Several new polls from Survey USA: good news for both Obama and Clinton vs. McCain

[book_worm]

California:
Obama 61 McCain 34
Clinton 58 McCain 35

Missouri:
Obama: 49 McCain: 43
Clinton 50 McCain 45

Massachusetts
Obama: 48 McCain: 46
Clinton 52 McCain: 43

New Mexico:
Obama: 55 McCain: 40
Clinton: 50 McCain: 45

Minnesota:
Obama: 55 McCain: 40
Clinton: 49 McCain: 45

Ohio
Obama: 47 McCain 44
Clinton 52 McCain 42

Oregon
Obama: 48 McCain: 47
Clinton: 41 McCain: 49

**Oregon is a bit too close for comfort.

www.surveyusa.com

[AtomicKitten]

1. Very interesting.

thanks for posting :)

[AX10]

2. How is he breaking 40% in MA?

[book_worm]

6. It's surprised me too that McCain does as well as he does in MA

HRC does somewhat better but still this is a state where the last three elections have gone better than 60% for the Dems. I think by November it will be fine.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I'm Surprised HRC Is Doing So Well Considering She's Trailing McCain In Nat'l Polls

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[thesubstanceofdreams]

4. And many Hillary supporters were saying that Obama would lose CA...

MA does look very strange for Obama, but I'm sure it'll be safely blue.

[Renew Deal]

5. How is Oregon so close?

What is going on there?

[thesubstanceofdreams]

7. Kerry won by only 5%... it's a purple, leaning blue state

Because OR primaries are some time away, neither candidate has campaigned there and I guess they're just not paying much attention yet.
I'm a lot more worried about MA... seems really weird that in this very liberal state, and with the endorsements of both senators and the governor, Obama is neck to neck with McCain.

[Renew Deal]

9. I'm not so worried about MA.

There's a lot of natural Obama voters in the state. He's got more than enough padding there.

[Tropics_Dude83]

10. I am a bit worried about MA

Interesting that he's performing relatively poorly there in both the general and in the primary where he got crushed. What is MA's history with race? Does MA have a racism problem?

[I Vote In Pittsburgh]

13. The only interesting demographic facts I could dig up

are that it has a strong economy (2nd highest income per capita in USA) and a huge catholic population. Connecticut has the 1st highest income per capita, and that is favorable to Obama, so I really don't see why Clinton does so much better there.

[neverforget]

14. I would say nothing. I'm in Portland and this state is going to vote for

whoever the Democratic nominee is by a substantial margin. My 2 cents worth.....

[NJSecularist]

8. Remember when the Hillbots were telling us that Obama was going to lose California?

[I Vote In Pittsburgh]

11. Great news

If we win ANY of Missouri, Ohio, and New Mexico, we'll be in good shape.

I am surprised at the margins in NM, MO and Ohio. They both went red last election. The slim margins for Obama in Oregon and Massachusetts are a bit frightening though. I guess MA has a lot of devout Hillary supporters who would be angered by Obama getting the nomination. That's the only way I can explain it.

[book_worm]

12. Look at Oregon again, Obama is 1-point ahead HRC is 8-points behind

I think he will do best in those western states and may even bring along Colorado.

[I Vote In Pittsburgh]

15. I noticed that

My theory for why MA is so tight doesn't apply to Oregon. Oregon was tight last election, so I guess it makes sense for it to be tight this time too. I would have hoped Obama do better than Kerry there though.