Rasmussen: Obama Up By 7
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, McCain, PollsObama – 51%
McCain – 44%
With 8 days of 50% or more support, Obama is now firmly in the lead.
The details…
Nationally, the number of voters who believe the country is heading in the right direction has fallen to 10%. That’s down dramatically from the already low level of 24% just before Lehman Brothers collapsed and started the recent Wall Street debacle. Eighty-six percent (86%) now say that the nation has gotten off on the wrong track.Obama is viewed favorably by 57% of voters, McCain by 52%. Forty-five percent (45%) believe taxes will go up if Obama is elected while 24% say the same about a McCain victory.
What’s interesting is McCain might actually be setting up Obama for some big wins if he gets elected. Because if that many people think their taxes will go up in an Obama administration and they actually go down, well, guess who benefits?
The 5 day:
10/03/2008: McCain – 44%, Obama – 51%
10/02/2008: McCain – 44%, Obama – 51%
10/01/2008: McCain – 45%, Obama – 51%
09/30/2008: McCain – 45%, Obama – 51%
09/29/2008: McCain – 45%, Obama – 50%
More tomorrow…
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October 3rd, 2008 at 10:22 am
No, what’s interesting is the current pronounced trend of Obama suddenly pulling away which is backed, even accentuated by the state-by-states.This election is on the verge of being over if voter views stabilize anywhere near what curent numbers suggest.
I make no presumptions that Obama’s tax promises will bear any resemblance to future reality. I’m still guffawing over his repeated promise to go over the budget line by line and find money for all the ponies and rainbows he has promised, the ones he’ll need to find 700 billion more bucks for if the bailout passes.
How many middle class people will even notice the extent to which their taxes are affected by tiny tweaks in rates and so on and so forth. Most people, if they even compare from year to year at all, simply compare the bottom line from one year to the next. Even though the relationship between your refund or payment and total amount of taxes paid is pretty variable. Plus, anyone that has a mortgage and itemizes their mortgage interest knows that this number changes every year, which will further obscure any changes.
Of course, he can do what Bush did and send everyone a check. Then send the bill to your grandkids. I bet you could send folks a check for $200 and decrease the standard deduction by the same amount and most people would think they “got a tax cut.”