Rasmussen released a 500 sample poll of likely voters in Missouri dated June 3, 2008:
2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups
McCain 42%
Obama 43%
Other 9%
Not sure 6%
The poll has a margin of error of 4.5%.
There are some other interesting things in those top line numbers:
How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
9% Excellent
17% Good
17% Fair
56% Poor
1% Not sure
Worst. President. Ever.
The kool-aid drinkers are down to 26%. That’s probably the best we can expect. Just think about it – one in four people you pass on the street thinks dubya is just doin’ peachy.
Even if the next president is a mediocrity that individual will probably be added to the pantheon on Mount Rushmore – he’ll be considered one of the greats in direct comparison to dubya’s disastrous eight years. Unless of course we get a third dubya term with McSame…
and even before McCain gets much scrutiny and before Hillary Clinton’s endorsement.
…with this one.
These are the “public” numbers. It’d be nice to be able to take a look at the crosstabs. The margin of error, the “other” and the “undecideds” all combine to make me shrug.
don’t really give much useful information. I only follow them for trend lines among polling organizations using the same methodology. If this is a trend, it is a good one. We’ll see throughout the summer.