Reply #16: Poll Shows Obama And McCain Are Seen As Unifiers

[NDambi]

2/25/2008 3:24:56 PM A majority of Americans see Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain as the unifying candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, a poll indicates.

The latest USA Today/Gallup poll found that 66 percent of likely voters, regardless of party affiliation, see Obama as a unifying force, with McCain seen as a unifier by 59 percent of those surveyed.

On the other side of the coin, a majority of respondents said Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mike Huckabee would add to the partisanship that often besets Washington. Of those surveyed, 57 percent said Clinton would add to the partisan rancor, while 47 percent felt the same way about Huckabee. The poll found that along party lines, Democrats see Obama as more of a unifier by 14 points, and McCain leads Huckabee by 22 points on the same question. Among independents, Obama and McCain are seen as the candidates more capable of bringing Washington together.

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