Rasmussen Daily Poll Friday, June 20: Obama 45%, McCain 41%----Obama 48%, McCain 44%(with "leaners")

[Hope And Change]

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll


Friday, June 20, 2008

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows Barack Obama attracting 45% of the vote while John McCain earns 41%. When "leaners" are included, Obama holds a four-point advantage, 48% to 44%. This is the fifth straight day that Obama’s support has been at 48% (with leaners). During that time, McCain’s support has been at either 44% or 45% (see recent daily results). Tracking poll results are updated at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time each day (see recent demographic notes).

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Obama’s decision to opt out of public funding is likely to have little impact on his standing with voters. Only 30% support public financing of the campaigns and just 16% say the issue is Very Important to their vote. Today, McCain will give a speech in Canada extolling the virtues of free trade at a time when most Americans believe the North American Free Trade Agreement needs to be renegotiated. This position is far less popular among voters than the Republican candidate’s recent call for drilling in offshore oil wells.

Polling released yesterday shows Colorado is once again too close to call in the Presidential race although the prospects for a Democratic Senate pick-up in the state are improving.

With this new data, Colorado is moving from “Leans Democratic” to “Toss-Up” in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator. At the same time, however, Ohio is moving from “Toss-Up” to “Leans Democratic.” The latest Rasmussen Reports polling shows Ohio remains close but Rasmussen Markets data and an average of all recent polls have created a shift. With these changes, Obama now leads in states with 200 Electoral College votes while McCain leads in states with 174 votes. When leaners are included, it’s Obama 284, McCain 240.

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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[powergirl]

1. Great news and thanks for posting

n/t

[DangerDave921]

2. Who cares?

Seriously, polling in June for a November election is useless. Worse than useless. Dukakis was up 17 points in the summer and lost. I can't stand polls. They are not news. They are manufactured stories about nothing. The only number that counts is the number of votes cast on election day.

[Rowdyboy]

3. Thank you for posting this....it saves me time looking

I've never understood why people bother to respond to threads giving poll numbers when they consider polls to be useless? Whats the point of chiming in just to be rude? I'm not interested in sports but I don't post responses on sports threads just to let them know that I think they're wasting their time on trash.

Anyway, again, thanks for posting this.SOME of us do like to follow polls.

[Hope And Change]

4. You are welcome Rowdyboy!

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