Even more positive news from Barack Obama’s trip to the Middle East: a new poll by Israel Radio shows, for perhaps the first time, Israelis preferring Obama to John McCain.
When asked “who would you rather see elected as the next president of the United States,” Obama bested John McCain by a 37-28 margin. While far [...]
Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by 11 points in Wisconsin based on a new poll.
The Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday shows that 50 percent of likely voters said they will vote for Obama, a senator from Illinois. In the poll, 39 percent said they will vote for McCain, a senator from Arizona.
Link:WISC [...]
A new Public Policy Polling survey shows Obama with a solid 48-40 lead in Ohio:
Obama trails McCain 46-42 among white voters, but his 91-6 advantage with African Americans gives him the overall lead. “Right now Barack Obama is in a pretty good position in Ohio,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “His standing [...]
ABC News and The Washington Post issued staggered releases of the results of their latest poll, withholding from their first release results favorable to Sen. Barack Obama, including the finding that 50 percent of registered voters would vote for Obama for president versus 42 percent for Sen. John McCain. The next day, the Post ran [...]
A month after emerging victorious from the bruising Democratic nominating contest, some of Barack Obama’s glow may be fading. In the latest NEWSWEEK Poll, the Illinois senator leads Republican nominee John McCain by just 3 percentage points, 44 percent to 41 percent. The statistical dead heat is a marked change from last month’s NEWSWEEK Poll, [...]
PHOENIX — In a sign of continued weakness in his home state, an online poll shows Sen. John McCain trailing Sen. Barack Obama by 3-percentage points in Arizona. The poll also shows the candidacy of Liberterian Bob Barr is having a significant impact on McCain’s campaign by siphoning off conservative voters nationwide.
Link:washingtonindependent.com
The latest polls indicate Obama is close in four southern states: Florida, where McCain leads Obama by a scant 2 percentage points; Georgia, where McCain’s advantage is 6 points; North Carolina, where McCain is up by 4 points; and in Virginia where they are tied. Obama is running TV ads in each of these states [...]
According to recent polls, Sen. Barack Obama is doing extremely well in states that have voted Republican in recent presidential elections.
Link:Political Insider
Hispanic voters, many who favored Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries, are now strongly supporting Barack Obama over John McCain, Gallup reports.
A new poll shows registered Hispanic voters prefer Obama over McCain by 59 percent to 29 percent.
Link:The Swamp
Barack Obama is leading John McCain by five percentage points in Montana. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows Obama attracting 48% of the vote while McCain earns 43%.
In April, the numbers were reversed with McCain leading 48% to 43%. That was before Obama clinched the Democratic nomination and defeated Hillary Clinton [...]
People would rather barbecue burgers with Barack Obama than with John McCain.
While many are still deciding who should be president, by 52 percent to 45 percent they would prefer having Obama than McCain to their summer cookout, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released Wednesday.
Link:My Way News
The bi-national survey, conducted by the Strategic Counsel for CTV and The Globe and Mail, showed that here in Canada, Obama was more admired than Prime Minister Stephen Harper — or any other national leader.
Link:CTV.ca
“Toss-up” states Minnesota and Wisconsin were re-designated to “Lean-Obama” Friday, giving the presumptive Democratic nominee another 20 electoral votes in CNN’s current estimate. The Illinois senator now has 231 electoral votes — 39 shy of winning the presidency.
Link:CNN’s Electoral Map: Two states shift to Obama
Sen. McCain’s lead among white voters in Colorado and Michigan cuts the gap to single digits, but doesn’t offset Sen. Obama’s strength among other groups. The Democrat also leads by eight to 21 percentage points among independent voters in each state. Overall results show:
* Colorado: Obama leads McCain 49 - 44 percent, including 51 - [...]
A Times/Bloomberg Poll says that in a two-man contest, 49% of respondents favor Barack Obama, while 37% support John McCain. With Ralph Nader and Bob Barr added to the mix, Obama holds 15-point edge.
Link:Los Angeles Times
