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Latest McCain vs. Dems Poll

By Jeralyn

There's a new LA Times/Bloomberg national poll. The key findings:

• Between McCain, Obama and Hillary:

  In head-to-head contests, the poll found, McCain leads Clinton by 6 percentage points (46% to 40%) and Obama by 2 points (44% to 42%). Neither lead is commanding given that the survey, conducted Feb. 21-25, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
  

• On the economy, Hillary beats McCain 43% to 34% while McCain beats Obama 42% to 34%. That's a big difference.

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• Republican voters see McCain as more experienced. They like that he's older. Where are the change voters? Not in the group that includes Republicans for McCain apparently, only in the Democratic contest.

• Among Democrats nationally, Obama leads Hillary 48% to 42%. But, there's one more key number:

  Of Democratic voters whose home states have yet to hold primaries or caucuses, the former first lady maintains a 13-point edge over Obama.

• The poll finds Hillary's support has remained constant at 42%, but Obama's has risen, possibly it says, from gaining Edwards' supporters. And that each side's two core groups, older white female voters for Hillary and the African American voters for Obama, are not budging.

• As to what the superdelegates should do, this will suprise some:

  The survey's participants are evenly split over whether the 796 superdelegates should vote for the candidate they personally support or for the one who won their state. But a majority (52%) thinks the party should allow delegates from Florida and Michigan to participate, agreeing with the position taken by the Clinton campaign.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 27, 2008 (boomark / email).