Monday, October 06, 2008

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows
Barack Obama attracting 52% of the vote while John McCain earns 44%.

This is the highest level of support ever recorded for Obama and is his
largest lead of the year. It also continues a remarkable twenty-five
days in a row where the Democrat’s support has never declined by even a
single point. The Democratic candidate has gained six full percentage
points of support since Lehman Brothers collapsed to start the Wall
Street mess.

As for the Presidential race, Obama now leads by two points among men.
That’s the first time he has led among men all year and he also enjoys a
fourteen point advantage among women. Obama attracts 12% of Republican
voters and leads by eleven among those not affiliated with either major
political party. McCain gets the vote from 11% of Democrats (see other
recent demographic highlights).

It is worth noting that Obama’s lead is now bigger than any lead enjoyed
at any point by either candidate in Election 2004.

Obama is viewed favorably by 56% of voters, McCain by 53% (see trends).
Rasmussen Markets data shows Obama is given a 65.3 % chance of winning
in November (see market expectations for key states).


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Just another daily tracking poll, but it is interesting to note that
despite the lies and venom being regurgitated by Ms. Palin, Obama
continues to do well in the polls.

Perhaps Sarah Barracuda is doing more to bite McCain's butt.