ABC General Election Poll: (C) Vs. (Mc) = (C) +3, (O) Vs. (Mc) = (O) +11

[malik flavors]

New general election matchup poll courtesy of ABC and Wash Post:

Obama beats McCain by 11

Clinton beats McCain by 3

Good news for Dems.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_030308.html

[Apollo11]

1. But that poll was done a few days back

It's right there in the Washington Post article:

"A total of 1,126 randomly selected adults were interviewed by telephone Feb. 28 through March 2. The results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points."

[angie_love]

3. so what? Thats even after the negative press Obama got and he still beats McOldy

[leftofcool]

2. Rasmussen is the most recent poll

Has Obama trailing McCain and Clinton about even with him

[Apollo11]

5. You are correct

And here's the link:

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/general_election_match_up_history

[Alhena]

4. Actually they have Hillary winning by 6

[Apollo11]

6. I think the OP is using the numbers for Likely Voters (LV)

It means folks who say they voted in previous elections.

Still doesn't make it a reflection of where things are today.