AR POLL: Hillary loses to McCain in her home state (50-43)

[jefferson_dem]

Arkansas: McCain Leads Clinton, Overwhelms Obama
Saturday, March 22, 2008

In the state where she served as First Lady in the 1980s, Hillary Clinton trails John McCain by seven percentage points in a hypothetical general election match-up. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows McCain attracting 50% of the vote while Clinton earns 43%. However, when Barack Obama is presented as the Democratic option, McCain leads 59% to 30% in Arkansas.

Clinton is viewed favorably by 50% of voters in her former home state while 47% have an unfavorable view. As with all polling on the Democratic hopeful, there is a significant gender gap. She earns favorably reviews from 59% of women and 39% of men.

McCain is viewed favorably by 66% and unfavorably by 30%. For Obama, the reviews are 35% favorable and 62% unfavorable.

Forty-eight percent (48%) name the economy as the top voting issue this year. Just 14% rate the economy as good or excellent while 52% say it is in poor shape. Only 6% say the economy is getting better, 78% say it is getting worse. Nationally, consumer and investor confidence remains near the lowest levels of the past seven years. A Rasmussen Reports video analysis looks at how rapidly economic confidence has deteriorated in recent months .

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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/arkansas/arkansas_2008_presidential_election

[grantcart]

1. I wonder how many votes she will get after this video is played

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOsGo_HWP-c

[Quixote1818]

4. That is her Al Gore "I invented the internet" moment. Only in this case

she actually said it and Gore never did.

[pocoloco]

9. Hell, I thought my memory was bad!

[papau]

19. no votes will be lost by Hillary over Bosnia - only Obama supporter Sinbad says on record anything

[Inuca]

22. You did not watch it, did you?

No Sinbad anywhere to be seen :rofl:

[grantcart]

29. watch Hillary going into detail about her running fromt he aircraft

and watch her walk and embrace the little girl


before you post hit the link

[Terry_M]

26. Holy crap

Is that really her only visit to Bosnia as first lady? LOL!

[adoraz]

2. jefferson_dem - weren't you a huge Hillary fan?

yesterday?

What made you change your mind?

[Quixote1818]

5. I think you have Jefferson mixed up with Jackson.

He has alway been an Obama supporter.

[adoraz]

7. yeah, lol you are correct. sorry about that.

[jefferson_dem]

8. Not me. I was a fan before she turned into a skeazy shithead this election season.

Still, i've been an avid Obama-for-POTUS-backer since October 2006.

That "jackson" poster below is the Hillaryphile.

[adoraz]

10. yeah, sorry my mistake.

LOL at "skeazy shithead"

[jackson_dem]

14. Another similarity. I too was a fan until he turned into a fraud/hypocrite/etc.

"jefferson"

[baldguy]

18. 2996?

Hell, I like the guy but no one should be around for a thousand years.

[jefferson_dem]

21. LOL!

Ugh... :hide:

[Cha]

12. Like 5 minutes ago?

:P I knew that's who were thinkin' of.

[jackson_dem]

3. Nice spin. So Clinton puts Arkansas, a red state, into play while Obama gets crushed

[gmudem]

20. Well she was the first lady there for a bit

And she's still starting off well below McCain. Meanwhile Obama is polling great states like Virginia, Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico and even outperforming Hillary in places like Washington, Connecticut, and California.

And in her semi-home state of New York, Clinton and Obama poll about the same against McCain.

[jackson_dem]

23. Yeah, add up the electoral votes of VA, CO, IA, and NM (?)

I haven't seen any NM numbers but I'll take your word for it. California, Connecticut, and Washington are states Clinton wins easily.

Let's look at the battlegrounds. Obama does worse in Florida (27 electoral votes, 4th), Pennsylvania (21, 5th), Ohio (20, 7th), and presumably also Michigan (17, 8th). He flips New Jersey (15, 9th) to McCain and he puts Massachusetts (13) in play. Iowa and Colorado don't come close to making this up.

The other major point is Obama's electability has been declining for months and especially in the past month. It makes no sense to think his current numbers mean anything because they will probably go down as his negatives keep going up. He should be, given how relatively pristine he is in the public eye due to msm support for him and the rethugs not having gone after him yet, killing McCain as the "new" candidate in a change year.

[Citizen Kang]

6. Actually....

her native state is Illinois, which she would win. But she's changed her stripes so many times it hard to tell anymore what her "home" state is. I guess she'll call New York her home state like Bush called Texas his home state.

[dsc]

11. She has lived longer in New York than I have North Carolina

and I consider myself a North Carolinian. I am paid by NC, pay taxes to NC, have my car registered in NC, vote in NC, and will likely retire here. At what time would you say I get to be a real citizen instead of a phony one?

[ButterflyBlood]

16. Did you move to NC only to run for Senate having never lived there before in your life?

Hillary is from New York as much as Alan Keyes is from Illinois.

[dsc]

24. I did move here to get a job

and hadn't lived here before. I even get paid by tax dollars as I am a teacher.

[ButterflyBlood]

25. Unfair comparison

Your job isn't to represent NC, nor are you elected to it. The term "carpetbagger" exists for a reason, but only some occupations.

[dsc]

28. they voted for her with eyes wide open

and reelected her. Just like my state voted in Dole and is likely to reelect her. In democracies people get what they want.

[ButterflyBlood]

13. Calling Illinois her home state is riduclous

Unless Hawaii is Obama's home state, Connecticut is Bush's, DC is Gore's, Colorado is John Kerry's, and McCain's is Panama.

[jackson_dem]

17. Just like Obama played the "home state" thing in Hawaii too

This isn't new. Politicians have an obvious incentive to have as many "homes" as possible.

[BeyondGeography]

15. Bill's wife is getting beat in his home state?

That's sad.

[monicaaida]

27. big

states matter, right hill

[jackson_dem]

30. In the electoral college, yes, for obvious reasons. AR is a small state

[otohara]

31. Sorry For Any DU'ers Living in Arkansas

must be lonely