Obama Trounces McCain In Four Swing States

All Headline News ^ | June 26, 2008 | Kris Alingod

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is winning the race against Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in battleground states. A new Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP poll said on Thursday that the freshman senator leads from five to as much as 17 points among voters in four key states.

Obama narrowly has the support of voters in Colorado, where he leads McCain 49% to 44%. The Republican, however, has the edge among men, 50% to 45%, and whites, 47%to 46%.

In Michigan, Obama wins with 48% while McCain trails with 42%. The Illinois senator has a whopping lead among women, 52% to 38%, and African-Americans, 89% to 6%. But again McCain leads among whites, 48% to 42%, and men, 46% and 45%.

Minnesota voters also chose Obama over McCain, 52% to 39%. Obama's 17-point lead is the biggest among the four states, and is due to his overwhelming support among nearly all demographics. The freshman senator beats McCain even among whites, 49% to 42%, and men, 51% to 40%.

The picture in Wisconsin for McCain is not much different. The Arizona senator trails his rival, 39% to 52%.

"Sen. McCain's lead among white voters in Colorado and Michigan cuts the gap to single digits, but doesn't offset Sen. Obama's strength among other groups. The Democrat also leads by eight to 21 percentage points among independent voters in each state," Quinnipiac University said in a release.

"But Sen. Obama should not be picking out the drapes for the Oval Office just yet. His lead nationally, and double digits in some key states, is not hugely different from where Sen. John Kerry stood four years ago at this point in the campaign," Quinnipiac University Polling Institute Assistant Director Peter Brown added.

[Maverick68]

Let them rave on that men shall know them mad.....

[hoe_cake]

I am becoming discouraged.

[napscoordinator]

This morning (or maybe yesterday) it had McCain winning in four states. I guess we will go back and forth until election day.

[GunRunner]

Three of those four are blue states. The fact that McCain is competing in them is a good sign.

[Always Right]

On average Quinnipiac state polls right before the election were nearly 10 points off, despite having stated MOE much much lower. Polls at this point are interesting, but not all that informative.

[kickonly88]

Yeah, right. I think they’re trying too hard.

[Slapshot68]

Polls mean nothing at this point.

[taxcontrol]

Keep this in mind. During almost every campaign I can remember, the Dem candidate lead by double digits at this point ... only to lose in November.

Obama is not leading by as much as Kerry did at this point.

[napscoordinator]

I am becoming discouraged.

Becoming? I am discouraged either way to be honest. The thought of hearing McCain speak for four years makes me cringe....Of course, Obama makes me puke. This is about as dreary as 1996.

[chimera]

Of these, the GOP needs to hold CO. They should be pouring resources into holding the states we had in 2004, or at least 2000. That means OH and VA, which are wobbly, as well as CO.

The others are lost causes. Bush came close in WI but a close loss is still a total loss in terms of the Electoral College. MN is always a teaser. It looks competitive at first but always comes home to the 'Rats in the end. Kinda like NJ in that sense. Looks like we have a chance but it ends up being true blue 'Ratland.

[aegiscg47]

It's still way to early. My big hope is that during the debates Obama does the same thing that he did in the primary debates, namely look bored, spout off nothing of importance, and show everyone that he is lost without a teleprompter. I also think that the McCain team should hit him hard on the global tax bill he proposed, drilling, and taxes in general.

[hoe_cake]

I’ve stepped up to bat. I’m supporting McCain. I see no reason to cringe over McCain’s presidency. this is not the case with Obama.

[ncalburt]

Thats the point of this propaganda.
Another pack of lies and propaganda from Quininpiac . You will see a sea of crap from these lefties .This poll group has been completely wrong for years but they must be cheap.
Pay attention Rasmussen state poll are usually fairly close . This group pushes really bad polling data in FL every election cycle and is alway dead wrong.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Did they vote in those states already?

[hoe_cake]

thank you for your encouraging remarks.

[VOR78]

‘Minnesota voters also chose Obama over McCain, 52% to 39%. Obama’s 17-point lead is the biggest among the four states...’

Where I come from, 52-39=13.

[LS]

In other words, McCain in WI and CO is doing far worse than Bush did in 2004. This is going to be a huge stunner to many Freepers when Obama wins a landslide, which I'm afraid is in the cards.

This election is all about image and emotion, not issues. Obama can get up and say, "I'll raise your taxes, I'll reduce your standard of living, and I'll make us less safe" and all people will hear is "Hope! Change!"

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Quinnipiac

No need to read further.

[Red Boots]

I am becoming discouraged.

We'd need to see the polling demographics ( likely voters, registered voters, % of parties represented ) to really tell how accurate this poll's findings are. Since they don't say anything about them, I'd take the results to be probably skewed toward Democrats.