74% of Americans want debate to continue

[grantcart]

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=5e756118-0e6c-4a5e-a5e4-6080de9dab6a

America's 2nd Reaction, Having Slept On It -- Friday Debate Should Be Held On Friday: 24 hours after John McCain suspended his campaign for president and asked to postpone tomorrow's (Friday 09/26/08) scheduled presidential debate, SurveyUSA today Thursday 09/25/08 conducted a 2nd nationwide survey, that tracked a number of questions from SurveyUSA's 1st nationwide survey conducted Wednesday 09/24/08 immediately after McCain's announcement. Key findings from nationwide 09/25/08 survey of 1,200 adults:
3 of 4 Americans say the Friday debate should be held on Friday.
23% today Thursday say the debate should be postponed, up from 10% yesterday Wednesday.
The movement is primarily among Republicans, who, learning of McCain's intentions, now align as follows:

37% of Republicans now say the debate should be postponed, up from 14%.
32% of Republicans now say the debate should be held as scheduled, down from 56%.
27% of Republicans now say the debate should held with a focus on the economy, unchanged.
See the interactive tracking graph, here. 3 of 4 Americans say presidential campaigning should continue. Just 16% say presidential campaigning should be suspended, largely unchanged from Wednesday.

60% of Americans have No Confidence in President Bush's ability to lead during these economic times.
50% have No Confidence in John McCain's ability to lead during these economic times.
43% have No Confidence in Barack Obama's ability to lead during these economic times.

Half of Americans are now concerned that the bank whey they have their money will fail.
Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke remain largely unknown. Alan Greenspan is viewed slightly more favorably than



edited to correct title: originally stated that Republican support for postponement dropped.

[Newsjock]

1. Actually, this poll says GOP support for a postponement *increased* sharply

14% favored postponement yesterday, 37% favor it now.

[gravity]

2. Once they were told which side to vote on

[FVZA_Colonel]

3. It still shows 3 out of 4 Americans think the debate should go forward.

The people who now think it shouldn't have just bought into the talking points spewed by Faux and right-wing talk radio about not canceling it meaning "ignoring the crisis."

[grantcart]

4. You are correct -- I thought I saw a poll yesterday that was higher and didn't

read this one carefully.

[LiberalFighter]

5. The other 26% aren't voting anyway. So 100% of the voters want the debate now.

[FlyingSquirrel]

6. 72.8% in this poll, which shows the entire country (state by state)

ALL of the states have a majority "Strongly Disagree" that the debate should be postponed. EVEN THE RED STATES.

http://james-eng.newsvine.com/_question/2008/09/24/1906168-agree-or-disagree-fridays-presidential-debate-should-be-postponed-so-the-candidates-can-focus-on-the-economy

[mw]

7. Obama should say: "OK. Let's change the debate to the economy"

That would jam it up McLame's ass.

[Robeson]

8. There's always that 26% backwash...

...isn't there?