WaPo/ABC poll: 54% of blacks support gay marriage in wake of Obama announcement...

[markpkessinger]

17. All these pollsters are failing to get at the real issue . .

Asking folks whether they support or agree with the President's position or not is all well and good, and interesting so far as it goes. But if they really want to get a read on the extent to which this issue will influence the election, they need to ask an additional question, which would be, "Has the President's announcement caused you to change your decision as to whom to vote for in the upcoming Presidential election?" If this poll had said, for example that 60% disagree with the President, that really wouldn't tell you much. If you went on to ask that 60% whether the President's announcement cased them to change the candidate they intend to vote for, then you might actually be able to begin to make some intelligent political analysis.. I suspect there are many7 folks who may disagree with marriage equality, but for whom the issue is not a make or break concerning their vote.