Hillary Clinton has largest anti-vote...49% will never vote for her

[dkf]

Even as some likely voters express dissatisfaction with the current candidates, many have already made up their minds for whom they won't vote - 49% would never vote for Hillary Clinton, while 44% won't vote for Barack Obama and 42% would never cast a ballot for John McCain. The numbers have changed slightly since a Zogby Interactive poll in October 2007, which found 50% would never vote for Clinton, 45% would never vote for McCain, and 37% would never vote for Obama.

In this latest survey, 75% of Democrats would never vote for McCain, but 22% also said they would never vote for fellow Democrat Clinton, and 13% said the same of Obama. One in 10 Republicans would never vote for McCain, and the vast majority is dead-set against voting for Obama (78%) and Clinton (74%). More than half (53%) of political independents would never vote for Clinton, compared to 42% who said the same of Obama and (38%) of McCain.

Obama fares best among female voters, of whom 37% said they would not vote for him, compared to 41% who would never vote for Clinton, and nearly half (48%) who said they would not vote for McCain. Most men (57%) said they would never cast a vote for Clinton and 50% said the same of Obama, while slightly more than a third (36%) said they would never vote for McCain. Older voters are most likely to be resistant to voting for Clinton - 56% of those over 65 said they would never vote for her, compared 46% of those younger than 30. These older voters show similar opposition to Obama - 53% of those older than 65 would never vote for Obama, but just 34% of those younger than 30 said the same. In contrast, younger voters show the most resistance to voting for McCain - half of those younger than 30 would never vote for the Arizona senator, compared to 36% of those older than 65.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1505

Forget the VPship. We need someone who enhances, not detracts from the ticket.

[goldcanyonaz]

1. 44% aint nothing to brag about in regards to Obama.

[dkf]

3. I'll take 56-44 over 51-49 any day.

That is a 12 percentage point difference vs 2 percentage points.

[goldcanyonaz]

5. Umm, you will take the one with the largest spread? Okies, carry on

[dkf]

6. 44% against means potential 56% Obama win.

49% against Hillary means top achievable return of 51%. That doesn't leave much room for error.

[mnotme]

9. huh? Its not the spread that is important...

Its the max number of votes clinton/obama can get.

49% would never vote for clinton. (53% of independents)
44% would never vote for obama. (42% of independents)

[AllentownJake]

4. 44% of the country

won't vote for a democrat. Some people might be independents on their registration like Bill O'Reilley.

[Kahuna]

7. No one in this campaign has been more beat up than Obama. The fact

that he's still standing and out polling Clinton and Obama in national head-to-heads speaks very well for him.

[hokies4ever]

10. It is after the nonstop pastorbating

[Perry Logan]

2. Deleted.

[Undercurrent]

8. More women would never vote for Clinton

I find this really interesting in light of the big noise coming from people claiming to be "feminist Clinton supporters". It strongly suggests that a lot of this noise is in fact Repug dirty tricks. Campaign dirty tricks are their specialty, and you know Repug operative are all over the net, posting on forums fanning the flames.

female voters:
37% said they would not vote for Obama
41% who would never vote for Clinton

[hokies4ever]

11. Hillary shouldn't be V.P. because

people always vote FOR the top of the ticket, but they will also vote AGAINST the bottom of the ticket.

[searchingforlight]

12. Come on.

Refuse to vote for Hillary? Throw your vote away? Stay home? Either one is a vote for John McCain