New national poll: by 55-28 percent dems approve of Biden selection (by 3-1 think Biden helps)

[book_worm]

New York, August 26, 2008 – In a poll fielded immediately prior to the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama’s pick of Joe Biden as his running mate is being met with approval by voters, particularly with Democratic voters.
After Saturday’s announcement, 55% of Democratic voters said they were satisfied with Obama’s selection
of Joe Biden, while 28% of Democrats said they would have preferred someone else. Among all voters, 40% said they were satisfied, while 24% said they would have preferred someone else.
By a margin of more than 3:1, Democratic voters believe the Biden pick will help Obama’s chances of
winning (47%), while 15% think it will hurt his chances, and 32% think it will not make much of a
difference either way.

The Diageo/ Hotline Poll of 1,022 voters was conducted by FD from August 18 – 24, with 615 interviews
completed August 18-20 before Obama’s announcement of Joe Biden as his running mate and 403
interviews completed August 24-25 after the announcement.

The Diageo/ Hotline Poll finds that Barack Obama holds a slight edge over John McCain, 44%-40%, with
12% undecided. So far, the addition of Biden to the ticket has had no overall impact on the head-to-head matchup, with Obama edging McCain by a similar margin both before (Obama 45%-McCain 41%) and after(Obama 46%-McCain 41%) the Biden announcement.

http://www.diageohotlinepoll.com/08_Aug_Pressrelease.pdf

[Stop Cornyn]

1. Count me among the 28%

[Parche]

2. Well

its the ticket we are voting for, to beat McCane, that should be our main focus now