Zogby:
McCain
Leads
Clinton,
Trails
Obama in
National
General
Election
Match-ups
New
interactive
survey
shows
just 11%
think
Clinton
will be
the next
Commander
in Chief
UTICA,
New York
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Republican
John
McCain
trails
Democrat
Barack
Obama by
three
points
in a
national
general
election
test,
but
leads
Democrat
Hillary
Clinton
by 10
points,
the
latest
Zogby
Interactive
survey
shows.
The
online
poll,
conducted
April
25-28,
2008,
shows
that
Obama
retains
80%
support
among
Democrats,
compared
to just
66% of
Democrats
who said
they
will
back
Clinton
against
McCain,
the
survey
shows.
Against
Obama,
McCain
wins 11%
of the
Democratic
support,
while he
wins 10%
support
against
Clinton.
In the
McCain-Clinton
race,
12% of
Democrats
said
they
were
undecided,
compared
to just
4% of
Democrats
who were
undecided
in the
McCain-Obama
race.
Asked
who they
thought
would be
the next
President,
McCain
led the
way with
45%,
compared
to 40%
for
Obama.
Just 11%
said
they
thought
Clinton
would be
the next
one to
occupy
the Oval
Office.
Only 20%
of
Democrats
said
they
think
Clinton
will be
the next
President,
compared
to 63%
who
believe
Obama
will get
the job
done.
Interestingly,
1% said
they
think
former
vice
president-turned-Nobel
laureate
Al Gore
will be
the one
to
succeed
George
W. Bush
in the
White
House.
The
survey
included
7,653
likely
voters
nationwide
and
carries
a margin
of error
of +/-
1.1
percentage
points.
| General Election Match-ups |
|
| McCain |
44% |
| Clinton |
34% |
| Nader |
3% |
| Barr |
4% |
| Not sure/someone else |
16% |
Asked
which
candidate
- McCain
or
Clinton
- most
shares
your
values,
48% said
McCain,
compared
to 37%
who said
McCain,
with 15%
not
sure.
Between
McCain
and
Obama,
48% said
McCain
shared
their
values,
compared
to 44%
who said
Obama
most
shared
their
values.
Among
Democrats,
9% were
more
likely
to say
McCain
more
reflects
their
values
than
Clinton,
and 12%
of
Democrats
said
McCain
is
closer
to their
values
than
Obama.
For a
complete
methodological
statement
on this
survey,
please
visit:
http://www.zogby.com/methodology/readmeth.dbm?ID=1300
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