Gallup Poll: Majority of Republicans and Democrats Believe Obama Tougher Opponent for McCain

[loveangelc]

(CNN)— A new poll finds a majority of Republicans and Democrats feel Sen. Barack Obama would be a tougher candidate against the presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in a potential fall match-up.

In a Gallup poll released Monday, 59 percent of Democratic voters believe Obama has the best chance at beating John McCain. Thirty percent said Clinton was more likely to win a matchup with the Arizona senator.

Republicans surveyed say Clinton would be the easiest to beat: 64 percent said Clinton would make a weaker fall opponent for McCain, while just 22 percent said Obama.

The survey of 1,005 adults conducted March 24-27 has a sampling error of 4 percent.

The discussion of which Democrat stands the strongest against John McCain has been an ongoing debate since the Republican race narrowed leaving the Arizona Senator as the Republican nominee in waiting.

A Gallup poll released last week suggested a majority of Democrats would cast a vote for John McCain this fall if the candidate they support does not win the Democratic nomination. This is particularly true of Clinton’s supporters, one third of whom said they will vote for McCain if Obama is the Democratic nominee.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105904/Dems-Reps-Agree-Obama-Tougher-Opponent-McCain.aspx

[stop the bleeding]

1. 59 to 30 ouch

:beer:

edit to add the nail in the coffin that SD's should hone in on.

Republicans surveyed say Clinton would be the easiest to beat: 64 percent said Clinton would make a weaker fall opponent for McCain, while just 22 percent said Obama.

[Colobo]

2. President Obama. Nuff said.

[John Q. Citizen]

3. K&R-5 ! Obama, for strength!

[slinkerwink]

4. well, there you go

[Life Long Dem]

5. Tha'ts almost by twice as much!!

:woohoo:

[loveangelc]

6. Hillary supporters will say all the Republicans that were polled were lying, LOL

[Guava Jelly]

7. like duh

I didn't need a poll to tell me that
:D

[loveangelc]

8. ikr

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. A revelant post at last

[jackson_dem]

10. What evidence did they rely on?

Have they seen the latest electoral vote count? I doubt it. How many of them follow polls? This is like the "who was the greatest president ever?" polls. The bulk of the result is based on widespread perception, not facts. How else do you explain this:

the last public poll

1. Abraham Lincoln (18%)
2. Ronald Reagan (16%)
3. John F. Kennedy (14%)
4. Bill Clinton (13%)
5. Franklin Roosevelt (9%)
6. Other/None/No opinion (8%)
7. George Washington (7%)
8. Harry Truman (3%)
9. George W. Bush (2%)
10. Theodore Roosevelt (2%)
11. Dwight Eisenhower (2%)
12. Thomas Jefferson (2%)
13. Jimmy Carter (2%)
14. Gerald Ford (1%)
15. George H.W. Bush (1%)
16. Richard Nixon (0%)

That was in 2007. Reagan second? JFK third? Clinton fourth? Bush 9th? Carter 13th? Ford 14th? Bush 41 15th? Nixon 16th? :wtf:

(Clinton and JFK were good presidents but not great. The rest that I pulled out range from failure to average.)

[azmouse]

11. K&R

[BlooInBloo]

12. Yet more people who don't matter to Clinton.

[stop the bleeding]

13. .

:beer:

[Bullet1987]

14. He's stood up against Hillary Clinton for crying out loud...and he's BEATING her!!!

Any sane person would think he's tough for doing that. The only stronger person who could have run against Obama is Al Gore. Obama's is facing top notch competition.