AOL Straw Poll Favors McCain

You've probably seen the Obamabots posting some of the latest polls showing Obama with a few point lead over McCain nationally. These polls are generally done canvassing around 1,000 people or fewer. I could never figure out for the life of me how 1,000 people who actually bothered to pick up their telephone to answer a survey represented the average American. (I certainly don't do phone surveys.)

So Obama fans should be concerned over an AOL straw poll showing McCain leading Obama by about 8 percentage points. The poll has gotten over 200,000 responses. In order to vote, you have to enter in your state and a unique code, so the poll is hard to game.