So what did I miss all day? Apparently the pollsters in the primary states decided to take today off since I don’t think we had one state poll released that I can find. i guess it was a good day to be busy.
But we did get some new national match ups. First, the poll from liberal news organizations CBS News and The New York Times.
PRESIDENT – NATIONAL – GENERAL (CBS/NYT)
Hillary (D) 48%
McCain (R) 43% |
Obama (D) 45%
McCain (R) 45% |
Diving into the numbers, we see that McCain beats Obama among all women 47%-44% and among white women 55%-38%. One other thing that jumped out at me was that all three candidates now have favorable ratings below 30%, with both Hillary and McCain with net negative favorable ratings and Obama barely in favorable territory. This poll was done April 25-29 among 956 registered voters.
Next up, Fox News and Opinion Dynamics.
PRESIDENT – NATIONAL – GENERAL (Fox/OD)
Hillary (D) 45%
McCain (R) 44% |
McCain (R) 46%
Obama (D) 43% |
in this poll, John McCain, Hillary, and Barack Obama all have favorable ratings less than Bill Clinton. This poll also shows 32% of Hillary supporters jumping to McCain in November should Obama get the nomination. Only 21% of Obama supporters would jump to McCain if Hillary got the nod. But even better, a majority of both Democratic candidate’s supporters would rather see Al Gore as the nominee than the other candidate should their candidate lose. This poll was done April 28-29 among 900 registered voters.
Finally, NBC News and The Wall Street Journal.
PRESIDENT – NATIONAL – GENERAL (NBC/WSJ)
Hillary (D) 45%
McCain (R) 44% |
Obama (D) 46%
McCain (R) 43% |
Should I be surprised that a poll from NBC is the one most favorable for Obama in a match up against McCain? This poll was done Aril 25-28 among 1006 registered voters.