As Obama meltdown continues....

Election 2008: New Mexico Presidential Election

McCain Gains Ground in New Mexico

Wednesday, September 10, 2008


For the first time all year, John McCain has topped Barack Obama in a New Mexico poll. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows McCain attracting 49% of the vote while Obama earns 47%.

Although the two-point lead is not statistically significant in a poll with a four-point margin of sampling error, it’s quite an improvement for McCain from August. At that time, Obama was ahead 48% to 44% (with leaners included). Since then, the Republican has gained ground among Hispanic voters and those not affiliated with either major party.

McCain leads among voters over 40 while Obama has the edge among younger voters. McCain leads among men while Obama leads among women (demographic crosstabs available for Premium Members).

Nationally, among all voters, Obama and McCain are essentially even in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls).

Currently, Obama is viewed favorably by 55% of New Mexico voters, down a point from a month ago. That figure includes 40% with a Very Favorable opinion of Obama.

McCain gets a favorable rating from 52%. That’s down from 56% a month ago, but the number with a Very Favorable opinion of him is up eight percentage points to 30%.

As for the vice presidential candidates, Delaware Senator Joseph Biden is viewed favorably by 52% and Sarah Palin by 51%. As in every other state polled since the conventions ended, Palin earns Very Favorable reviews from more voters than any other candidate. In New Mexico, 41% offer such an upbeat assessment of the Alaska governor. Twenty-six percent (26%) have a Very Favorable opinion of Biden.

Forty-eight percent (48%) say McCain made the right choice for his running mate and 37% say the same about Obama’s selection. Among Republicans, 89% say Palin was the right choice for McCain. Among Democrats, 61% say Biden was the right choice.

Fifty-one percent (51%) of New Mexico voters view Biden as politically liberal while 82% say Palin is politically conservative.

Rasmussen Markets shows that Democrats are currently given a 65.0% chance of winning New Mexico’s Five Electoral College votes this fall. President Bush won the state by 6,000 votes out of nearly 750,000 in Election 2004. With release of this poll, New Mexico moves from “Leans Democratic” to “Toss-Up” in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator.

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On vacation.....

(sigh)

Somebody here is practicing necromancy, so I decided to come here and see what's going on, then I saw this thread.

New Mexico interests me because I have a friend down there working on the Pearce campaign to replace that RINO in the Senate. He thought he was going to lose to Udall, but now he's not so sure - Reconquista Richardson is not that popular there anymore, and the state does border Arizona. It's like the presidential election, independent voters are "breaking" to the GOP, although Udall is actually capable enough to reverse the trend.

The BHO campaign is in a meltdown, no matter who posts what or who calls someone a pig or not. They're doing ALL the wrong things but it's no use to say much otherwise, President McCain.

Once again, comparing Obama's number at the height of his bounce to McCain's at the height of his bounce to produce a "meltdown" narrative -- this one built around a barely significant 6-point swing, that results in a statistically insignificant 2-point lead.

Never mind that you are once again relying ON A SINGLE POLL.

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Man up.

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On vacation.....

Didn't the New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson stab his long time friends .....the Clintons ..... in the back by endorsing Obama instead of Hillary?

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Time to turn every state RED......"LIPSTICK" RED.

McCain | Palin in 2008

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