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Obama trounced McCain in landslide for Canadians' affections, poll suggests


OTTAWA — Democrat Barack Obama would crush Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential race by an almost four-to-one margin - 56 per cent to 15 - if it were up to Canadians.

That's the conclusion of a new Canadian Press-Harris-Decima poll that, for the first time, gauges Canadian opinion on a head-to-head contest between the Republican candidate and the presumptive Democratic nominee.

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While some of that antipathy toward the incumbent Republican could explain Canadians' overwhelming support for the presumed Democratic nominee, Anderson says Canadians like Obama for other reasons.

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Obama has said his first priorities in office would be expanding public health care, ending the war in Iraq, and creating an integrated environmental-energy policy.

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http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLVIuMaMuMCQS_xAvGgg_4ImckvA

This article really tells how Canadians feel about Obama and why.