Poll: Obama Maintains Comfortable Lead
With less than one week until Election Day, Barack Obama maintains a clear lead over John McCain in the presidential race, a new CBS News/New York Times poll suggests. The Democratic nominee now leads his Republican rival by 11 percentage points, 52 percent to 41 percent, among likely voters nationwide.
A small percentage of these voters could still switch sides: The figures include both firm supporters of each candidate and those who lean towards one or the other but have not fully committed. These so-called leaners, however, make up less than 10 percent of each candidate's support, a sign that significant movement in the campaign's final days is not likely. Just five percent of the likely voters surveyed remain completely undecided.
Seventeen percent of registered voters say they have already voted, either by absentee ballot or at early voting sites, and this group favors Obama by a large margin. The 13 percent of registered voters casting ballots for the first time favor Obama over McCain by two-to-one.
Intense feelings surround the prospect of either candidate being elected. Fifty-seven percent of likely McCain voters say they are scared about Obama becoming president, while 47 percent of Obama voters are scared of a McCain presidency.
Obama voters scared of McCain becoming president think the Arizona senator does not understand their needs and problems. These voters are more likely to be women, and liberal, and about a quarter of them are African American.
An enthusiasm gap remains between the candidates: While roughly half of Obama's supporters are excited about their candidate being elected, just 22 percent of McCain voters feel the same.
More than half of both Obama and McCain's supporters say it is "extremely" important their candidate become president, and an additional third say it is "very" important.
Positions On The Issues:
Most registered voters believe that both Obama and McCain could work with the opposition party, with 70 percent arguing that Obama could reach across the aisle and 66 percent saying McCain could.
But on the economy - the most important issue to a majority of voters in making a choice for president - Obama has a clear advantage. A majority of registered voters say Obama's policies would make the economy better, while half as many say they would make the economy worse. By contrast, nearly as many expect McCain's policies to make the economy worse (31 percent) as expect his policies to make the economy better (32 percent).
Low income voters, in particular, expect Obama's policies to help the economy and McCain's to make things worse.
McCain does have a slight edge when it comes to raising taxes, a topic he has focused on in recent weeks. Fifty percent of those surveyed expect Obama to raise the taxes of people like them, while 46 percent expect McCain to do so. Vast majorities believe Obama would raise taxes on big business and McCain would not.
Sixty-six percent believe an Obama administration would result in more Americans having health care. Just 23 percent think this would happen in a McCain administration.
A majority believe McCain's policies would lead to more U.S. involvement in Iraq. Eighty percent say Obama's policies would result in less involvement with the country.
Copyright 2009 CBS. All rights reserved. A small percentage of these voters could still switch sides: The figures include both firm supporters of each candidate and those who lean towards one or the other but have not fully committed. These so-called leaners, however, make up less than 10 percent of each candidate's support, a sign that significant movement in the campaign's final days is not likely. Just five percent of the likely voters surveyed remain completely undecided.
Seventeen percent of registered voters say they have already voted, either by absentee ballot or at early voting sites, and this group favors Obama by a large margin. The 13 percent of registered voters casting ballots for the first time favor Obama over McCain by two-to-one.
Intense feelings surround the prospect of either candidate being elected. Fifty-seven percent of likely McCain voters say they are scared about Obama becoming president, while 47 percent of Obama voters are scared of a McCain presidency.
The McCain voters who are scared of an Obama presidency feel uneasy about the Illinois senator's ability to handle an international crisis, and they do not think he shares the values of most Americans. These voters are more likely to older, and many are evangelical Christians.
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Obama voters scared of McCain becoming president think the Arizona senator does not understand their needs and problems. These voters are more likely to be women, and liberal, and about a quarter of them are African American.
An enthusiasm gap remains between the candidates: While roughly half of Obama's supporters are excited about their candidate being elected, just 22 percent of McCain voters feel the same.
More than half of both Obama and McCain's supporters say it is "extremely" important their candidate become president, and an additional third say it is "very" important.
Positions On The Issues:
Most registered voters believe that both Obama and McCain could work with the opposition party, with 70 percent arguing that Obama could reach across the aisle and 66 percent saying McCain could.
But on the economy - the most important issue to a majority of voters in making a choice for president - Obama has a clear advantage. A majority of registered voters say Obama's policies would make the economy better, while half as many say they would make the economy worse. By contrast, nearly as many expect McCain's policies to make the economy worse (31 percent) as expect his policies to make the economy better (32 percent).
Low income voters, in particular, expect Obama's policies to help the economy and McCain's to make things worse.
McCain does have a slight edge when it comes to raising taxes, a topic he has focused on in recent weeks. Fifty percent of those surveyed expect Obama to raise the taxes of people like them, while 46 percent expect McCain to do so. Vast majorities believe Obama would raise taxes on big business and McCain would not.
Sixty-six percent believe an Obama administration would result in more Americans having health care. Just 23 percent think this would happen in a McCain administration.
A majority believe McCain's policies would lead to more U.S. involvement in Iraq. Eighty percent say Obama's policies would result in less involvement with the country.
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You have picked lines out of context,from Obama''s book and try to paint him as a black terrorist, who is agoinst whites. YOUR RACISM IS PLAIN FOR ALL TO SEE.
Africans were brought to America against their will almost 300 years ago, BY WHITES. So go bark on some other tree, your agruments don''t wash. You are simply a low life RACIST.
From Dreams of My Father: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother''''''''''''''''s race."
From Dreams of My Father: "There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white."
From Dreams of My Father: ; "It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names."
From Dreams of My Father: "I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn''''''''''''''''t speak to my own. It was into my father''''''''''''''''s image, the black man, son of Africa, that I''''''''''''''''d packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, Dubois and Mandela."
From Audacity of Hope: "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
At least this will put your mind at rest that Barak Obama is a genuine citizen of United States Of America and is eligible to contest for the presidential election.
HONOLULU (AP) %u2014 State officials say there''s no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.
Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said Friday she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama''s original birth certificate.
Fukino says that no state official, including Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, ever instructed that Obama''s certificate be handled differently.
She says state law bars release of a certified birth certificate to anyone who does not have a tangible interest.
Some Obama critics claim he was not born in the US.
Earlier Friday, a southwest Ohio magistrate rejected a challenge to Obama''s citizenship. Judges in Seattle and Philadelphia recently dismissed similar suits.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iw1At-4G1xuE50oXVFRlBPfR3dqgD945OLU00
At least this will put your mind at rest that Barak Obama is a genuine citizen of United States Of America and is eligible to contest for the presidential election.
HONOLULU (AP) %u2014 State officials say there''s no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.
Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said Friday she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama''s original birth certificate.
Fukino says that no state official, including Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, ever instructed that Obama''s certificate be handled differently.
She says state law bars release of a certified birth certificate to anyone who does not have a tangible interest.
Some Obama critics claim he was not born in the US.
Earlier Friday, a southwest Ohio magistrate rejected a challenge to Obama''s citizenship. Judges in Seattle and Philadelphia recently dismissed similar suits.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iw1At-4G1xuE50oXVFRlBPfR3dqgD945OLU00
At least this will put your mind at rest that Barak Obama is a genuine citizen of United States Of America and is eligible to contest for the presidential election.
HONOLULU (AP) %u2014 State officials say there''s no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.
Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said Friday she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama''s original birth certificate.
Fukino says that no state official, including Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, ever instructed that Obama''s certificate be handled differently.
She says state law bars release of a certified birth certificate to anyone who does not have a tangible interest.
Some Obama critics claim he was not born in the US.
Earlier Friday, a southwest Ohio magistrate rejected a challenge to Obama''s citizenship. Judges in Seattle and Philadelphia recently dismissed similar suits.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iw1At-4G1xuE50oXVFRlBPfR3dqgD945OLU00
At least this will put your mind at rest that Barak Obama is a genuine citizen of United States Of America and is eligible to contest for the presidential election.
HONOLULU (AP) %u2014 State officials say there''s no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.
Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said Friday she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama''s original birth certificate.
Fukino says that no state official, including Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, ever instructed that Obama''s certificate be handled differently.
She says state law bars release of a certified birth certificate to anyone who does not have a tangible interest.
Some Obama critics claim he was not born in the US.
Earlier Friday, a southwest Ohio magistrate rejected a challenge to Obama''s citizenship. Judges in Seattle and Philadelphia recently dismissed similar suits.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iw1At-4G1xuE50oXVFRlBPfR3dqgD945OLU00
At least this will put your mind at rest that Barak Obama is a genuine citizen of United States Of America and is eligible to contest for the presidential election.
HONOLULU (AP) %u2014 State officials say there''s no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.
Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said Friday she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama''s original birth certificate.
Fukino says that no state official, including Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, ever instructed that Obama''s certificate be handled differently.
She says state law bars release of a certified birth certificate to anyone who does not have a tangible interest.
Some Obama critics claim he was not born in the US.
Earlier Friday, a southwest Ohio magistrate rejected a challenge to Obama''s citizenship. Judges in Seattle and Philadelphia recently dismissed similar suits.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iw1At-4G1xuE50oXVFRlBPfR3dqgD945OLU00
Posted by chitown_639 at 11:02 PM : Nov 01, 2008
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I might have the year wrong perhaps but Obama did go to Pakistan when Americans were not allowed to go there. Most likely he did not have American passport then. As for Al-Qaeda, earlier to 1988 they were called by different names such as Afghan mujjahideens, until Osama took over the group around 1988.
I hink Osama has an easier way of taking down the US. Get Obama elected. He will withdraw all the troops. Introduce socialist idas that will bring down the contry like France and much of Europe. No one there has guts to stand against Al Qaeda. So the people who ae happiest by Obama winning will be Osama, Irani zealots, much of pro-Arab revolutionists, Hamas and Lebanese rebels. That is a good list of "foriegn relationship" we desparately need. Europe will hail us for joining their undedog staus and gleefully "bend" for the Islamic Rebels to take them as such. Great people of US who are electing Obama ! There is another option you had but did not choose. Taking that gun from those Western Pensylvanians and shooting into your own foot.
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Video: Thumbnail of Barack Obama won''t Hoodwinked of Bamboozled by John McCain; Video: Thumbnail of Barack Obama''s Intimidation Tactics Continue ...
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NOW we know why the media is so biased!
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