Hartmann just said 7/11 has your choice of presidential cups for

[napi21]

your coffee. In 2000, Shrub cup sales beat Gore by 1%. In 2004, Shrub cup sales beat Kerry by 2%, and now, Obama cups are selling at 69% and McNuts at 31%! 7/11 tracks them by state and even in Tx Obama is beating McNuts 60% to 40%!

I realize this is certainly not scientific, but I can't imagine why anyone would want to flaunt a cup bearing the name of the candidate they hated!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Jerry Brown!

:woohoo:

[EFerrari]

4. Okay, now I'm lost. LOL!

How does Jerry Brown fit in here?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. It must be an old cup...

[EFerrari]

13. We were young and poor then. We couldn't afford cups.

We drank right out of the coffee pot.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

16. We were advanced. We drank out of cupped hands.

[Marrah_G]

23. ~snickers~

:rofl:

[volstork]

34. Luxury! n/t

[ikojo]

2. I don't drink coffee but may buy a cup just

to take one for the team.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. There is a certain irony in thinking that of all the polls...7/11 would be the best..

:silly:

[napi21]

12. Maybe so, but 7/11 doesn't do any weighting, or picking who to

call. They just count cups! Somebody even said to Thom that maybe a handfull of people were buying a bunch of cups, and Thom said the cup has to contain coffee, and that they are not sold any other way.

I just thought it was interesting that there's no pressure on 7/11 customers, and no reason for them to "lie" as they are accused of doing to pollsters. I guess we'll see in a couple of weeks!

[xxqqqzme]

15. well that sucks - I don't drink coffee.

[asdjrocky]

5. Funny,

It almost mirrors the Intrade numbers.

[Wetzelbill]

6. Democrats, always exploiting 7/11 for political gain.

nt

[PBS Poll-435]

8. ...

:spray:

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Wetzelbill]

9. I blacked out while typing that one

:)

[Greyskye]

10. spit-take!

:spray: :thumbsup:

[NatBurner]

18. dude...

i'm dyin'

[BrklynLiberal]

21. That is so bad that it is good...

:thumbsup: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Wetzelbill]

26. That actually was the theme for my presidential campaign with Kurovski

Obama has "change" and we had "so bad they're good" while McCain has "You kids get off my lawn."

[Dangerously Amused]

11. Oh come on, don't tell me there's no Mercer percentage in there.

I'm going right now to get my Mercer cup All Three!!1!

[Wetzelbill]

14. This is all without factoring my cup sales in there

I'm pretty sure I'm winning.

[Dangerously Amused]

24. Hey Bill!

Sup? Any news on the job front?

[Wetzelbill]

25. nope not yet

He's up for reelection so he might be putting stuff on the backburner for the time being. He'll easily win but still, pretty busy I'm sure.

[Dangerously Amused]

30. Yeah, definitely got a lot on his plate right now.

Oh well, hopefully good news soon. Keeping fingers crossed for you!

[napi21]

17. Well, I either misquoted Hartmann, or he got the 3's a bit off, but here's a link

that comfirms Obama lead, but the % differs from what I posted. Sorry!

7-11 Cup Poll Results
Added by jnail on Oct 7, 2008 - add as a friend | PM me

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7-11 Cup Poll Results
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MSNBC just had a segment on 7-11 and their poll of sales by cup color - Blue/Obama and Red/McCain.

With over 6 million cups counted Obama leads overwhelmingly - 57-43 - overall and leads in all but 2 states where there are 7-11's.

This cup poll predicted both 2000 and 2004 accurately.

I smelll a landslide coming ...with a cup of 7/11 coffee....


http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/jnail/blog/&blogId=4632

[VWolf]

19. Here's the link

http://www.7-election.com/

Obama landslide

[JuniperLea]

20. My daughter works for Borders

She said they're selling decks of playing cards with McCain and Obama on them. I wonder if Borders is doing the sort of polling. :shrug:

My baby girl says she has refilled the Obama card section, but hasn't touched the McCain... though she doesn't know if someone else may have.

Interesting.

I remember years ago magazines would do this too. Issue two different covers for the same monthly issue to see how many of each cover were sold.

[bullwinkle428]

22. I'm just wondering how much the results may be skewed by where

the 7/11s are located. I know they had a huge nationwide presence for years, but other chains have moved into the picture in some areas.

"Once ubiquitous, 7-Eleven stores are no longer found in some Midwestern and Southeastern states."

A positive note, though - "In states like Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin," (Obama-leaning states) "other convenience stores like SuperAmerica, QuikTrip, Kwik Trip, Casey's, and Speedway occupy the same market."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Eleven

[Two Americas]

27. well...

Everything did change after 711.

[On the Road]

28. Even in a Redneck Part of Baltimore

there are routinely fewer Obama cups available than McCain.

[Hutzpa]

29. Texas don't have 7/11

are you sure it says Texas???

[OxQQme]

31. 7-11's got no

famous people quotes on their cups for me to misquote to my buds at work.

Wondering now if 7-11's got plain white cups for un-decided?

[rainbow4321]

32. We do. 7-11 is owned by a TX based corporation

And the 7-11's are everywhere. I am within walking distance of 2 right now.

[Hutzpa]

35. I lived in Houston

and there is none there.

[rainbow4321]

33. Here is the official website

http://www.7-election.com/