The DNC has yet to give Obama a "bump", why?

Question

Should this not be Obama's time to shine the brightest? Yet Obama is actually losing ground. What are the main factors in play here?

Answer 1

The Boy is toast; he peaked in mid-May and by mid-October it will be all over except for the shouting. (Shhh....don't tell the wacky far-left wingnuts -- let it be a SUPRISE for them (they'll FEEL better that way! :-))

Answer 2

Because the convention has been all about the Clintons and who they want their supporters to vote for.  Veiled comments by Bill about Candidate X can't deliver, and Candidate Y agreeing with you on half of your issues (meaning X=Obama, Y=McCain), and Hillary's speech omitting any praise for Obama, the polls are reflecting growing doubts about him.

They're sending the message to stomach 4 years of semi-liberal McCain and wait until 2012.  Apparently lots of people are feeling that way and it's reflected by McCain's recent gains in the polls.

Answer 3

There hasn't been any post-convention polls yet.

These things take time, and besides, the convention isn't over yet.

Answer 4

Polls are not instant.

Comeon, to be statistically accurate, polls need to happen over a couple days and be very well planned.  You want a bump immediately after it starts?  That's just not gonna happen.

P.S. Intelligent has two 'L's.

Answer 5

Because it started yesterday and nobody has ever measured the convention bump until after said convention is over.

Answer 6

he hasnt even spoken yet.

Answer 7

He's toast.

Answer 8

by all logic, McCain should be leading by 20 points or more.

McCain is white as were all other Presidents in our history

Obama is the first black man to make it this far

McCain has a normal name

Obama has a funny name that right wingers have tried to link to Muslim

McCain has not had any false chain emails spread arond the globe about him.

Obama has had dozens of these falfe emails written about him

McCain is a Republican and Republicans are well known for voting only for Republicans.

sounds to me like it is McCain that is struggling...

Answer 9

People are finally realizing he has nothing other than celebrity status and lots of talk. We want someone with values and experience.  

Answer 10

Because the pollsters are idiots. Have they gotten anything right these last 18 months? They should be polling the undecided votes not the ones that have already made up their minds.  They are the voters who are going to decide who goes to the White House next year.

Answer 11

he should get a 15% boost in the polls because of this convention. he should have been ahead already by 10 or so points, but you can only falsely inflate an empty suit so much. Seems like there are too many holes in Obama's empty suit to be able to puff it up at all. Not leading in the polls, not leading his party in any recognizable fashion, floundering figures coming out of the convention. Seems the democrat/liberal lies aren't sticking as much as they would like. Time for them to get their cronies in the mainstream media to generate more anti-republican lies, more anti-American lies to help sway the voters. Or maybe it's because the voters already realize the desperate lies that has been promulgated by the press and DNC as exactly that

Answer 12

Because the DNC is cheering to the choir instead of going after the independent voters.  The middle is the largest it has ever been.  Neither hard-line democrat or hard-line republican.  Big mistake by the boneheads in the DNC, if I were a democrat I would be screaming at the top of my lungs for Pelosi, Reid, and Dean's head on a spigot, because they are so inept.

Answer 13

UImmm

It has only started and even if there was one, it could not even be documented in such a short time.

Answer 14

Barack Obama will certainly get a bump in the polls, just as John McCain will get a bump next week.  First, Barack Obama hasn't spoken yet, plus "tracking" polls use a rolling average, so it could be several days before the bump is even picked up.