Time National Poll: Poll: Obama Makes Gains with Women, Hits New High

[WI_DEM]

pelled by concerns over the financial crisis and a return of support from female voters, Barack Obama has opened a formidable 7-point lead over John McCain, reaching the 50% threshold among likely voters for the first time in the general campaign for President, according to a new TIME poll.


Among the poll's most dramatic findings: McCain is losing female voters faster than Sarah Palin attracted them after the Republican National Convention. Obama leads McCain by 17 points with women, 55%-38%. Before the conventions, women preferred Obama by a margin of 10 points, 49%-39%. After McCain picked Palin as his running mate, the gap narrowed to a virtual tie, with Obama holding a 1-point margin, 48%-47%.

In a stark indication of just how much the political landscape has changed over the past four years, white women now favor Obama by three points, 48%-45%; in 2004, George W. Bush won the same demographic by 11 points against John Kerry. Where Bush carried married women by 15 points in that election, 57%-42%, Obama now leads by 6 points, 50%-44%, a 21-point shift.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1846065,00.html

[grantcart]

1. And this is why you don't go negative early

The fact that Obama's numbers are at this level after a bruising year of attacks from McCain and Hillary Clinton appears to validate his strategy of nurturing and protecting his "character" points. The poll found that Obama maintains a 60% favorable rating among all voters, and 61% think his election would restore a sense of hope and inspiration to the U.S.

[WI_DEM]

4. yep, you are correct.

[Tribetime]

2. More good news, it just gets better and better. When will McCain blow ?

[yellowcanine]

3. No wonder McCain has been so grumpy. His internals must have been in the shitter for several days

now.

[Peacetrain]

5. The internals..yep, that probably is why he is off his feed

[HockeyMom]

6. I'm going to go kill me a moose

and rush the plans for my teenage daughter's shotgun wedding before the election. Yep, that sounds like the typical american woman's list of do plans.:sarcasm: