McCain the front-runner
For all the braying by the media-hounds about the place Senator McCain holds in the hearts and minds of the electorate, Patrick Ruffini's straw-poll sheds some unwelcome light on the theory.
Some quick background: Ruffini has recently hosted two internet 'straw polls' designed to show support for Republican Presidential hopefuls in 2008. Here are the results for the most recent.
Apparently the reviews are in order by result. In other words, the 'winner' reviewed first, and so on down the line. Seems the only explanation for having to scroll so far down the page to read his summary about McCain:
McCain: Vermont, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York. These states would all be near the bottom of Republican support in a general election, but they adorn John McCain’s top 10. His support is concentrated conspicuously along the Northeast Metroliner Corridor – guaranteeing him frontrunner coverage in the MSM. His home state of Arizona is well down the list with an 8% McCain vote, less than half of what he gets in D.C. This seems low, except it’s nearly double what he gets in neighboring Western states: NV (4.2%) and CO (3.1%). McCain and Chuck Hagel are apparently the favorites of lefty trolls crossover voters as results from Balloon Juice and RedState seem to indicate. In a less mischievous vein, are non-Republicans in loose screen national media polls driving up McCain’s numbers from their lows among Republican activists in forums such as this one?
Read those top 5 again closely. Republican support for McCain in so-called Red states is low. Very low.
Now contrast that with things like this.
Some quick background: Ruffini has recently hosted two internet 'straw polls' designed to show support for Republican Presidential hopefuls in 2008. Here are the results for the most recent.
Apparently the reviews are in order by result. In other words, the 'winner' reviewed first, and so on down the line. Seems the only explanation for having to scroll so far down the page to read his summary about McCain:
McCain: Vermont, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York. These states would all be near the bottom of Republican support in a general election, but they adorn John McCain’s top 10. His support is concentrated conspicuously along the Northeast Metroliner Corridor – guaranteeing him frontrunner coverage in the MSM. His home state of Arizona is well down the list with an 8% McCain vote, less than half of what he gets in D.C. This seems low, except it’s nearly double what he gets in neighboring Western states: NV (4.2%) and CO (3.1%). McCain and Chuck Hagel are apparently the favorites of lefty trolls crossover voters as results from Balloon Juice and RedState seem to indicate. In a less mischievous vein, are non-Republicans in loose screen national media polls driving up McCain’s numbers from their lows among Republican activists in forums such as this one?
Read those top 5 again closely. Republican support for McCain in so-called Red states is low. Very low.
Now contrast that with things like this.