mccain is down another point this morning. still, just a couple of months ago, I was expecting john mccain to be getting carried off on a stretcher right about now.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows John McCain attracting 48% of the vote while Barack Obama earns 47%. This is the third straight day Obama has been at 47% while McCain has dropped a point on each of the past two days. One week ago, the candidates were tied at 48% (see recent daily results). Results are released at 9:30 a.m. Eastern every day and a FREE daily e-mail update is available.
Investor confidence fell sharply overnight, but the instant reaction on Main Street has so far been more muted. Rasmussen Reports daily tracking of economic confidence shows that 65% of American consumers say the economy is getting worse. That’s down from 77% a few months ago, but up from 60% a week ago. Forty-three percent (43%) of voters say the economy is the top voting issue for Election 2008 while 23% name national security issues as the highest priority.
Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters say they trust McCain more than Obama on the economy while 45% trust Obama. These figures are updated weekly and have generally found voters evenly divided.
While the economy and many other underlying factors in Election 2008 are favorable to the Democrats, one often overlooked fundamental may be helping John McCain stay competitive--the Democrats’ historic difficulty in winning a majority of the popular vote.
New state polling was released last night for Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. For an overview, see the Afternoon Update with Erica Emmich. Demographic crosstabs for state polling data is available for Premium Members. Learn More. Today, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern, new data will be released for New York and Premium Members can get an advance look at the data.
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