Rasmussen: Hillary Beats McCain by 8 but Obama in Dead Heat with McCain
ust what we have all thought for a long time. Hillary beats McCain easily. In this poll released today Hillary wins by 8 while Obama is locked in a dead heat with McCain. HILLARY BEATS MCCAIN BY 8 WHILE OBAMA IS LOCKED IN A DEAD HEAT!!!
Barack Obama says a vote for John McCain is a vote for George W. Bush’s third term, but a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that the Democratic hopeful would have a much easier time of it if he were actually running against the incumbent president this year.
At a time when Obama and McCain are locked in a tight race, the poll shows that Obama would rout President Bush 54% to 34%. Looking at the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, McCain is outperforming Bush by more than 15 percentage points.
The poll results also show that Obama would have an easier go of it against two of McCain’s chief rivals for the Republican nomination. The presumptive Democratic nominee leads former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by eight points 49% to 41% and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee 50% to 39%.
However, McCain fares better against Obama than he does against two other prominent Democrats. New York Senator Hillary Clinton leads McCain by eight points, 50% to 42%. Former Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2000, leads McCain 50% to 43%.
These numbers help explain why Election 2008 is competitive even though events so heavily favor the Democrats — because the Republicans are on course to nominate their strongest possible general election candidate but the Democrats are not. Perhaps even more importantly, the data suggests that voters don’t see a potential McCain Administration as the third term of President Bush.
In all five hypothetical match-ups featured in this article, the Democrat leads the Republican among unaffiliated voters. In the match-up between the two presumptive nominees, McCain holds a slight edge over Obama among those voters.
DNC are you listening to the American people?
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I think they hear us now lol and I think that the person who enters the convention the Nominee is not going to leave the convention the Nominee. Its time for the PUMAs to keep up the pressure and to be nice to any former Obama supporter who is disillusioned. Obama’s vote for FISA was a dream come true for the Clinton supporters as far as his nomination is concerned. I think the Down tickets are going to revolt.
I think they are starting to hear us ROAR. Obama is a loser. They keep propping him up, and he keeps screwing up. First he flops to the left and then he flops to the right. Nobody knows where he stands on any issue. (that’s probably because he doesn’t know himself). Nobama, noway. Hillary, we got your back. Don’t give up. We need you.
Verrrry nice!! This momentum is just perfect for Hillary to turn things completely around by Convention.
Thank you for posting.
colbertnationfan:
No problem. I’m a poll junkie and I’ve been screaming from the top of my lungs that Obama is the weaker candidate against the Republican. Hillary beats the Republican without even trying!
Too bad we have the DNC who decides to go with the flavor of the month instead of the steady workhorse.
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The CBS/New York Times poll released today shows Obama leading McCain by 6 points, 45 to 39 percent. This spread has NOT changed since the poll taken in June, 48 to 42 percent. BUT, more than 1 in 10 voters are now undecided, which is double the percentage-wise number of last month. And further good news; 28 percent who have a preference may still change their minds. Oh yes, Couric made it sound like Obama was pulling away from McCain rather than saying there was no statistical change.
Someone at DNC should wake up soon.
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