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Is this right? AZ = O 44/R 42??? (Original Post) abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 OP
There have been reports today that Arizona is in play still_one Oct 2012 #1
Latinos are voting Obama 77-10 according to one poll compared to a 15-point margin in 2008 WI_DEM Oct 2012 #2
Thank you Sheriff Joe. nt abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #3
And AZ does have a large Latino population. LisaL Oct 2012 #9
Unlikely FBaggins Oct 2012 #4
Head Fake jimdeed Oct 2012 #5
Campaigns have internal polling. LisaL Oct 2012 #6
it may be a head fake but the senate race is the real battle there. Welcome to DU. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #7
Yes it IS correct. See below Tx4obama Oct 2012 #8
AZ wants to see BLUE theduncans Oct 2012 #10
Outlier!! center rising Oct 2012 #11

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
2. Latinos are voting Obama 77-10 according to one poll compared to a 15-point margin in 2008
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 09:56 PM
Oct 2012

against McCain. If, in fact, Obama wins Latinos by 60+ percentage points in AZ, then, yes, I would say it might be in play if latino turnout is strong.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
9. And AZ does have a large Latino population.
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 11:10 PM
Oct 2012

So, Obama could actually have a chance there, if Latinos turn out to vote.

FBaggins

(26,742 posts)
4. Unlikely
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 10:08 PM
Oct 2012

Even PPP had us down by nine prior to the first debate.

That would be quite a swing without any news to explain it.

This same group has polled AZ three times in the last year and the president has been up all three times (once by five points) when no other poll has shown a lead (and most of the time we're down substantially).

But wouldn't it be nice to wake up on election day and find that everyone else has missed something critical that's different about AZ this year?

 

jimdeed

(14 posts)
5. Head Fake
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 10:33 PM
Oct 2012

That is what you call a head fake or purposeful bad poll to hopefully make the other campaign spend money there.

AZ is in now way going to go for Obama this time you can bet on it.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
8. Yes it IS correct. See below
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 11:02 PM
Oct 2012

It is listed on RCP latest polls list on Saturday, October 13, here: www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

And here is a link to the PDF that has all the poll details: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2012/RMP_AZ_1013.pdf



theduncans

(1 post)
10. AZ wants to see BLUE
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 11:44 PM
Oct 2012

I'm in Maricopa county and Obama supporters have been very busy registering people. In my family alone we added 3 new democratic voters for AZ. All of us have used the early voting option. It's bound to happen sooner than later. Many people moving here are liberal!

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