NBC News/ WSJ Poll (today, April 30th): Obama Edges Into National Lead

[DerekJ]

The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that Obama has edged back into a national lead over Hillary.

Here are the numbers among Dem primary voters, compared to late and early March:

Obama 46% (45%) (43%)
Hillary 43% (45%) (47%)


Some other numbers in the poll gauge the impact of recent major stories on both candidates among registered voters:

* 36 percent have major concerns that Clinton seems to change her position on some issues (like driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and the North American Free Trade Agreement, which her husband signed but which she now opposes)
* 34 percent say they're bothered by Obama's "bitter" remarks

* 32 percent have a major problem with the Illinois senator's past associations with Wright and the 1960s radical William Ayers

* 27 percent have serious concerns that Bill Clinton would have too much influence on U.S. policy decisions if his wife is elected

ETA: http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/poll_obama_edges_into_national.php
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From the poll Also:

Obama : 46
McCain: 43

:bounce:

[DerekJ]

1. Kick

[GetTheRightVote]

2. Thank you for the posting, he will prevail, he must prevail for change to happen

for a brighter, better tomorrow for all of us, for our nation to regain her greatness once again.

[featherman]

3. Good stuff... also 43% concerned that McCain too close to Bush

which trumps Wright

[ErinBerin84]

4. I posted this on another thread

But it's curious that David Gregory on his show, when announcing the poll numbers, made great efforts to mention the percentage of people concerned with the "Obama issues", and did not even bring up the questions asked about Clinton, even though they got a higher percentage.

Haha, but most people still concerned with Bush/McCain, despite McCain's free ride in the media.

[DerekJ]

5. Sorry I didn't see your thread. :)

[Upton]

6. You forgot: 31% think Clinton's not honest

I'm actually surprised it's that low. Among the more educated it's probably more like 99%.

[Eutanasio]

7. The only poll in which Obama has not lost ground to McCain

Interesting.

[Muttocracy]

8. With this news cycle, poll results could change in a matter of hours

So to really compare you'd have to look at which days the poll was conducted.

Welcome to DU

[DerekJ]

9. He's been tied with McCain in virtually every poll for the past two month now.

Every politician starts as an unknown, and then goes to his highest ratings, then falls down to a stable number, when all the skeletons are out of his closet. The question is: How far down is that fall?! Obama went down 10 points (i.e.: 5 points went from Obama to McCain) then it stopped.

Given the fact that Obama is currently being hammered 24/7 on every major news channel, and is being smeared by ads form both Hillary (his own party) , and the GOP. He's doing pretty well.