POLL: Voters favor McCain over Clinton in '08

[jefferson_dem]

Voters favor McCain over Clinton in '08
But the Republican faces hurdles within his own party. Overall, those surveyed in a Times/Bloomberg poll say they want a Democrat in the White House.
By Janet Hook
Times Staff Writer

December 14, 2006

WASHINGTON — Democrats have an overwhelmingly favorable view of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, but she would be soundly beaten if she ran for president against Republican Sen. John McCain now, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found.

Underscoring the New York Democrat's potential vulnerability, the poll also found that Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican little known to most voters, would give Clinton a run for her money.

Given a choice between McCain and Clinton, half of those surveyed said they would vote for the Arizona Republican, compared with 36% for the former first lady. In a matchup with Romney, the poll indicated Clinton would win by just 6 percentage points, 42% to 36%.

Those findings lend credence to some Democrats' fear that despite Clinton's strength within the party, she is too polarizing a figure to win the White House.

The poll reinforces the view that McCain, although mistrusted by some in the GOP and expected to face a spirited fight if he seeks the nomination, would be a strong general election candidate because of his appeal to independent voters. Half of the independents surveyed said they would back McCain; 32% supported Clinton, with the rest undecided or naming someone else.



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Possible matchups

When asked whom they would favor in the following matchups if the election for president were held today, registered voters made these choices:

McCain (R): 50% vs. Clinton (D): 36%
Clinton (D): 42% vs. Romney (R):36%

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Asked which party they would favor if the election were held today, registered voters picked the Democratic Party by 8 points:

Democrats: 49% vs. Republicans: 41%

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-prezpoll14dec14,0,4176083.story?coll=la-home-headlines

FULL POLL PDF - http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2006-12/26874703.pdf

[Crazy Dave]

1. Count on the polls to go both ways next year

The media always manipulates the polls and the actual elections themselves. Nobody is going to watch their election coverage and they won't be able to sell premium ad time if a one-way, landslide election is predicted.

Edit - Another poll
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2913721

[cboy4]

2. I've lost every last shred of respect I once HAD for McCain who

is turning into a right wing fundamentalist Christian conservative. :puke:

[bullimiami]

3. i dont believe it.