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Shocking polls in Obama's home state

Tam

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Shock poll: Obama could lose Illinois, Romney leads in Chicago suburbs Published: 1:31 AM 08/20/2012
By Alexis Levinson

President Barack Obama could lose his home state of Illinois in November, a new poll shows.

A poll conducted by Illinois-based pollster and political strategist Michael McKeon found Obama leading Republican Mitt Romney by 49 percent to 37 percent in Cook County, the home of Chicago. That puts him ahead by a far thinner margin than expected in a county he should be winning handsomely.

Cook is the most Democratic leaning county in the state. It is also the most populous.

Those numbers do not bode well for the president.

“He has to come out of Cook County with a big lead or he’s gonna have problems downstate,” explained McKeon, who said that based on the numbers he had seen, Obama polled only in the forties in downstate Illinois.

“It’s not like his policies are very popular downstate,” McKeon said. “He’s viewed as more part of Chicago than he is part of Illinois.”

According to the poll, which surveyed 629 registered voters last week, Obama’s problems are not in Chicago proper, but in suburban Cook County.

In the city of Chicago itself, he retains a 60-29 lead over Romney. But the Republican challenger leads 45-38 in the surrounding areas. Across the county as a whole, Romney leads 43-31 among independent voters, a crucial voting bloc. Romney also holds a 44-38 lead among male voters, and a 53-40 lead among white voters.

Illinois is not considered a swing state by any means; it is seen as solidly blue, and has been for the past two election cycles. But McKeon pointed to the 2010 gubernatorial race when Republican Bill Brady came within a single percentage point of now-Gov. Pat Quinn because Brady won most of the downstate counties. That is a feat Romney could repeat this year, leaving Obama vulnerable if he cannot expand his lead in Cook County.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/20/shock-poll-obama-could-lose-illinois/#ixzz24FZSu2t1
 

Mike

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I see where Romney is leading by a fairly wide margin in Florida now too.

Could be a rout by election day.

But might be bad for Conservatives by and large. The US finances are about to collapse due to Buckwheats shenanigans and probably will soon after the election.

If that happens, the Repubs will erroneously get the blame like Hoover did in 29.

The Dems may have timed it perfectly. And don't ever think they won't throw the whole country under the bus for a chance to spread some Socialism.

I will bet there'll be some vote buying going on in the Southside of Chicago this year. :lol:
 

Tam

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Mike said:
I see where Romney is leading by a fairly wide margin in Florida now too.

Could be a rout by election day.

But might be bad for Conservatives by and large. The US finances are about to collapse due to Buckwheats shenanigans and probably will soon after the election.

If that happens, the Repubs will erroneously get the blame like Hoover did in 29.

The Dems may have timed it perfectly. And don't ever think they won't throw the whole country under the bus for a chance to spread some Socialism.

I will bet there'll be some vote buying going on in the Southside of Chicago this year. :lol:

Yep Bush will be blamed for the last four years and Romney will be blamed for the next four years. AND just like in the last four years Obama will take responsibility FOR NOTHING but Osama's death.

Oh and the media and Oldtimer will make sure we all know who is responsible for the debt. THE REPUBLICANS. :roll:
 

cowman52

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And you think Rahm Emanuael isn't working like a hooker on shore leave to have enough votes in a secret bollot box deep in the basement of Cook co.courthouse ready to bring them out to save the chosen ones a**.
 

Tam

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cowman52 said:
And you think Rahm Emanuael isn't working like a hooker on shore leave to have enough votes in a secret bollot box deep in the basement of Cook co.courthouse ready to bring them out to save the chosen ones a**.

Oh there will be thousands of absentee ballots cast in Cook County you can count on tha. His campaign office is there and they are signing up every dead person in the cemetary to vote for Obama. You can also bet the Unions will have the maintainance contract for the polling machines just like they did in Nevada when Harry Reid was running for Re-election.
 
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