Pollster: Palin Put Women in Play for McCain
A Lifetime poll found McCain has improved his standing among women
For months, John McCain was having trouble getting support from women, even Republican ones. In late July, Barack Obama held an 11-point lead among likely women voters over the Republican senator. But things changed with the addition of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the ticket, according to a new Lifetime Networks "Every Woman Counts" poll.
"The selection of Sarah Palin as McCain's VP placed him back in center court for women voters," says Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway, who helped conduct the poll. With the Palin pick, McCain strengthened his support among women, with 45 percent of women now saying they will support the Republican ticket and 47 percent pledging to support the Democratic ticket.
But instead of nibbling away at disenchanted Hillary Clinton supporters, the "Palin Effect" did something else altogether. "There had been a time when Democrats had been able to aspire to get some Republican women. With Palin on the ticket, I think that will be very hard to do," explains Democratic pollster Celinda Lake. "It closed the enthusiasm gap."
Now 91 percent of Republican women are behind the Republican ticket, and 83 percent of Democratic women are behind the Democratic ticket. "We have seen since Palin being on the ticket one of the persistent effects is that the Republicans who were less united than the Democrats are now even more united than the Democrats," says Lake.
And while a majority of women surveyed had a positive view of Palin, her pick was also very polarizing, the pollsters say. Overall, 18 percent of the women surveyed say Palin made them more likely to vote Republican in November, while 20 percent said they were now less likely. "She clearly had an impact in polarizing both sets of partisans," says Lake. Among independent women, 23 percent said they were more likely and 19 percent said they were less likely.
Since Palin is new to the presidential race and the national political scene, some might think that Clinton would still fare better when women were asked who would be the best role model for young girls, but not so. Palin edged out Clinton, receiving 28 percent of responses. Clinton got 23 percent.
But the top spot went to someone else—Michelle Obama—where 29 percent of women said the potential future first lady would be the best role model for young women.
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Palin didn't put me in the play for McCain.
Palin did not bring me to vote for her or McCain. After I learned that Palin order wolves to be shot from low lying airplanes (just for being a wolf and eating to survive rather than for trophy) so that she and other would have more caribou, moose and other wildlife to eat (when there was not a shortage on wildlife) brought me to Obama's camp. Then, Palin went after the Grizzly for being itself, because the grizzly was eating salmon and they wanted all the salmon for themselves and money making ventures. Those, too, are being shot to death from low lying planes, even the cubs.
The Grizzly may have been the canary in the mine because they can only survive in a clean environment. But, it appears that the mining of coal, gold, and copper may be poisoning the fisheries with methyl mercury, arsenic, sulfuric acid, sodium cyanide and other poisons, which are causing the salmon to be less able to reproduce. Get rid of the salmon eating bear, and that puts humans in their place as being the immediate top of the food chain, instead of the ultimate top.
The mining of coal is partially for the gold and copper mines, which are creating toxic coal-fired power plants at each mine. That means more mercury (which damages the brain of the developing fetus), more arsenic (which causes peripheral vascular disease –heart disease—based on studies out of India, China, Indonesia and other countries and all from the burning of coal). Coal also releases at lot of bone cancer contributing radionuclides. In fact, according to an article from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory: "Americans living near coal-fired power plants are exposed to high radiation doses than those living near nuclear power plants that meet government regulations."
http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html
Of course, neither coal nor nuclear have protective regulations since the Bush Administration de-regulated everything.
But, drilling for oil can also be toxic. The production waters while once regulated as non-hazardous oil field wastes are extremely toxic and contain the amounts of heavy metals and radionuclides that in any other industry would be considered hazardous. Add the that the cancer and other damaging hydrocarbons. But, the fossil fuel industry has done a good job brain washing Palin alike the U.S. Congress and the Petro-presidency. We could have clean energy, but instead will have more of the same.
But, I won't vote for more of the same. I'm a woman who cares about the future of my “child” and her family, and was there for her when she was growing up. Perhaps, Palin needs to spend more time with and guiding her family. Or, perhaps not. We wouldn't want them to grow up to be like her, an narrow minded woman who follows the dirty fuels and will ultimately poison the last clean source of fish and wildlife in the world.
I support Obama and Biden.
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