I think it’s a foregone conclusion that Obama is going to win at Penn. Results from a Daily Pennsylvanian/CBS poll showed that 73 percent of Penn students support Obama.
No matter how effective Penn for Hillary may be, they are not going to overcome that margin.
The same might be said on a larger scale for all of Philadelphia. Obama will likely win here, the question is by how much, and will turnout be high enough to close the gap for him.
How can we rate how successful Penn for Obama and Penn for Hillary have been in their respective efforts, especially that final push to reach undecideds? The DP/CBS poll was conducted over the week leading up to Friday the 18th, so results from today’s voting should differ from those results mainly with people who make up their minds at the last minute. I propose this metric. If over 73 percent of Penn students vote for Obama, let’s rule it a success for Obama here. If over 27 percent vote for Clinton, we can rule it a success for her final push.
Either way, check back around 8PM as polls close for results from the polling stations around Penn. And if you don’t know where to vote, find out!
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April 22nd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
That 73-27 number came from a group of 30 “independent” voters on Fox news two night ago.
I watched the show. So people are being misled on this as they have in other elections to make Obama look good.
This is the kind of media tactics that Hillary has spoken about on many occasions.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
@BECKY
No, that 73-27 number came from a poll conducted by The Daily Pennsylvanian in cooperation with CBS. It was a survey of Penn students only, and has nothing at all to do with Fox News.