SurveyUSA released a 536 sample poll of “registered voters” in Missouri on March 19th which was in the field from March 14th through the 16th. The poll runs head to head match ups between McSame and the Democratic candidates. The margin of error is 4.3%.

The poll was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City.

If there were an election for President of the United States today, and the only two names on the ballot were Republican John McCain and … Democrat Hillary Clinton, who would you vote for?

All

McCain – 48%

Clinton – 46%

Undecided – 6%

What if it was John McCain against Democrat Barack Obama?

All

McCain – 53%

Cinton Obama – 39%

Undecided – 9%

The crosstabulations by party identification are interesting:

Party Affiliation

Democrats

McCain – 10%

Clinton – 83%

Undecided –  7%

McCain – 28%

Obama – 62%

Undecided – 10%

republicans

McCain – 90%

Clinton – 5%

Undecided – 4%

McCain – 86%

Obama – 11%

Undecided – 2%

Independents

McCain – 56%

Clinton – 37%

Undecided – 8%

McCain – 54%

Obama – 34%

Undecided – 12%

…It’s evident that the republican base wants more of McSame.

Top Issues for Next President (McCain/Clinton and McCain/Obama numbers for “who would you vote for?” within each group)

Economy [41% of sample]

McCain – 44%

Clinton – 52%

Undecided – 5%

McCain – 51%

Obama – 40%

Undecided – 9%

Health Care [15% of sample]

McCain – 26%

Clinton – 65%

Undecided – 12%

McCain – 43%

Obama – 43%

Undecided – 14%

Iraq [13% of sample]

McCain – 49%

Clinton – 46%

Undecided – 5%

McCain – 46%

Obama – 49%

Undecided – 5%

Terrorism [9% of sample]

McCain – 85%

Clinton – 12%

Undecided – 3%

McCain – 80%

Obama – 16%

Undecided – 4%

Immigration [8% of sample]

McCain –  75%

Clinton – 18%

Undecided –  7%

McCain – 81%

Obama – 13%

Undecided – 6%

Social Security [4% of sample]

McCain – 43%

Clinton – 49%

Undecided –  8%

McCain – 50%

Obama – 46%

Undecided – 4%

Education [4% of sample]

McCain –  40%

Clinton – 57%

Undecided – 3%

McCain – 35%

Obama – 61%

Undecided – 4%

Environment [2% of sample]

McCain –  46%

Clinton – 42%

Undecided – 12%

McCain – 32%

Obama – 68%

Undecided – 0%

McSame definitely has the republican “fear” base [Terrorism and Immigration]. Economic worries have  really taken over as the most important issue at the expense of even those republican base issues. The smaller subsamples do have a larger margin of error. Either that, or some people trust McSame on Social Security because they believe he’s getting it.