Rasmussen Weekly: Hillary 43, Obama 24, Edwards 12...Hillary significantly higher fav rating...

[SaveElmer]

Looks like Obama snapped back a bit from his swoon last week, while Edwards has dropped back. Hillary added to her percentage as well...

Hillary is viewed favorably by 81% of Democrats, and unfavorably by 17%...for a net +64

Obama is viewed favorably by 66& of Democrats, and unfavorably by 28%...for a net +38

Improved name recognition is not helping Obama at all as his negatives among Democrats increase...Hillary retains the high ratings she has enjoyed all along...

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/daily_presidential_tracking_poll__1

[durrrty libby]

1. I hope Hillary continues with her commanding lead. Superb..

Thanks Elmer:applause: :applause:

[waiting for hope]

2. I just guess all of Edwards

union endorsements (let's see, it's up to FOUR) don't really count for anything. I mean really, what are they thinking? :sarcasm:

[durrrty libby]

4. Most people in the country do not belong to unions. It is not on

the important list

It is a shame, but it is what it is.:kick:

[waiting for hope]

7. Over Two Million people are not

important? I guess then that unions, once again, will get screwed. Do I really need to add the sarcasm icon?

[rinsd]

11. Union endorsements mean little, its the on the ground work they do that's important to the campaign.

And that type of work isn't going to show results in polls this far out because the big push has yet to begin.

When I say little I mean someone hearing that a union endorsed a candidate is unlikely to be swayed just by that.

[waiting for hope]

15. So basically, you are saying, because the

big push has yet to begin, this poll is meaningless.

[rinsd]

18. Not really. The poll is a measure of the here and now.

The reason you are not seeing movement for Edwards in the polls is that the true power of the unions support has yet to come to bear.

Its the same thing for Dodd and the firefighters union.

This is different than say Oprah and Obama where its more an immediate effect.

[kenfrequed]

28. yeah

I agree. Hillary has the here and now and name recognition. Policy wise she is entirely backwards and to the right of the American people. Her platitudes do not outdistance her campaign contributers.

[durrrty libby]

23. Is English your second language? If so, I will understand how

you got all confused.

I said most people do not belong to unions, therefore unions were not up there on the VIP list.

I did not say 2 million people were not important. There is a difference.

[waiting for hope]

24. Welcome to My Ignore List -

"It is not on the important list" - Tell that to the Two Million that belong to the FOUR unions that have endorsed Edwards.

[durrrty libby]

26. Oh No Not That. How shall I go on?

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[kenfrequed]

8. And considering...

the union busters she has hired as campaign consultants, I can only assume that is a trend that will be getting worse with either a triangulist like Hillary in office or a Re-thuglican.

[Clark2008]

35. Even if they did belong to a union, the individual members

aren't bound by the endorsement of the body.

[durrrty libby]

37. I use to belong to the AFLCIO and most of us would just roll our eyes at

the leaderships endorsements. But they were paying

for the food and drink so a good time was had by all.

[Colobo]

3. It's all good. I feel the race will narrow in IA, SC and NH in the next couple of weeks.

[Danieljay]

5. who the hell are they polling? I have yet to meet anyone that really supports Hillary except

here on DU. Most people I know say they don't trust her and don't think she could win a general election anyway.

[Colobo]

6. I know a couple here in Florida, although most people are pretty much not paying attention yet.

[ElizabethDC]

13. Really? I know dozens of people who support her.

I know plenty of supporters of Obama and Edwards, too, and a few for Richardson, Dodd, and Biden, but most people I know support Hillary.

[kenfrequed]

25. Hmmph

Yeah I really wonder who these polls are polling. Most of the democrats I know also seem to be less than enamored with the Hill. Of course these only happen to be the Dem's that show up to stuff so what the heck do I know?

[rinsd]

9. Actually that's the daily poll.

They just have 4 samples crammed in for it.

It looked like Edwards was gaining traction for awhile but that now appears to have been temporary.

[Colobo]

10. I think the "mandatory health care" thing slowed down his momentum.

Obama is moving up a bit because he's been having a good week.

[rinsd]

14. Well Obama just released a new ad. He also unveiled his reform plan.

Edwards received two big union endorsements but I don't think most folks polled (this was taken from last week too) know about the healthcare thing.

[jenmito]

21. Because of Edwards' mandatory check-up plan, I will NOT vote for him

even in the general election. I won't vote at all if he's somehow our nominee.

[SaveElmer]

17. Went by what GeorgeP at Mydd was calling it...still with 4 days included...

A bit more than a daily poll...

[rinsd]

19. Fair enough.

Just thought I would nip screams of conspiracy in the bud.

:hi:

[DefenseLawyer]

12. Looks like she has that National Primary all wrapped up.

Way to go!

[ShortnFiery]

16. Yes, the MSM and WP Editorials agree: The Ruling Elite want HRC Nominated.

That way they can annihilate her (as well as all the Democrats running for Congress due to NEGATIVE coat-tails) weeks before the GE. :shrug:

These IMO, pseudo (twisting stats) polling by large corporations is not unlike watching a slow train wreck. :(

[jenmito]

20. Rasmussen is a Repub. pollster no matter what he claims to be...

He's always on Faux talking about his poll results. Funny how he seems obsessed with Hillary. He USUALLY has, on his home page, Hillary v. every Repub. candidate, ignoring any other Dem. He may throw their names in there once or twice, but it's usually all about Hillary-the GOP's choice for the Dem. nominee IMO.

[rinsd]

22. Ras has been running head to head every two weeks with each of the big 3.

He just published new head to heads for Obama vs Rudy & Thompson and Edwards vs McCain & Romney this week.

[jenmito]

27. Yes, but he usually DOES have way more coverage of Hillary on his home page...

I've looked at it every day and I see so many different stats/stories about her vs. what he writes about every other Dem., but maybe you know better.

[rinsd]

29. When she's the frontrunner for the nomination by 15 to 20 pts, she will get more ink.

I look at it everyday too because he does so many polls and he updates frequently allowing for trend spotting.

[kenfrequed]

31. Yeah sure

When is the first actual primary/caucus again?

[rinsd]

33. We don't know yet. Rumor has it IA caucus'ed last week and just didn't tell anyone (nt)

[jenmito]

36. Seems like he's treating her like she IS the nominee already.

And I think that's what he wants.

[BeyondGeography]

30. So if Hillary's unfavorables with Democrats are at 17%

and her aggregate number runs in the mid- to high 40's, that means everyone save Democrats can't stand her, right?

To get an average of 45% from 17%, you need to add 73%. Ergo, our frontrunner appears to be despised by around 70% of the non-Democrat population.

[rinsd]

32. Her net favorables are the exact opposite with Dems vs GOP so they kind of cancel each other out.

Her net favorable with indies has been around -5 to 0.

Which is why you usually see her overall net favorables in that range.

[Alamom]

34. k&r