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Rasmussen: Candidates Tied, McCain Leads By 1

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Independents, McCain, Polls, Republicans

With leaners
Obama - 47%
McCain - 46%

Without leaners
Obama - 44%
McCain - 44%

McCain takes a slim lead today, as Rasmussen shows us that this razor is really tight among likely voters.

Some additional voter info…

McCain leads by nineteen points among White Men and by eight points among White Women. Obama leads 94% to 5% among African-American voters and by twenty-one points among Hispanic voters. [...]

On Iraq, voters believe Obama’s top priority is getting the troops home rather than winning the War. Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters say that is their top priority as well. On energy, voters believe McCain is more focused on finding new sources of energy rather than reducing the amount of energy we consume. That’s also the view held by 65% of voters.

The 5 day w/leaners:
08/09/2008: McCain - 47%, Obama - 46%
08/08/2008: McCain - 46%, Obama - 47%
08/07/2008: McCain - 46%, Obama - 47%
08/06/2008: McCain - 46%, Obama - 47%
08/05/2008: McCain - 47%, Obama - 46%

The 5 day w/o leaners:
08/09/2008: McCain - 44%, Obama - 44%
08/08/2008: McCain - 43%, Obama - 44%
08/07/2008: McCain - 43%, Obama - 44%
08/06/2008: McCain - 43%, Obama - 45%
08/05/2008: McCain - 44%, Obama - 44%

More tomorrow…

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3 Responses to “Rasmussen: Candidates Tied, McCain Leads By 1”

Avinash_Tyagi Says:
August 9th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
The fact that Rasmussen shows a closer race than Gallup seems to indicate that the larger turnout supports an Obama victory, since Ras uses likely voters while Gallup uses registered voters, and since many Obama supporters, including likely myself, would be taken out by the likely voter screen Rasmussen uses, which is based on things like past voting history, if Obama succeeds in his voter registration and turnout expansion then we could see a landslide victory
kabster Says:
August 10th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
That’s funny, I have never seen 1 InSane McCain yard sign or bumper sticker. I have seen very few Obama’s, but I see far more Ron Paul bumper stickers and signs. lol go figure.
Calvin Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Ron Paul has a 5 word soundbyte solution for every problem. The young texting generation seems to love it.

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