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| Obama competitive against McCain with key voters |
| 2008-05-29 |
| Barack Obama is competing strongly against Republican John McCain for women, Catholics and other groups that have shunned him in the Democratic primaries but will be pivotal in this fall's presidential race, early polling shows. Significant blocs of voters who have been closely contested in recent presidential elections — or veered from one party to the other, making them true swing groups — have leaned toward Obama's rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the primaries. Besides women and Catholics, these include the elderly, the less educated and suburbanites, leading Clinton to argue she is her party's stronger candidate. Even so, polls this month show the Illinois senator — assuming he clinches the Democratic nomination — leading McCain among women, running even among Catholics and suburbanites and trailing with people over age 65. Results vary by poll for those without college degrees. And though Obama trails decisively with a group that has strongly preferred Clinton — whites without college degrees — he's doing no worse than the past two Democratic presidential candidates. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 on a serious note; if/when BHO takes on Mcpain in a series of debates I think mcpain thrashes him. BHO's lack of experience will become glaring, the only thing he has is youth. I think his wife is a political liability. The public will see who looks more presidential - when mcpain was visiting iraq obama was having to defend wright (which he ultimately backtracked on). White hillary voters will prolly vote for juan. If juan goes for the juggular I think he wins by 10 pts. The country is ready for a black prez, just not this one. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-05-29 15:04 |
| #12 Mojo: perhaps that headline will work also in extreme Southern Florida. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-05-29 14:51 |
| #11 How about voters without keys?... |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-05-29 12:59 |
| #10 ...its quite possible that Obama could win the popular vote and lose the electoral vote. Wont that be fun? Bad LH, BAD!!! You will make all the poor moonbats have heart attacks over the conspiracy of it all! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-05-29 12:22 |
| #9 I think the d's are framing that discussion as we speak in anticipation of Denver. bo's "new" is wearing off earlier than I thought (with the media). Without that shiny coat intelligent people should begin to realize how important it is to have competence in the White House. bo, 8 years too early at least. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-05-29 12:11 |
| #8 This is simply propaganda retaliation against Hillary's recent claims. Doesn't matter if there is truth or not. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-05-29 12:11 |
| #7 "he's doing no worse than the past two Democratic presidential candidates." Neither of who were named Clinton, and who both lost. We vote by states. Given that the Repubs who dislike McCain are heavily concentrated in "red states" and the Dems who dislike Obama are heavily concentrated in swing states, its quite possible that Obama could win the popular vote and lose the electoral vote. Wont that be fun? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-05-29 11:59 |
| #6 “…trailing with people over age 65…” They may want to tamp down the “Old White Guy” rhetoric. After all, Spite is the most underestimated motivator. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2008-05-29 10:19 |
| #5 Considering the source of the poll, I will brush it off as propaganda at the moment. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-05-29 09:41 |
| #4 CATHOLICS?!?!?!???? Do they know how radical an abortion backer this guy Obama is? The ignorance and gullibility of the public astounds me. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-05-29 09:35 |
| #3 And the relevance of this to electoral vote count is? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-29 07:56 |
| #2 early polling shows Comparative analysis of the validity of early poles against the final vote? This is space filler by the usual suspects to cover the columns and airtime between ads. It's known as bandwagoning. PROPAGANDA [remember its evil if the Trunks do it, but OK if the Donks or their minions do it]. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-05-29 07:42 |
| #1 Besides women and Catholics, these include the elderly, the less educated and suburbanites, leading Clinton to argue she is her party's stronger candidate. 'the less educated' being key here |
| Posted by: Jan 2008-05-29 00:45 |