Newsweek Poll: Presidential Race Very Close
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 25th, 2008 4:39 am by HL
Newsweek Poll: Presidential Race Very Close
A new Newsweek poll shows Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain tied among voters nationally, 46% to 46%.
Sen. Hillary Clinton fares slightly better against McCain, 48% to 44%, though this is within the survey’s margin of error.
Key finding: Obama trails McCain, 40% to 52%, among white voters. Clinton also trails McCain among white voters but by a smaller margin, 44% to 48%.
Complete results are available.
Obama Stronger in California
Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. John McCain in projected November general election matchups, a new Los Angeles Times/KTLA Poll has found.
Obama would defeat McCain by seven points, 47% to 40%, if the election were held today. Sen. Hillary Clinton would eke out only a three-point victory, 43% to 40%, the poll found.
Key findings: “The poll appeared to illustrate that Democrats, at least in California, are gravitating toward the candidate who is broadly expected to eventually seize the party’s mantle. Obama now runs better against the Arizona senator than does Clinton among many of the groups that powered her victory in the state, among them Latinos, Catholics and those without college degrees.”
