Nevada: Obama Getting Closer

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Election 2008: Nevada Presidential Election


Nevada: Obama Getting Closer


Friday, June 20, 2008

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Nevada shows John McCain attracting 45% of the vote while Barack Obama earns 42%. A month ago, McCain had a six point lead and two months ago ago the GOP hopeful was up by five. This is the first Rasmussen Reports poll in Nevada since Barack Obama wrapped up the Democratic Presidential Nomination and Hillary Clinton dropped out of the race.

The race in neighboring Colorado has also tightened over the last month as the Southwest becomes a key battleground for Election 2008. Obama leads in the region’s third swing state—New Mexico.

In Nevada, McCain leads by fourteen points among men but trails by eight among women. The Republican also has a twenty point lead among the state’s unaffiliated voters, but a quarter of the unaffiliateds remain uncommitted to either McCain or Obama.

Obama currently attracts 74% support from Democrats in the state, up from 65% when Clinton was still in the race. McCain wins the vote from 78% of Republicans. Forty-seven percent (47%) of the state’s Democrats would like to see Clinton as Obama’s running mate in November but unaffiliated voters oppose that step by a two-to-one margin.

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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/nevada/election_2008_nevada_presidential_election

[thewiseguy]

1. Whatever you see from Rasmussen add 5 points to it for Obama.