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jp5065
02-09-2008, 02:22 PM
http://www.pollster.com/USTopzReps600.png

I just don't understand.
Jeremy
02-09-2008, 02:23 PM
It's called momentum. You win first couple... goes from there.

Some people think they have an obligation to vote and they think by voting for the person who looks like the front runner they are voting for the Republican party. (even though they are voting against the Republican party when voting McCain. people are stupid, most people voting don't know why)
JonathanR
02-09-2008, 02:24 PM
lol @ Ghouliani
fabijo
02-09-2008, 02:24 PM
good question.
TXcarlosTX
02-09-2008, 02:26 PM
no its called fuckn new hamp!!! that was suppose to be our state. oh well
jbuttell
02-09-2008, 02:26 PM
Media spin. Pure and simple.
jp5065
02-09-2008, 02:28 PM
It's called momentum. You win first couple... goes from there.

Some people think they have an obligation to vote and they think by voting for the person who looks like the front runner they are voting for the Republican party. (even though they are voting against the Republican party when voting McCain. people are stupid, most people voting don't know why)


But the up trend started before the new year, before the primaries.
ConstitutionGal
02-09-2008, 02:30 PM
two words....media exposure....
paulitics
02-09-2008, 02:30 PM
He was going nowhere until the NH press endorsed him. That is where you see the sharp increase. Romney was chasing 2 rabits, while McCain was zeroing in on NH. I think it was a perfect storm, and part winning by default.
jp5065
02-09-2008, 02:32 PM
two words....media exposure....

OK... but it's not like he didn't have exposure before the polls started going up.

Most people have know who McCain is for a long time.
Jeremy
02-09-2008, 02:33 PM
But the up trend started before the new year, before the primaries.

Polls
paulette
02-09-2008, 02:34 PM
OK... but it's not like he didn't have exposure before the polls started going up.

Most people have know who McCain is for a long time.

True. Call it positive media exposure then.
ambiguousscion
02-09-2008, 02:36 PM
McCain is a veteran politician who has a professional campaign staff... this is what is "pure and simple".
Leslie Webb
02-09-2008, 02:39 PM
The media drooled over him, when Giuliani started dropping.
Bubba
02-09-2008, 02:40 PM
two words: Vote Fraud
Arramond
02-09-2008, 02:45 PM
The whole thing is so rigged to a such a degree that most people are unwilling to believe it can be that staged.
Feelgood
02-09-2008, 02:51 PM
Notice Ron Paul's is the only graph that barely moved? He never picked up steam at all it seems. :(
Jeremy
02-09-2008, 02:53 PM
Notice Ron Paul's is the only graph that barely moved? He never picked up steam at all it seems. :(

He got the same media coverage throughout the whole thing: close to none. Everyone else went all over the place.
JordanQ72
02-09-2008, 02:59 PM
I just don't understand.

See those Rudy supporters? Where do you think they went? After some jumped to Huckabee looking for a new candidate, they found Huckabee wasn't it. They then mostly jumped to McCain. The later choice to endorse McCain wasn't a purely random one. Plus, after some issues, he did a smart thing. He shook up his campaign staff.