Wednesday, September 17, 2008

POLL: Palin provided "limited burst of interest"; 60% concerned of prospect of President Palin

According to a national CBS News/New York Times poll, Sen. John McCain has not succeeded in convincing Americans that he is an agent of change, and Sen. Barack Obama is seen as more likely to shake things up in Washington, D.C.

The poll puts Obama ahead by a margin of 48 percent to 43 percent, a figure virtually unchanged from a mid-August survey completed before the Democratic and Republican conventions.

It found that McCain's pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate produced "a limited burst of interest" in the Republican ticket, but helped McCain "only among Republican base voters."

The survey has some disturbing news about the Palin pick.

More than 6 out of 10 voters surveyed said they would be concerned if McCain couldn't finish his term, and Palin became president. By contrast, two-thirds of those surveyed felt that Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware is qualified to take over from Obama.

The poll was taken between Friday and Tuesday, as the crisis on Wall Street intensified and stocks began their tumble. It interviewed 1,133 adults including 1,004 registered voters. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3 percent......More..

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