a stance with what was likely a broomstick or toy gun fully clothed!
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This quote from the article is interesting:
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"I find her bizarrely fascinating, even though I pretty much despise everything she stands for." |
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Anyone who would use their own daughter as a nude model isn't thinking straight to begin with. It's kind of creepy when you think about it. If I was Sarah this guy would really creep me out. I wonder what his wife thinks about it all.
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Poll: Sarah Palin Bests Joe Biden in Debate Expectations Game, More Likable
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Americans will make up their minds over the next few days how the vice-presidential candidates fared in the Thursday night debate. But, the instant polls from mainstream media outlets showed pro-life Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin both beat the expectations game and came across to Americans as more likable. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey only of Americans who watched the debate found 51 percent thought pro-abortion candidate Joe Biden did the best job while 36 percent said Governor Palin did. However, respondents said Palin was more likable by a 54 to 36 percentage point margin. Both candidates beat expectations according to the CNN poll, with Palin beating those of 84 percent of debate viewers and 64 percent saying Biden beat expectations. The poll also found an increase in the number of Americans who say Palin is qualified to be president. A CBS News and Knowledge Networks poll found Americans seem to have a better view of Palin than Biden after the debate. Fifty-three percent now have a more favorable image of Biden while 42 percent said their view didn't change; that compares with 55 percent who say they now have a better view of Palin compared with only 30 percent who say it didn't change.
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Sarah Palin makes it big online
While she may not be a big hit with voters, Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has made a big splash on the net, becoming the butt of many online parodies and the star of umpteen viral videos.
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