New poll shows white women supporting McCain after chosing Palin

My only response to this is really, “o boy…!” According to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released today there has been a jump in support for McCain amongst white women as a result of him choosing Palin as his running mate.

The Washington Post/ABC News poll found that much of McCain’s surge in the polls since the Republican National Convention is attributable to the shift in support among white women.
Before the Democratic National Convention in late August, Obama held an 8 percentage point lead among white women voters, 50 percent to 42 percent, but after the Republican convention in early September, McCain was ahead by 12 points among white women, 53 percent to 41 percent, the poll found.

David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager, is saying this poll is untrue, so it will be interesting to see what other polls report. However, this is troubling. My hunch is that those that have switched support to McCain because of Palin are a small group of women that generally vote Republican, but felt compelled to vote Democrat for Clinton. Whether actual, pro-choice, pro-woman, die-hard Democrat voting women actually jumped ship for Palin, I think is yet to be seen. Also, how are women of color voting?
Either way concerning. Starting to agree with my friend Kristina from Wiretap Magazine who over lunch last week suggested that it is going to be voter turnout from youth and people of color that will potentially decide this election.