Obama Polling Ahead of McCain in New York
According to a new poll conducted by Quinnipiac University from June 3 – 8, Obama is polling ahead of McCain in New York State in almost all demographics. Overall Barack leads John McCain 50 – 36. When Clinton was still a factor the polls had Barack leading 47 – 39 when put head to head with McCain. Historically New York has voted democratic in presidential elections, 2008 seems to be no exception. The more comfortable lead is thanks to Clinton for backing her former opponent.
Not all the republican opponents are backing McCain however. Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has repeatedly refused to endorse John McCain, though now running a slimmed down campaign Ron Paul has not officially dropped out. The Texas congressman has now announced his plans to hold his own convention in Minnesota simultaneous to that of the Republican National Convention this September. In an election year where unifying the party is an important issue John McCain faces an uphill battle.
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June 11th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt According to a new poll conducted by Quinnipiac University from June 3 – 8, Obama is polling ahead of McCain in New York State in almost all demographics. Overall Barack leads John McCain 50 – 36. When Clinton was still a factor the polls had Barack leading 47 – 39 when put head to head with McCain. Historically New York has voted democratic in presidential elections, 2008 seems to be no exception. The more comfortable lead is thanks to Clinton for backing her former opponent. Not all th [...]