Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 12th, 2008 4:40 am by HL
Obama Running Ahead of Kerry in 41 States
Josh Goodman compares state polling in the presidential race to the results of the 2004 election and finds that Sen. John McCain “is only running ahead of Bush’s 2004 result in four states.” Meanwhile, Sen. Barack Obama “is doing at least 2.46 percentage points better than Kerry in 41 states. In 2004, 2.46 was Bush’s margin of victory in the national popular vote.”
Most interesting fact: “Every single one of Obama’s 12 strongest states when compared to Kerry has an African-American population that is below the national average of 12.4%. This group includes four states — Montana, Idaho, South Dakota and Wyoming — that have the four lowest black populations in the country.”
Edwards Lie Cost Clinton Nomination
Sen. Hillary Clinton “would be the Democratic presidential nominee if John Edwards had been caught in his lie about an extramarital affair and forced out of the race last year,” insists Clinton aide Howard Wolfson, ABC News reports.
Said Wolfson: “I believe we would have won Iowa, and Clinton today would therefore have been the nominee.”
Political Insider: Why the Edwards affair matters.
