The McCain Poll Surge
By Pejman Yousefzadeh Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama | Hillary Clinton | John McCain — Comments (5) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Republican Sen. John McCain has erased Sen. Barack Obama's 10-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup, leaving him essentially tied with both Democratic candidates in an Associated Press-Ipsos national poll released Thursday.
The survey showed the extended Democratic primary campaign creating divisions among supporters of Obama and rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and suggests a tight race for the presidency in November no matter which Democrat becomes the nominee.
McCain is benefiting from a bounce since he clinched the GOP nomination a month ago. The four-term Arizona senator has moved up in matchups with each of the Democratic candidates, particularly Obama.
An AP-Ipsos poll taken in late February had Obama leading McCain 51-41 percent. The current survey, conducted April 7-9, had them at 45 percent each. McCain leads Obama among men, whites, Southerners, married women and independents.
Clinton led McCain, 48-43 percent, in February. The latest survey showed the New York senator with 48 percent support to McCain's 45 percent. Factoring in the poll's margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, Clinton and McCain are statistically tied.
For Democrats, the following has to be the scariest part:
About a quarter of Obama supporters say they'll vote for McCain if Clinton is the Democratic nominee. About a third of Clinton supporters say they would vote for McCain if it's Obama.
We've seen those kinds of numbers come up before. There may well be fissures in the Democratic party that will not be healed irrespective of who the nominee is. To be sure, a number of those disaffected Democrats will come back to the fold. But if a few of them remain out, it could make all of the difference in a close election.
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Those three things McCain doesn't really have. I believe McCain can and will poll strong this election against either Democrat, but I worry greatly about his GOTV effort on election day. I submit to you that John Kerry could very well be president today if Bush didn't have an army of enthusiastic volunteers in Ohio and elsewhere.
“.....women and minorities hardest hit”
...GOTV was primarily a morale-booster for the side worried - rightfully - that they were about to lose elections; us in '06, the Democrats in 02/04. I dunno how significant that is, though.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
in attempting to construct a GOTV army.
The recent Marist poll had McCain in a dead heat with both Hillary and the big O in NY. I also think the good Senator will be competitive in NJ and maybe even Massachusetts. For the donks, the Electoral College is not looking very friendly.
have the joy of seeing the democratic party self-destruct.
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