The latest Rasmussen phone polls, some reflecting races this week and on March 4, shows Barack Obama continuing to steam roll over Hillary Clinton–and John McCain.
In Pennsylvania, where Governor Ed Rendell broadly suggested that Hillary might be more palatable to white voters in the state:
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows Obama attracting 49% of the vote while McCain earns 39%. However, in a McCain-Clinton match-up, the Arizona Senator has a statistically insignificant two-point lead, 44% to 42%.
In Pennsylvania, Clinton leads McCain by six among women but trails by nine among men. Obama leads McCain among both men and women, but has a larger lead among women. McCain wins 69% of the conservative vote when matched against Clinton, 60% against Obama.
Contrast to the Badger State, Wisconsin, where Obama was previously at a deficit:
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows Obama with a narrow four-point advantage over Clinton, 47% to 43%. Nearly one-fourth of the voters say there’s a good chance they might change their mind. Five percent (5%) of those who currently support Obama and Clinton say there’s a good chance they could change their mind before voting.
Let’s hope some of that mind-changing is from Clinton to Obama and not the other way around.
Unfortunately, Ohio seems resistant to the Obama juggernaut. More at the jump.
New York Senator Hillary Clinton leads Illinois Senator Barack Obama by fourteen percentage points in the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the Ohio Democratic Presidential Primary. Clinton currently earns 51% of the Buckeye State vote while Obama attracts 37%.
Clinton leads by seven points among men and eighteen points among women. She holds a solid lead among voters over 50.
In Ohio, Clinton is viewed favorably by 81%, Obama by 71%.
At least 12% are reporting “Not sure.” Which means as March 4 gets nearer, the undecideds will make up their minds, and the race gets tighter.
Texas is almost in the same way. While Clinton outstrides Obama 54% to 38% a little over two weeks before March 4,
[…] just 68% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters in Texas say they have made up their mind and are certain about their vote. Ten percent (10%) remain undecided, 5% say there’s a good chance they could change their mind, and 16% say they might change their mind.
Which means that Obama has everything to gain in his televised debates with Hillary in both Ohio and in Texas. The more face time he gets, the more people get to know him, the more people will decide in his favor.
