Posted on 05/10/2008 12:54:35 PM PDT by Red Steel
WASHINGTON -- Although Democrats are tangled in a fractious primary contest, both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama probably would win the White House against presumptive GOP nominee John McCain if the election were held now
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In a hypothetical matchup, the poll gave Illinois Sen. Obama 46% to McCain's 40%, with 9% undecided.
Clinton led McCain 47% to 38%, with 11% undecided. The nationwide poll, conducted May 1 through Thursday and released Friday, had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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The poll was based on telephone interviews with 2,208 adults nationwide -- 1,986 of them registered voters
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It now appears all but inevitable that Obama will be the Democratic nominee, though Clinton continues to campaign aggressively ahead of the final six primaries.
The poll offered fresh insights for Democrats weighing which candidate, Obama or Clinton, would have the best chance against McCain in the fall.
For example, among voters 65 and older, Clinton and McCain were essentially tied; but McCain led Obama 47% to 41%.
Among people ages 18 to 44, Obama led McCain 55% to 35%. Clinton led McCain 48% to 35%.
African Americans would vote overwhelmingly for Obama, the first black candidate with a realistic chance of becoming president. In the poll, he carried 79% of African Americans, with 3% supporting McCain.
In a matchup with Clinton, McCain's share of the African American vote rose to 9%,
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Clinton had 60% of the African American vote; 23% of respondents in this cornerstone Democratic constituency said they were undecided.
Among baby boomers -- the giant post-World War II generation that will begin to reach retirement age in the next president's term -- both Democrats edged out McCain: Clinton 47% to 39%, Obama 45% to 37%.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Well, thats it.
Lets all go home. - The LA times has decided the election...
Hitler beats McCain in an LA Times Poll!
Perfect Marxist paper.
John Kerry the buffoon sure does wish they were right lol
What is the “Los Angeles Times”? Is it a “newspaper” or something?
>Is it a “newspaper” or something?
LOL! No. Its a handout printed by the PR wing of the DNC.
Leaving 222 folks who don't care enough to register to vote.
10% of the people polled in this dog aren't even voters.
This is a poll of adults. Polls of adults always favor the 'Rats. They didn't even need to take this poll to get this result.
C'mon.
They could not have chosen a worse demographic within which to poll. They did it because it is the cheapest way to poll. No worries about are respondents registered and if they are have they voted in past elections and are they planning to vote this time. Nope, all they need to ask is “are you over 18 years of age”.
Worthless poll from an organization that is known for worthless polls. It was this rag that had Busemonte (sp) beating Schwarzenegger by 10 points the day before the election.
Oops, didn’t see the demographic breakdown that said 1900 or so were registered voters. Sorry, my bad.
Dang! Your post trumps everything that came to my mind after reading this. LOL!
It’s a poll of adults and registered voters. Add a few points to McCain. But he’s still not winning. Rasmussen, the best pollster out there, has both Obama (up by 3) and Hillary (up by 5) beating McCain. Since we’re still deep in the throes of Operation Chaos, that doesn’t bode well for McCain.
Two words: Electoral College.
In these demonic times, this is the Season of the Witch.
Yes, something like that. That LAT poll was off by about 15 to 20%!
Be the same as playboy having a poll,”do you find naked ladies breasts a good thing”?
The pool seems slanted to begin with.
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