CNN poll: Obama 51, McCain 47
by Jerome Armstrong, Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 12:35:59 PM EDT
CNN over the weekend:
Where did Obama make his gains?
"In two core McCain constituencies: Men, who now narrowly favor Obama. And seniors, who have also flipped from McCain to Obama," says CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider.
When including only those people most likely to vote, the results are pretty much the same: Among likely voters, Obama has a 4 point lead, 51 percent to 47 percent.
...The poll also expands to include third party candidates. When included in the results, Obama has the backing of 48 percent of likely voters, three points ahead of McCain at 45 percent. Independent Ralph Nader has the support of 4 percent of those polled, with Libertarian candidate Bob Barr and Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney each at one percent.
Update [2008-9-22 17:40:47 by Todd Beeton]:As we saw in the PPP North Carolina poll, here too anxiety over the economy is fueling Obama's rise nationally. But interestingly, CNN's results indicate that it may not be due to the generic advantage Democrats have on the issue of the economy alone, but rather people have largely made the connection -- one that Obama and Biden have been hitting upon on the stump but that the media has largely ignored -- that Republicans are to blame for the crisis we are in.
A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll suggests that by a 2-to-1 margin, Americans blame Republicans over Democrats for the financial crisis that has swept across the country the past few weeks one factor that may have contributed to an apparent increase in Barack Obamas edge over John McCain in the race for the White House.In the new survey, released Monday afternoon, 47 percent of registered voters questioned say Republicans are more responsible for the problems currently facing financial institutions and the stock market, with 24 percent saying Democrats are more responsible. One in five of those polled blame both parties equally, and 8 percent say neither party is to blame.
That's pretty remarkable. In addition, Obama now has a 10% advantage over McCain on who would better handle the economy.
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