Posted on 02/26/2008 7:33:34 AM PST by jdm
RASMUSSEN: Clinton lead slipping in Ohio; Clinton 48% Obama 43%... Developing...
That's all for now. I'll add more once it becomes available.
A split in those two states might be better. You want BOTH candidates to continue to think that they have a legitimate shot at the nomination. That will ensure that the primary season will become extremely nasty.
I just can’t see McCain doing worse than Bush in the general and am much more optimistic that America will reject the Manchurian-Muslim Candidate.
Yes you can.
If she wins - the past suffering we've endured will be worse. We will be giving her a mandate to be even worse in the future. She is smug & has a deep sense of entitlement.
As Mrs. Thatcher said - it's no time to be wobbley! We have to strike while the iron is hot & this is our chance of a lifetime to finish them off.
We can then concentrate all our efforts on Obama.
It's in our hands now. We do it - or suffer the Toons for many more years to come!!
Obama just says it better and is cuter and slimmer than Mrs. Clinton, who is so like yesterday, actually when I really like think about it, more like last century and like she wears mom jeans. She like had her tomorrow only that was so like yesterday.
Yes, we can like hope.
With just a week to go until the crucial March 4 Democratic Presidential Primaries, Barack Obama continues to gain ground on Hillary Clinton in Ohio.
The latest Rasmussen Reports poll shows Clinton earning 48% of the Ohio Democratic Presidential Primary vote. That’s unchanged from a week ago. Barack Obama’s support has grown to 43%. That’s up from 40% last week and 38% the week before.
Overall, Clinton’s lead is now just five percentage points in Ohio, down from an eight-point advantage last week and fourteen points two weeks ago.
Just 16% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters believe the North American Free Trade Agreement—NAFTA—is good for America. Fifty-five percent (55%) say the trade agreement negotiated by the Clinton Administration is bad for the nation.
By a 53% to 14% margin, voters believe that Obama opposes NAFTA while there are mixed perceptions on where Clinton stands. Thirty-five percent (35%) believe she favors NAFTA, 31% believe she opposes it and 34% are not sure. This issue is critical in a state that has lost thousands of manufacturing jobs. Politically, these lower-income voters have generally supportive of Clinton throughout the primary season.
Clinton still leads among voters who earn less than $60,000 a year. Obama leads among higher income voters.
Clinton leads by eleven points among women but trails by four among men. A recent commentary by Susan Estrich wondered if the “G-word”—gender—is the reason for Clinton’s struggles.
Nationally, Obama leads Clinton in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll. According to the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator, the Democrats have a modest early lead in the Electoral College.
In Ohio, Clinton is viewed favorably by 77%, down four points since last week. Obama has earned favorable reviews from 72%, up a couple of points over the past week.
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Likely Democratic Primary Voters say that Clinton would be at least somewhat likely to win the White House if nominated. That’s down five points from 82% a week ago.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) say the same about Obama. That’s up four points over the past week.
Ohio is one of two states that the Clinton campaign and many outside experts have deemed essential for the former First Lady to win is she is to have a chance of winning the Democratic Presidential nomination. Texas, which also votes on March 4, is the other. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll in Texas shows the same trend in Obama’s direction. Heading into the final debate before Election Day, Clinton’s lead is down to just a single point in the Lone Star State.
Data from Rasmussen Markets suggests that Obama is now strongly favored to win the nomination.
Rasmussen Markets data immediately prior to the release of this polling data showed the race in Ohio to be a toss-up (current prices: Obama 44.4% Clinton 55.0% . Overall, in the race for the nomination, Obama is given a 82.9% chance to win while expectations for a Clinton victory are at 17.8%. Numbers in this paragraph are from a prediction market, not a poll. Using a trading format where traders "buy and sell" candidates, issues, and news features, the Rasmussen harness competitive passions to provide a reliable leading indicator of upcoming events. We invite you to participate in the Rasmussen Markets. It costs nothing to join and add your voice to the collective wisdom of the market.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of those surveyed were women, 44% were men.
Fourteen percent (14%) were under 30, 31% aged 30-49, and 51% were over 50.
Eighty-one percent (81%) of those surveyed were white while 83% were Democrats.
You’re wrong. So wrong
The people with Hillary on the plane are so young.
And blind.
Not as young and blind as those with Obama.
Someone needs to dub that image of Her Heinous into Munch’s ‘The Scream’...
You are so right, those eight years is what needs to be focused in our minds, the swindling Clintons, those dreary, appalling, reprehensible reckless negligence and sordid scandal. Talk about proud of our country? With him getting oral sex while talking to a republican congressman about sending troops to Serbia in the Oval Office.
Furthermore, she and he could not remember one damn thing they did while questioned during their Grand Jury Testimony, but both of them feel they are entitled to tell us what to do, how to live, and worst of all take over our health care decisions while gleefully robbing our hard earned income.
I'm for hope and I know that it's up to us to make that hope for all of us, not just the few. We can aspire to greatness, because its the hope in us that will lead to change, and eventually more hope.
Are you hopeful, audaciously hopeful? Do you shout “yes we can” periodically?
Ummmmm, Hillary has ‘a beard’...
Hillary needs to wear a dress tonight, show a little cankle.
I early-voted yesterday—couldn’t do it. I’m a registered Rep—on my voting card.
Aren’t both states proportional (in terms of delegate awards)? If so, how in the world does Hillary make up a gap of 100+ (lead that Obama has)?
“I’m for hope and I know that it’s up to us to make that hope for all of us, not just the few. We can aspire to greatness, because its the hope in us that will lead to change, and eventually more hope.”
I hope so.
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