Rasmussen Daily Poll June 23: Obama 47%, McCain 40%---Obama 49%, McCain 43%("leaners" counted)

[Hope And Change]

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll


Monday, June 23, 2008

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Barack Obama attracting 47% of the vote while John McCain earns 40%. When "leaners" are included, Obama leads 49% to 43% (see recent daily results). Tracking poll results are updated at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time each day.

American voters are evenly divided on the need for stricter gun control laws but don’t think city government should have the right to prevent citizens from owning handguns in their city.

At noon Eastern, Rasmussen Reports will release new polling data from New Mexico and Utah. At 3:00 p.m. Eastern, results for the New Mexico Senate race will be released. Finally, data on the Presidential race from Pennsylvania will be released at 5:00 Eastern. Key polls from last week are highlighted in What They Told Us.

Currently, Obama and McCain are essentially even among men while the Democrat leads by twelve among women. McCain leads 49% to 42% among White Voters but trails 93% to 3% among African-American voters. Among voters who see economic issues as most important this year, Obama leads 59% to 32%. As for those who view national security issues as most important, McCain leads 59% to 37% (see other recent demographic notes). Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters think McCain views U.S. society as generally fair and decent. Forty-five percent (45%) believe Obama holds that same view.

The Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator shows Obama leading 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.

Obama is viewed favorably by 56% and unfavorably by 42%. For McCain, the numbers are 54% favorable and 43% unfavorable. Opinions are held more strongly about Obama--31% have a Very Favorable opinion of the Democratic hopeful while 26% hold a Very Unfavorable opinion. For McCain, those numbers are 17% Very Favorable and 19% Very Unfavorable (see recent daily favorables).


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

[Phred42]

1. What's sad is that after 8 years of Total Repbulican control

It SHOULD not be this Close.

In fact I don't believe it's this close. I think it's the job of the Corporate media to make this APPEAR to be close
TO make it more plausible - when the steel it - again.


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[cbc5g]

2. Republicans are good at deny deny deny attack attack attack

and people seem to fall for it.

[berni_mccoy]

3. I actually do believe it is this close. The partisan division created by the GOP

has run very deep in the minds of Americans. It is going to take time to bridge those divisions. But Obama has proven that he can do it and is doing it.

"We are not as divided as our politics suggests."

Rasmussen, while a RW pollster, has proven a good degree of accuracy in his pollings. I don't doubt these are the real numbers. Oh, he does indeed do push-polling and the articles on his website are certainly RW propaganda. But as for the presidential tracking poll, I respect the numbers he puts out on this.

[Phred42]

4. I don't buy it

It's part of the Corporate crap