WHO ARE YOU VOTING FOR AND WHY?
The survey showed the extended Democratic primary campaign creating divisions among supporters of Obama and rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and suggests a tight race for the presidency in November no matter which Democrat becomes the nominee.
McCain is benefiting from a bounce since he clinched the GOP nomination a month ago. The four-term Arizona senator has moved up in matchups with each of the Democratic candidates, particularly Obama.
An AP-Ipsos poll taken in late February had Obama leading McCain 51-41 percent. The current survey, conducted April 7-9, had them at 45 percent each. McCain leads Obama among men, whites, Southerners, married women and independents.
Clinton led McCain, 48-43 percent, in February. The latest survey showed the New York senator with 48 percent support to McCain's 45 percent. Factoring in the poll's margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, Clinton and McCain are statistically tied.
The last month has been challenging for Obama. The Illinois senator suffered high-profile losses in Texas and Ohio that encouraged Clinton, who pushed on even harder against him. Obama's campaign also suffered a blow with scrutiny of incendiary sermons delivered by his longtime pastor. The candidate responded by delivering perhaps the biggest speech of his campaign to call for racial understanding.
Obama is also facing almost daily critiques from Clinton and McCain, questioning whether the freshman lawmaker has the experience to be a wartime leader.
Despite all the conflict surrounding Obama, the Democratic contest is unchanged from February with Obama at 46 percent and Clinton at 43 percent. But the heated primary is creating divisions among the electorate -- many Clinton and Obama supporters say they would rather vote for McCain if their chosen Democrat doesn't win the nomination.
About a quarter of Obama supporters say they'll vote for McCain if Clinton is the Democratic nominee. About a third of Clinton supporters say they would vote for McCain if it's Obama.
Its amazing that alot of people are getting worried about the polls for Mc Cain and Obama.
ReplyDeleteREMEMBER!! last month Hillary had double digit lead on Obama in Pennsylvania and now its down to 4 points
Yes people are going to line up with Mc Cain, but those people were already there in the first place.
I really be glad when the primaries are over so Barack can finally prepare for the debates that are to follow against John Mc cain.
Hopefully the Clintons will pull themselves and their supporters behind Obama because at the end of the day, 7 months and many polls from now, Obama is going to be the next president.
People are looking for change and its going to come down to each individuals situations in their household. Recent Clinton tax returns show that they made over $105 million dollars since bill left the White House.
Somehow, I really don't think the Clintons can actually feel anyones pain (Anymore) while sleeping on 5 hundred thread count sheets.
that pictures with barack and hillary captures SO much about america.
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