Obama, McCain neck-and-neck for rural vote: poll

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After trailing by 10 points in U.S. rural areas, Democrat Barack Obama is neck-and-neck with Republican John McCain among rural voters in 13 swing states, a potentially key group for winning the White House, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Obama was supported by 46 percent and McCain by 45 percent of 841 likely voters surveyed from October 5-21, as U.S. financial turmoil deepened, according to the poll commissioned by the nonpartisan Center for Rural Strategies in Whitesburg, Kentucky.

A month ago, the poll showed McCain led 51-41. This time, respondents said Obama would do better than McCain on the economy, taxes and "the financial crisis in the country."

Nearly 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas. They tend to be social and fiscal conservatives. President George W. Bush won rural districts nationwide by 19 points in 2004.



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The die has been cast.

[ananda]

1. Spell that D I E..

.. as in singular for dice.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

2. OK, thanks.

[GOPNotForMe]

6. I never knew that! ALways assumed it was dye for some reason.

Thanks

[bigworld]

3. What was the Kerry / Bush rural breakdown?

[high density]

4. Very bad news for McCain

The reddest parts of the country (Bush +19%) are now purple.

[onehandle]

5. = a massive loss for McBush. n/t

[Roland99]

7. Personal survival starting to overcome latent racism?

[kimmylavin]

8. Or...

a bunch of us commie liberals moving to the sticks?
I'm proudly one of 'em!

[Kali]

9. rural voter for Obama here!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[snooper2]

10. holy shit...I thought it would be like 60-40

WOW!

[central scrutinizer]

11. wouldn't that be redneck and redneck for the rural vote

speaking as a former redneck, I can say that.