Speaking of polls -- how are the general election hypotheticals looking??

[Sparkly]

I take polls with a heavy grain of salt and don't follow them closely, except what's posted here. Having said that, what are some not-too-unreliable sites for hypothetical matchups between specific Democrats and Republicans? (And what are they showing lately?)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. surveyusa.com is a good site - but tends to poll on a state by

state basis.

Last I looked, Edwards does better than anyone else. Just because he can win in
more conservative places (for some unknown reason). Hillary can easily win NY and CA

[Sparkly]

2. Thanks, I'll check it out.

Btw, I hear Laura will be packing her bags soon!! :woohoo:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. You Can't Check It Out Because It's Proprietary

But here's a link:

http://www.surveyusa.com/electionpolls.aspx

[Sparkly]

4. I just went to surveyusa.com and saw a bunch of polls.

Not sure what you mean, DSB.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. The Polls Are Proprietary

I think you can use my link to see them... If someone randonly typed that address in I don't think they could get the results...

[jefferson_dem]

6. Rasmussen just had a poll out that showed Obama opening up leads on Ghouliani and Mittens.

See here -- http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/election_2008_obama_vs_giuliani_and_romney

[Alamom]

9. Obama: favorably - 50% / unfavorably - 46%. Likely voters nationwide.

The latest polling shows Obama is now viewed favorably by 50% of Likely Voters nationwide and unfavorably by 46%.

Source: same link.

[arewenotdemo]

7. Rasmussen prediction market (not a poll) suggests dead-heat nationally

"In terms of winning the nomination, the latest numbers show Clinton at 50.0 % and Obama at 48.0 %."

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/iowa/democratic_iowa_caucus

[Sparkly]

8. Yeah, I meant Obama vs. Huckabee, Clinton vs. McCain, etc...

From what the surveyusa.com site says, both are looking really good against Republicans even in some surprising states!! (There's still a big undecided vote, though. I sure hope some wacko runs on a conservative third-party ticket.)

[Naturyl]

10. With any luck, Ron Paul could be that wacko

He would siphon off hordes of right-wing libertarian lunatics. A few Democrats, too... against all odds... but more wingers.

If Ron Paul ran third party, I think he could pull 15-20% of the vote. There are that many libertarian nutjobs out there these days.