03-18-2008, 11:25 PM
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McCain ahead against either/McCain please answer phone/Obama sinking
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The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday again shows John McCain with a six-percentage point lead over both potential Democratic opponents. McCain currently leads Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton by an identical 48% to 42% margin (see recent daily results). Among White voters, McCain leads Clinton by fifteen percentage points and Obama by nineteen points. Both Democrats lead McCain by large margins among minority voters.
Barack Obama delivered a major speech in Philadelphia today in an effort to move beyond the controversy swirling around his former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright (see Obama’s speech).The Illinois Senator is viewed favorably today by just 48% of voters nationwide (see recent daily results). The number with an unfavorable view of Obama has grown to 49%. Obama’s overall favorable ratings peaked at 56% on February 21 and have declined modestly since that time. While Obama tries to move beyond discussions of race, he is viewed favorably by 83% of African-Americans and by 42% among White voters.
McCain is now viewed favorably by 53%, unfavorably by 42%. Clinton is viewed favorably by 46%, unfavorably by 53%. (see recent daily results). McCain earns favorable reviews from 59% of White voters and 31% of African-Americans. As for Clinton, she earns favorable reviews from 43% of White voters and 61% of African-Americans.
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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ..._tracking_poll
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Date 03/18/2008
Fav
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McCain
53%
42%
Clinton
46%
53%
Obama
48%
49%
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Obama lost 4% over 3 weeks..BUT another 4% over this weekend alone.
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Seventy-three percent (73%) of voters say that Wright’s comments are racially divisive. That opinion is held by 77% of White voters and 58% of African-American voters. In addressing the issue, Obama warned against injecting race into the campaign .
Most voters, 56%, said Wright’s comments made them less likely to vote for Obama. That figure includes 44% of Democrats. Just 11% of voters say they are more likely to vote for Obama because of Wright’s comments.
However, among African-Americans, 29% said Wright’s comments made them more likely to support Obama. Just 18% said the opposite while 50% said Wright’s comments would have no impact.
Overall, voters are evenly divided as to whether Obama should resign his membership in the Church—42% say that he should while 40% disagree. White voters, by a 46% to 33% margin, say that Obama should leave the Church. African-American voters, by a 68% to 16% margin, say he should not. Wright retired last month as Pastor of the Church.
The story became big news in the past several days and has had at least a temporary impact on public perceptions of Obama. Last Thursday, 52% of voters nationwide had a favorable opinion of Obama. That figure has fallen to 47% on Monday (see recent daily results). In recent days, Obama has also lost ground to John McCain in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
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http://rasmussenreports.com/public_c...eremiah_wright
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3am phone call?..McCain overall. Obama in the dust...
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Given the choice between Clinton and McCain, 55% preferred McCain while 37% would want Clinton to answer the phone, while 9% said they were unsure
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Between McCain and Obama, 56% favored McCain while 35% preferred Obama, with 10% saying they couldn’t make up their mind on the question.
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McCain, who calls himself a conservative, makes big inroads across ideological lines on the question, the survey shows, as 25% of the very liberal and 32% of mainline liberals prefer he answer the phone instead of Clinton, and 23% of the very liberal and 35% of mainline liberals prefer him over Obama. Just 15% of conservatives prefer Clinton take the call, and 16% of conservatives would rather have Obama taking a crisis phone call instead of McCain.
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The survey shows that among all voters – Democrats, Republicans, and independents – there is a near-equal preference for Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to answer a crisis phone call as President. When given the choice between them, 37% preferred Clinton, while 36% preferred Obama. Another 27% of all voters said they were unsure.
But among just Democrats, Clinton is preferred by 48%, compared to 38% of Democrats who said they would rather have Obama answer the phone. Among just Democrats, 14% said they were unsure.
Among all voters regardless of partisan affiliation, in the race between Obama and Clinton, Obama is favored by a wide 49% to 32% margin among the very liberal, while mainline liberals favored Clinton by a 50% to 38% edge. Among moderates, Clinton’s edge is 44% to 34%, while conservatives preferred Obama, 39% to 36% for Clinton, with the rest of conservatives declining to make a choice.
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http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1468
http://www.gallup.com/poll/105088/Ga...-Obama-44.aspx
Last edited by DuH2; 03-18-2008 at 11:37 PM.
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