Rasmussen Missouri Poll: McCain 47%, Obama 42%

[Hope And Change]

This telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports on July 7, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

See http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/about_us/methodology">Methodology.

Election 2008: Missouri Presidential Election

Missouri: McCain Leads By Five in Classic Swing State

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Missouri shows John McCain attracting 47% of the vote while Barack Obama earns 42%. A month ago, the candidates were essentially even. That survey was conducted the night that Obama clinched the Democratic Presidential nomination. McCain had the advantage in earlier surveys.

When leaners are included in the current survey, McCain leads Obama 50% to 45%. Leaners are survey participants who initially indicate no preference for either major candidate but indicate that they are leaning towards either McCain or Obama.

Including leaners, McCain is supported by 93% of Missouri Republicans and enjoys a sixteen percentage point lead among unaffiliated voters. Last month, Obama had a slight advantage among the unaffiliateds and this month he is supported by 80% of Democrats.

Individual polls can sometimes overstate volatility in a race, especially when the results carry a four-and-a-half percentage point margin of sampling error. One way of addressing this is to look at a rolling-average of three consecutive polls. Using this approach, McCain leads Obama 45% to 42%. Last month’s three-poll average showed McCain up by six.

McCain is currently viewed favorably by 58% of Missouri voters, Obama by 50%. Those figures reflect a modest improvement for both candidates over the past month.


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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/missouri/election_2008_missouri_presidential_election

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[thewiseguy]

3. Enjoy your Pizza

[Hope And Change]

4. LOL.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. If Obama can get within 1-2 points on election day, he'll win Missouri.

And that's because of the huge black turnout in Kansas City and St. Louis. It should put him over the top.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. And something tells me they don't poll in the hood

These are great numbers for MO. Absolutely wonderful.

[bluestateguy]

5. There are too many polls

Legislation to rein in this out of control industry must be enacted.

[Hope And Change]

6. Obama flooding Missouri with 150 PAID staffers

Obama flooding Missouri with 150 PAID staffers

By STEVE KRASKE

The Kansas City Star

How much would Barack Obama love to win Missouri?

Let us count the staffers… 148, 149, yes, 150 …

The Democrat’s campaign said Tuesday it is tripling its paid staff — to an unprecedented 150 workers, who will fan out from 30 field offices across the state, from West Plains to Maryville.

“It’s unheard of,” veteran Democratic worker Woody Overton of Kansas City said of the effort and expenditure.

“It’s unbelievable.”


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http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/12859

[charlyvi]

7. I read somewhere, sorry don't have a link,

where McCain went up with media buys in Missouri, outspending Obama. Maybe this will change when OB starts fighting back.

[Hope And Change]

8. Read my post above.

:hi: