Another Quinnipiac poll.
Posted on 06/18/2008 9:49:28 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) - For the first time, White House hopeful Barack Obama leads his Republican rival John McCain in three of the biggest battlegrounds of November's election, according to a new poll Wednesday.
The surveys by Quinnipiac University also found independent voters are opposed to defeated primary contender Hillary Clinton running as Obama's running mate on the Democratic ticket.
Another poll out Wednesday by Zogby had Obama leading McCain by 47 percent to 42 nationally, with a 22-point lead among all-important independents.
The Quinnipiac polls had Obama besting McCain 52-40 percent in Pennsylvania, 48-42 percent in Ohio, and 47-43 in Florida. All three states are crucial building blocks to an election triumph for either candidate in November.
In all three states, Obama leads McCain among female voters by 10 to 23 percentage points, but among men the two contenders are "too close to call," Quinnipiac University Polling Institute assistant director Peter Brown said.
"Finally getting Senator Hillary Clinton out of the race has been a big boost for Senator Barack Obama," he said.
Clinton beat Obama in the three states' Democratic primaries, although neither campaigned in Florida because of a scheduling row. Obama lagged particularly among working-class voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
"Senator Obama is certainly not out of the woods, but these results are a good indication that he enters the summer slightly ahead in the race to be the next president," Brown said.
The Quinnipiac surveys found that while most Democrats back Clinton to join Obama's ticket, clear pluralities of independent voters in all three states were against seeing the former first lady run as his vice president.
"If Senator Obama seriously is thinking about picking Senator Clinton as his running mate, these numbers might cause him to reconsider," Brown said.
"The people who really matter come November -- independent voters -- turn thumbs down on the idea. And, many say they are less likely to vote for him if he puts her on the ticket," he said.
The Quinnipiac polls also suggested that one in five voters see McCain's age as a reason to vote against him. At 72 in January, the Republican would be the oldest president sworn in to a first term.
"But overwhelmingly they don't see Obama's race as a factor at all -- indicating that Americans are either much less concerned with race, or just don't want to tell callers what they really think on the subject," Brown said.
YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNN.......It is JUNE 18. This poll is worthless.
GOP is dead, take it to the bank dreamers, and take on the Pubs you elected to Congress and Senate in 1996, they "forgot" who they are suppose to represent, so pissed off electorate gave the mandate to the "real thing" Dems, at least they do not pretend they are Conservative like most Pubs do.
Obama will win easily not cause he's got answers, but cause Republicans will never get us off foreign oil or stop China from screwing us up, This is not to say that Dems will fix anything, but for the average schmuck any "change" is better than no change.
This is not a fricken rocket science.
You sound like eyore.
I see these polls all the time and the question that always occurs to me is - where are the other 10-11% of voters not represented by the polls? We know they won’t be voting for Nader, so . . . ?
What is "eyore"?
Utter BS. Obama is not going to beat McCain in Florida and he is going very difficult time to beat McCain in Ohio.
The election hasn’t even begun..they will eat these polls.
I tend to agree with you...a lot of American voters are dumber than hammers and will vote for “change” even if it's a “change for the worse”.
I keep thinking about Hussein Obama as President and I recall what Ed Koch, the former Mayor of New York City said, following his defeat by David Dinkins. Koch said “The people have voted, and now the people will be punished.”
Another Quinnipiac poll.
Florida? They wish! Especially after what the RAT party did to the dummyRATvoters! What the heck are they shooting up? I doubt OsAMA will win Fl. There is a backlash in the move down there as we type!
There’s only one poll that matters and that won’t be taken until November.
Obama will not beat McCain in PA. Not even close.
There’s only one poll that matters and that won’t be taken until November.
These are PRE-SEASON rankings as far as I am concerned.
Obambi = Willie Randolf.
LOL!
Listen, mes amis, if the press doesn’t make this race a close race, then sales will be down. I pay attention to Rasmussen, and that’s it. Get me?
I can’t remember when a poll 6 months before the election didn’t show the Rebuplican candidate down by 5 to 10 points. They are lies, and the only poll that counts is in November.
Eeyore is the miserable donkey in the Winnie the Pooh books. He always assumes the worst no matter what the situation is.
The people will be punished severely no matter how they voted or will vote in November, thanks to destructive policies of the last 20 years (courtesy of Clinton and Bushies clan).
The only hope for this country is that it looks like no Clintons of the Bushies are to be elected in for the foreseeable future. Thanks Obama whoever you are for defeating The Beast. No I am not Obama supporter.
I do not assume the worst, if I did I would say there will be a successful Marxist revolution in US soon, or US will eventually becoming an Islamic state.
I am trying to be more realistic only stating the Republicans are going to lose Presidency this fall as they already lost Congress and Senate, as they rightly deserved and deserve so.
Does it make me "Eyore"?
LOL
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