Rasmussen: McCain Trusted More Than Obama on Economy, Iraq, National Security

http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20080530/pl_rasmussen/mccainobamatrustmore20080530

rasmussenreports.com
Fri May 30, 9:42 AM ET

When it comes to the economy, 47% of voters trust John McCain more than Barack Obama. Obama is trusted more by 41%. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey also found that, when it comes to the War in Iraq, McCain is trusted more by 49% of voters. Obama is preferred by 37%. McCain has an even larger edge at 53% to 31%--on the broader topic of National Security. These results are little changed from a month ago.

Obama enjoys a 43% to 39% advantage when it comes to government ethics and reducing corruption. McCain has a 44% to 38% advantage on taxes.

It is interesting to note that while McCain has the edge over Obama on these issues, Democrats are trusted more than Republicans on a generic basis. This ability of McCain to outperform the party label helps explain why he is competitive with the Democrats in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking poll.

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If people really are this dumb, maybe they get what they deserve. (I was going to post this is GD, since it's a general election issue, but decided to put it here to be safe.)

He is a Christian fundamentalistwacko Republican conservative. He has an agenda. He juices his numbers.

The ECONOMY? How are people that clueless?

of course, since he's running for prez now he is. fundamentalist? i'm not sure. whacko republican conservative. definitely.

Personally, I have problems with most polls refering to the general election when there's still an active and heated primary battle going on. The polls are likely being skewed to some underminable degree as a result of the heated passions and battles of the primary.

He once soared in the polls against McCain - before Clinton's kitchen sink strategy - and he will again.

you ve got to be effing kidding me!!!

trust that phony POW McCain over Obama on Iraq & economy...

If Americans are truly this stupid, then we sure as hell have our work cut out for us this general election...

There aren't enough orange bang heads for this one:

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: X 100,000

.......

QUOTE: I know nothing about the economy. Who the hell are these people being polled. They must live under a rock

approaches. O folks need to seriously leave the cult compound and figure out that not everybody loves their messiah as much as they do.

Obama is the nominee of our party. Supporting him has nothing to do with any cult compounds or obsessions. This poll -- even if you assume that it is skewed -- has NOTHING to do with how much people "love" Obama. It's about complete and total misinformation.

How could anyone posting on a website called "Democratic Underground" not admit that Obama is OBJECTIVELY BETTER than John McCain on economic issues for 99% of this country?

You might want to consider that if Democratic party grownups like Ted Kennedy, Patrick Leahy, John Edwards, Chris Dodd, Bill Bradley, John Rockefeller, Bill Richardson, Robert Reich, etc. are confident enough to give Obama their endorsements, just maybe they know what they're doing.

Or are they "cultists" too?

Please don't drag down the Dem party. You can't really be hoping that the Republicans win in November.

Peace,
sw

the debates and the media scrutiny, which Mccain hasn't had to endure yet, changes things because there is some precedence here. Right around the time of Obama's peak in this primary season, the L.A times had a similar poll with similar results.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-poll27feb27,0,5452138.story