According to an AP-Yahoo! News poll:

An AP-Yahoo! News poll found that pet owners favor McCain over Obama 42 percent to 37 percent, with dog owners particularly in McCain’s corner.

“I think a person who owns a pet is a more compassionate person — caring, giving, trustworthy. I like pet owners,” said Janet Taylor of Plymouth, Mass.

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[John McCain] has a veritable menagerie, including Sam the English springer spaniel, Coco the mutt, turtles Cuff and Link, Oreo the black and white cat, a ferret, three parakeets and a bunch of saltwater fish.

On the other hand, the poll found that among people who don’t have pets, Obama leads McCain 48 percent to 34 percent.

But that still leaves McCain looking strong, since the majority of homes have a pet.

The American Pet Product Manufacturers Association estimates that 63 percent of American homes include a pet, including 88 million cats and 75 million dogs.

Both of those groups lean toward McCain: 43 percent to 34 percent for dog owners and 41 percent to 38 percent for cat owners.

While he doesn’t currently have a pet, Obama has reportedly promised his daughters a dog once the campaign is over.

Even in this, it seems, Obama is all about hope and promises!

I’m not sure what to make of this poll, especially since where I live dog owners are almost guaranteed to be liberal (but maybe that’s because where I live almost everyone is guaranteed to be liberal). I can say that New York City has at least one good conservative mutt, pictured above, naturally.

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