Tuesday, July 29, 2008
General: Head-to-Head
Obama: 44% / 47%, including leaners (-1, -1)
McCain: 42% / 46%, including leaners (nc, +1)
Obama earns the vote from 78% of Democrats, McCain is supported by 86% of Republicans, and unaffiliated voters are evenly divided. McCain leads 50% to 44% among White voters and 51% to 43% among men. Obama leads 51% to 42% among women and 92% to 5% among African-Americans
Favorability
Obama: 56% favorable; - 44% unfavorable (nc, +1)
McCain: 54% favorable; - 44% unfavorable (-2, +2)
Interesting.
The last time McCain was making it this close in the Rasmussen tracking poll (pre-Obama world tour), his favorability ratings were really high (like 58, 59% IIRC). Now, they're lower than Obama, but he's still making it close, meaning that people who don't necessarily like him could start to gravitate towards him because of a dislike for Obama. Of course, it probably means nothing.
