Rasmussen Connecticut - Obama: 50, McLame: 38; Hillary: 47, McInsane: 44

[NJSecularist]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/connecticut/connecticut_presidential_election

In Connecticut, Barack Obama currently leads John McCain by twelve percentage points, 50% to 38%. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that Hillary Clinton leads McCain by just three, 47% to 44%. Last November, a time when Clinton was still the Democratic frontrunner and McCain was an afterthought in the GOP race, the former First Lady held an eight point lead over the Arizona Senator.

McCain now trails both Democrats by nearly twenty percentage points among women in Connecticut. Among men, McCain leads Clinton by double digits but trails Obama by four.

Obama is viewed favorably by 67% of Connecticut voters, McCain by 58%, and Clinton by 54%. Connecticut is the only state surveyed in 2008 where all three candidates have favorable ratings over 50%.

Fifteen percent (15%) of voters in the Nutmeg State rate the economy as good or excellent. Thirty-nine percent (39%) say fair and 46% poor. Just 4% believe the economy is getting better while 82% say it’s getting worse. Nationally, the Rasmussen Consumer Index has recently shown consumer confidence to be near the lowest levels of the past seven years.

[Thepricebreaker]

1. Mccain is doing too good there for being a VERY blue state. n/t

[anonymous171]

3. Thank Hillary for that.

[NJSecularist]

4. George W Bush won 44% of the state in 2004.

It's pretty reasonable, I would guess. Most of the undecideds will probably break for the Democrats.

[bluestateguy]

2. Too many polls

They need to be cut down.

Congress must pass the POll Control Act at once.

[HockeyMom]

5. Why did Ct. buck the Tri -State Trend for Hillary?

I am very curious about this. My daughter used to play hockey for a Ct. team and we traveled around quite a bit in Ct. My husband's cousin also lives in West Hartford.

Nice state.

[Cha]

6. Ned Lamont's endorsement for

The Lucky Man? :)

[Frank Booth]

7. Wait... I thought Obama couldn't win big blue states?!

There must be something wrong with this poll.

[NJSecularist]

9. Connecticut isn't a big state.

Did you mean "I thought Obama couldn't win true blue states like Connecticut and Rhode Island and New York."

[HughMoran]

8. 49 more posts to get 'em all!

Got your work cut out for ya! :D

[NJSecularist]

10. Huh?

I don't understand.

[catgirl]

11. Don't even try

Thanks for the post!!

[HughMoran]

12. I figured you might want to post the polls for all 50 states for completeness

It wasn't a complicated request I don't think, even if you got advice to the contrary.

[NJSecularist]

13. Oh, I understand now.

:)

If you ask me for my opinion, I think that both candidates each have their own electoral strengths. It'll be interesting to see how this develops over the next few months. I think each candidate has a feasible path to the presidency. The point of my post wasn't to show Obama's relative strength to Hillary in CT, just to show I think this state is pretty secure for us regardless.

[HughMoran]

14. Yeah, that's cool

I'm a little leary of looking at these numbers too early - look what one story can do to a candidate in 2 days! Granted, this current event will likely blow over, but something can and likely will pop up before the election to influence the results. Also, I think people will realize how weary they are of Bushco and will want to get away from the terrible economy and wars that Bush has saddled us with. I think we are likely to win handily this fall barring any unrecoverable gaffes.

[NJSecularist]

15. You may be right.

I still worry about a bloody battle that takes us all the way to the convention. That is what we don't want, and it could put these numbers and all this political capital we have from Bush's incompetence in jeopardy.

I really don't care who our nominee is, I just want a nominee.