Poll: Voters Favor Obama on Economy, McCain on Foreign Policy

[Hope And Change]

Poll: Voters Favor Obama on Economy, McCain on Foreign Policy

Thursday, June 12th, 2008


From CNN/Opinion Research:


Who would better handle the economy as President?

Obama: 50%; McCain 44%


Who would better handle foreign policy as President?

McCain: 54%, Obama: 43%


http://thepage.time.com/2008/06/12/poll-voters-favor-obama-on-economy-mccain-on-foreign-policy/">Link

[angie_love]

1. Since the economy is the no 1 issue, this is good for Obama but I would like to see that number grow

[jefferson_dem]

2. Barack also leads on % who agree with on the issue - 56% for Obama, 50% for McSame

Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with each of the following candidates on the issues
that matter most to you. (RANDOM ORDER)

June 4-5 Jan. 14-17
2008 2008
Barack Obama
Agree 56% 53%
Disagree 43% 44%
No opinion 1% 3%

John McCain
Agree 50% 50%
Disagree 48% 48%
No opinion 2% 2%

FULL RESULTS --- http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/06/12/rel7g.pdf

[totodeinhere]

3. I can't understand why they would favor McCain on foreign policy.

Do they really want four more years of neocon bullshit?

[Hope And Change]

4. Yeah, I agree.Hmm.....

[SergeyDovlatov]

7. Apparently so. People mostly get their news from the TV and mainstream press

The same press that laughs off the impeachment, was instrumental in propagandizing the war and, in general, does not like to stir trouble.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. What I found interesting about this poll...

With issues most important to Americans, 56% of Americans agree with Obama on those issues, while only 43% don't. McCain, however, only sits at 50% with 48% saying they do not agree with McCain on the issues. That's only a 2 point difference for McCain and a 13 point one for Obama!

[last_texas_dem]

6. 100 more years, baby!

I was under the impression that Bush's foreign policy approval ratings were still pretty low; what significant differences are people assuming that there would be between a McCain foreign policy and a Bush foreign policy? There's a good chance that a McCain foreign policy would be both more aggressive and more incompetent...

[dsomuah]

8. It's the economy stupid.