You know those former Clinton supporters that Palin was supposed to bring in?
Yeah... it ain't gonna happen
PRINCETON, NJ -- The Democratic convention appears to have helped solidify support for Barack Obama among former Hillary Clinton supporters, with the percent saying they will vote for Obama in November moving from 70% pre-convention to 81% after the convention, and the percent certain to vote for Obama jumping from 47% to 65%.
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Much attention was given to the fact that only 47% of former Clinton supporters said they were certain to vote for Obama in the pre-convention USA Today/Gallup poll, and that 16% of these voters said they were going to vote for McCain, with another 14% undecided.
The new polling shows that many of these disaffected Clinton voters have now returned to the loyal Democratic fold. The percentage of former Clinton voters who say they are certain to vote for Obama has now jumped to 65%. Although 12% of former Clinton voters persist in saying that they are going to vote for McCain, that's down from 16%, and the percentage who are undecided has dropped in half.
Also in the poll...
The percent of Americans who profess to be "very" concerned that John McCain would pursue policies too similar to those of President Bush moved up slightly between the two surveys, from 41% to 47%.
Actually there is a great deal of great news in there, and very little bad news. Obama gained in a few categories, such as able to handle terrorism, Iraq and be a strong leader. He is also at 52% on "shares my values".