NV-Rasmussen: Obama and Clinton slightly ahead of McCain

[Tender Branson]

Monday, March 24, 2008

Obama: 45%
McCain: 41%

Clinton: 44%
McCain: 43%

Obama is viewed favorably by 53% of the state’s voters. McCain and Clinton each earn favorable reviews from 49%.

This telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports March 19, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

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[Tender Branson]

Good results for both Democrats, allthough I´m a little surprised to see Clinton doing this well after all the NV polls we have seen so far. Must be the Latinos.

[Person Man]

Well, I guess Nevada is NOT lovin' it after all....and with the dems doing so poorly nationally, Nevada can now be written on as a blue state for this election.

[Eraserhead]

Well, I guess Nevada is NOT lovin' it after all....and with the dems doing so poorly nationally, Nevada can now be written on as a blue state for this election.

That's probably pushing it.

[Boris]

Trailing by nine nationally, yet leading McCain by four in Nevada? lol @ march polls.

[Person Man]

Trailing by nine nationally, yet leading McCain by four in Nevada? lol @ march polls.

Hey, if this is so, this could be interesting.

[War on Want]

If Rasmussen shows Clinton and Obama ahead of McCain in the middle of probably the worst low point for the Democrats either, it is going Dem 90% of the time.

[Person Man]

...and it is just as well. Even if Obama loses, at least he will have built a base of blue territory in the middle of the country.

[The Hack Hater]

Good results for both Democrats, allthough I´m a little surprised to see Clinton doing this well after all the NV polls we have seen so far. Must be the Latinos.

But the Latinos don't like Obama as much as they like Hillary. They may make up close to a quarter of the population, but they don't have a history of high turnout. This election could be different, though.

[Aizen]

Good results for both Democrats, allthough I´m a little surprised to see Clinton doing this well after all the NV polls we have seen so far. Must be the Latinos.

But the Latinos don't like Obama as much as they like Hillary. They may make up close to a quarter of the population, but they don't have a history of high turnout. This election could be different, though.

Hispanic turnout has never been high. Will they turn out in droves for Obama? No. Did they turn out in droves for Kerry? No. Will they turn out in droves for Hillary? Probably not and if the turnout was slightly higher, it wouldn't be enough to offset the huge advantage Obama gets from white westerners. White westerners like Obama and despise Hillary. This is why Obama performs leaps and bounds better in the West.