Obama support softens

[carlotta]

especially among men.

WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama’s support among Democrats nationally has softened over the last month, particularly among men and upper-income voters, as voters have taken a slightly less positive view of him than they did after his burst of victories in February, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.



Mr. Obama, with the MSNBC host Chris Matthews this week in Pennsylvania, has lately lost ground with men, a survey finds.

The survey suggests that Mr. Obama, Democrat of Illinois, may have been at something of a peak in February, propelled by a string of primary and caucus victories over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, and that perceptions of him are settling down.

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The poll showed that Mr. Obama now leads Senator John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, 47 percent to 42 percent; his lead was 50 percent to 38 percent in late February, when Mr. McCain still faced primary opposition from Mike Huckabee. The latest poll shows Mrs. Clinton leading Mr. McCain, 48 percent to 43 percent, in a similar match-up.

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Mr. Obama’s lead among men has disappeared during that period. In February, 67 percent of men wanted the party to nominate him compared with 28 percent for Mrs. Clinton. Now 47 percent back him, compared with 42 percent for her, a difference within the poll’s margin of error. Similarly, his lead has shrunk among whites, voters making more than $50,000 annually and voters under age 45.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/us/politics/04campaign.html?ref=politics

[book_worm]

1. whatever, it appears that he's doing as well as Hillary. So what.

[JohnnyLib2]

2. Alas, dear messenger, you must be shot.

:hi:

[NJSecularist]

3. So he declined a bit, but he is still leading Hillary?

:rofl: :rofl:

[JimGinPA]

4. And Yet He Doubles Her In Donations In March...

Is still ahead 169 pledged delegates, has won twice as many states, is ahead 700,000+ popular votes and more super delegates are endorsing him every week. But you go ahead and cling to those polls, see how that works out for you.

[ampad]

6. All they have left is hope and fairytales

Oh the irony.

[juajen]

13. Gee, golly, where do you think all that money's coming from?

Does "republicans" ring a bell?

[JimGinPA]

17. Rupert Murdoch Threw A Fundraiser For Mrs. Clinton...

So I would guess she's the one getting repub dollars.

[Adelante]

5. Obama would unite the nation

Of those respondents who said they had heard about the controversy involving Mr. Obama’s pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., 36 percent of the general electorate said it made them look less favorably on Mr. Obama. Sixty-two percent said it made no difference. And 77 percent of Democrats said the episode had not affected their view of Mr. Obama.

Twenty-six percent of the general electorate voters who heard of the speech that Mr. Obama gave to try to deal with the controversy said it made them feel more favorable about him. And 74 percent of Democrats said Mr. Obama would be the kind of candidate who would unite the nation; 60 percent said the same of Mrs. Clinton.

Thank you for posting :hi:

[BootinUp]

8. lol nt

[Bake]

16. Sure. He's doing such a marvelous job of uniting the Party.

:sarcasm:

Bake

[BlueIdaho]

7. You mean after two months

of HRC throwing the worst kind of sink trap crap she could find at him? So how has the last two months worked out for HRC? Not so good.

[Rydz777]

9. Margin of errors = + or - three. nt

[Barack_America]

10. Yep. His numbers among men in PA are plummeting...

As evidenced by this graph.



:eyes:

[TahitiNut]

11. Adam Nagourney

Enough said. :shrug:

[MarjorieG]

12. Adam N is given or takes all the naysayer stories.

He similarly took/was given that role in 2004 with Kerry.

Maybe it was just the story's headline, but polls will fluctuate big or small, always. With people's retention, they've forgotten it isn't just Bosnia, but also Ireland peace she didn't deliver, or the Schip. Another post about Hillary doing better after the weekend, so maybe it's the media promoting her possibility of the win, and not even commenting on her tall tales have weakened her.

With so many people not knowing Obama as well, some thinking inexperienced, no wonder that many REALLY want the sure thing. Well, we have to make the sure thing. Defend the candidate, and defend the election integrity gefore we go to the polls.

If Obama were to be the nominee, I have no doubt he can make the case and broaden his appeal. There is also no doubt that the GOP mud will be thrown, on something factual or not. Remember that the Swifites was woven out of nothing, just lies.

Whoever the nominee, we have to all be in support. The 2004 was mostly to do with the Dem party leaving it to Kerry to defend and explain, or fail to protect the election. That can't happen again.

[AX10]

14. kick

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

15. except with the polls, voters, delegates, supers, donors, & organizers

[bhikkhu]

18. They don't count! :)