Rasmussen: Obama Up By 6
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, Palin, PollsObama – 50%
McCain – 44%
Obama’s big lead holds steady today and is the first time he has held a 6 point advantage for more than one day.
And folks, I’m going to call this one right now and say that a lot of this is fallout from Palin. After all, why would Obama be enjoying more crossover support from Repubs?
Obama now leads by sixteen points among women but trails by six among men.Obama and McCain are essentially even among White Women, a constituency that George W. Bush won by eleven points four years ago.
Obama is now supported by 13% of Republicans, McCain by 11% of Democrats.
The 5 day:
09/28/2008: McCain – 44%, Obama – 50%
09/27/2008: McCain – 44%, Obama – 50%
09/26/2008: McCain – 45%, Obama – 50%
09/25/2008: McCain – 46%, Obama – 49%
09/24/2008: McCain – 47%, Obama – 49%
More tomorrow…
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September 28th, 2008 at 9:30 am
And don’t forget that the latest polls in Missouri only show McCain with a 1 point lead. If the polls are extremely close how do you think all those students in Columbia, Rolla or Warrensburg with no land lines will be breaking?
September 28th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Justin,
Great job covering the campaigns the last week or two. It’s been an amazing series of events, with Wall St. and Washington competing for top billing. Although Palin’s performance in the media was certainly a major factor influencing the polls, I believe John McCain’s actions in D.C. had a more incredulous reaction. Certainly the combination of things made more moderate or independent thinking people wonder about McCain’s leadership abilities.
One subject that we’ve missed here is the incredible irony of the debate taking place on Capitol hill during the Bailout talks. I can’t stop talking about how it is the Republicans in the House who are the hold outs for a deal, and how McCain has played a role in politicizing the whole process. I know it’s been talked about in the media, but not nearly to the extent that I’d imagine, given the remarkable turn of events.