Obama WIDENS LEAD in National Poll!!
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| Tue, 10-07-2008 - 2:09am |
Obama widens lead in national poll
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/06/poll.of.polls/index.html
By Paul Steinhauser
CNN Deputy Political Director
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- A new national poll suggests Barack Obama is widening his lead over John McCain in the race for the White House.
Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. John McCain by 8 points, according to CNN's latest poll.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll out Monday afternoon suggests that the country's financial crisis, record low approval ratings for President Bush and a drop in the public's perception of McCain's running mate could be contributing to Obama's gains.
Fifty-three percent of likely voters questioned in the poll say they are backing Obama for president, with 45 percent supporting McCain.
That 8-point lead is double the 4-point lead Obama held in the last CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, taken in mid-September. Watch why the economy is hurting McCain
Monday evening's CNN national Poll of Polls -- incorporating our new CNN survey, as well as new tracking numbers from Gallup and Hotline taken October 3-5 -- shows Obama leading McCain by 6 points -- at 49 to 43 percent.
President Bush may be part of the reason why Obama's making gains. Only 24 percent of those polled approve of Bush's job as president, an all-time low for a CNN survey. See the latest polling
"Bush has now tied Richard Nixon's worst rating ever, taken in a poll just before he resigned in 1974, and is only 2 points higher than the worst presidential approval rating in history, Harry Truman's 22 percent mark in February 1952," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
And that's bad news for McCain, because the poll suggests a growing number of Americans believe the Republican presidential nominee would have the same policies as the current Republican president. Fifty-six percent say McCain's policies would be the same as Bush, up from 50 percent a month ago.


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Battleground, Gallup and Rasmussen tracking poll update - 10/07
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by Dan Spencer, Right Side Politics Examiner
Image credit: APRasmussen: UNCHANGED
McCain - 44%
Obama - 52%
The Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll of likely voters for October 7, 2008 finds Obama leads McCain 52% to 44%.
Gallup:
McCain - 42%
Obama - 51%
The latest Gallup daily tracking poll of registered voters, finds Obama leads McCain, 51% to 42%.
Battleground UNCHANGED
McCain - 43%
Obama - 50%
The bipartisan George Washington University Battleground daily tracking poll of likely voters for October 6, shows Obama leading McCain 50%-43%.
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