After the DNC, Obama takes the lead in polls. Declares Martial Law to celebrate - Polidicks

[quote]President Obama’s approval rating climbed to [b]52 percent[/b], his [b]highest rating in many months[/b], according to Gallup’s latest poll. The [b]last three days of the Democratic National Convention gave him a 7 percent bump in approval over three days[/b], with a [b]3 percent hike in just the past 24 hours.[/b] [b]Mitt Romney received no bump in the polls from the RNC, dropping from 47 percent before the convention to 46 percent.[/b] [b]The DNC also surpassed the RNC in ratings[/b]; even competing with the opening night of NFL football, [b]more people tuned in to Bill Clinton’s DNC speech than the second half of the Cowboys-Giants game.[/b][/quote] [url]http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/07/814511/poll-obama-approval-up-after-dnc/[/url] As one comment on Youtube said, "What a contrast between RNC and DNC. GOP evokes fear and distortion of facts; Democrat evokes hope and sound reasoning.*" 4 more years!

That thread title

Awesome. Looks like perhaps more Americans are tired of the GOPs bullshit.

[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;37578583]Awesome. Looks like perhaps more Americans are tired of the GOPs bullshit.[/QUOTE] to be honest, the polls always receive a major bump after any sort of convention romney rose in the polls just last week

Man, ever since this section was named Sensationalist Headlines, the thread titles have been great. Also, I hope Obama can keep this lead in the polls.

Meanwhile my brother has been trying to brainwash me to vote for mitt. He tells me liberals are so intolerant, that liberals want to brainwash kids into thinking guns are bad and that liberals hate republicans so much that they'd do anything to wipe them out of politics completely. And he claims he's a moderate :v:

[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;37578640]to be honest, the polls always receive a major bump after any sort of convention romney rose in the polls just last week[/QUOTE] Did he? [img]http://puu.sh/12TN7[/img]

[QUOTE=smurfy;37578677]Did he? [img]http://puu.sh/12TN7[/img][/QUOTE] he did!

[QUOTE=Kalibos2;37578691]he did![/QUOTE] Keep in mind Gallup polls are a 7-day rolling average

538 reports that Romney's bump was only 2%, and that it went away quickly. If Obama can sustain a more than 2% bump, the election will be a lot easier for him.

[QUOTE=smurfy;37578677]Did he? [img]http://puu.sh/12TN7[/img][/QUOTE] How the fuck does this work? Do they have people polling every hour during this shit?

[url]http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com[/url] I sincerely hope that Obama really does have a 78% chance of winning. This website was damn accurate for the 2010 midterm elections...

Nevermind I'm a fucking idiot, I thought those were days, not months!

... I don't get it. There's no mention of any martial law. I want to celebrate too! I even broke out my practice videos on how to beg for my life! Fuck SH! I'm tired of this bullshit!

[QUOTE=smurfy;37578677]Did he? [img]http://puu.sh/12TN7[/img][/QUOTE] By the looks of that graph, yes, he did, a bit.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;37578718]How the fuck does this work? Do they have people polling every hour during this shit?[/QUOTE] They poll people every day, or put together many polls many companies give every day.

[QUOTE=smurfy;37578677]Did he? [img]http://puu.sh/12TN7[/img][/QUOTE] Holy shit that is tight.

I'm going to go see Obama tomorrow. Ironically, he's coming to my college of all places to talk about stuff.

[QUOTE=Dragoshi1;37579895]I'm going to go see Obama tomorrow. Ironically, he's coming to my college of all places to talk about stuff.[/QUOTE] Ask him why he still hasn't joined FP

"What is a Facepunch, Mister President?"

[QUOTE=Dragoshi1;37579895]I'm going to go see Obama tomorrow. Ironically, he's coming to my college of all places to talk about stuff.[/QUOTE] Stand behind him awkwardly for his whole speech and after the fact ask him if he knows about Facepunch.

[QUOTE=richard9311;37579979]Stand behind him awkwardly for his whole speech and after the fact ask him if he knows about Facepunch.[/QUOTE] No you gotta say a funny internet meme and walk away staring at your feet giggling.

Just hold up a sign saying, "What is a Facepunch?" Try to get him to sign it.

I think uttering the word "facepunch" might get this guy tackled by 20 secret service agents guys... So make sure you have a friend videotape it.

Quick! Everyone create accounts with any form of President Barrack Obama you can think of!

[QUOTE=Penultimate;37580151]Just hold up a sign saying, "What is a Facepunch?" Try to get him to sign it.[/QUOTE] The secret service was inspecting my college campus, and they informed everyone they could that signs are prohibited, no drinks or bags, only cameras allowed, we have to stand. I'll post pics when I take 'em. And I was going to ask him personal nerdy stuff, but If I can ask him more then one question, he shall be questioned about his not joining our fine community here.

Ask him if he would pull a Grover Cleveland and run in 2016 if he loses the election.

So I have been reflecting on the massive amount of political news threats about the Election that get posted, and how we always argue in them, etc. Should I make a Megathread for all Election related talking in the General Discussions forum?

This whole thing reminds me a lot of the French elections of 2002. What you have to know is that in France there are two ballots, and during the first one there are often around 6 different candidates. On the second ballot, there are only 2, if no candidate could get an absolute majority. This being said, on 2002, the two candidates who got into second ballot were part of the National Front (which is pretty much like republicans, except they like accusing Arabic immigrants of causing every problem in the world rather than homosexuals) and the UMP (which is a right wing party, I guess between democrat and republican, probably towards democrat). People were so piss-scared that the national front guy would get elected (he was genuinely batshit insane and now his daughter has replaced him) that they massively elected for the other guy, giving him a whopping 70% of votes on second ballot. Kinda reminds me of the current situation in the US. Romney is such a disconnected-from-reality extreme lunatic that pretty much everyone with a bit of sense is going to make sure Obama gets elected.

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;37587205] People were so piss-scared that the national front guy would get elected (he was genuinely batshit insane and now his daughter has replaced him) that they massively elected for the other guy, giving him a whopping 70% of votes on second ballot.[/QUOTE] et voila, chirac