AZ-KAET-Poll: McCain dips in home state, Clinton slightly ahead of Obama

[Tender Branson]

GOP Primary:

McCain  32% 
Giuliani  27% 
Romney  11%
Gingrich 9%
Thompson 6%
don't know/no opinion 15%

DEM Primary:

Clinton  25%
Obama 20%
Edwards 18%
Gore 17%
don't know/no opinion 20%

BUSH Job Approval:

approve 36%
disapprove  60%
don't know/no opinion 4%

The statewide telephone poll of 827 voters was conducted by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and Eight/KAET-TV. The survey has a sampling error of plus or minus 3.4 percent. Fifty-nine percent of the interviews were conducted in Maricopa County, 18 percent in Pima County and 23 percent in the less populated counties. The sample was 39 percent Republican, 35 percent Democrat and 26 percent Independents. Forty-eight percent of the voters interviewed were men and 52 percent women.

http://www.azpbs.org/horizon/poll/2007/4-24-07.htm

[CARLHAYDEN]

Three seperate comments.

First, the Crank poll has a worse reputation than the NAU poll.

Second, I have been trying to tell people that McCain is widely despised in Arizona.  I have cited how his candidate for Republican Party state Chair was defeated.  I have cited straw polls from Republican Party Precinct Committeemen in Maricopa county.  I have cited the results of an Arizona Republic poll and a Tucson Citizen poll.

Third, suggest you look at the results in question 6.

Turning to issues in Arizona, what’s the one thing you would like to see done to address the problem of illegal immigration in Arizona?

Stronger border enforcement/stop them at the border 29%
Have a temporary worker program                                17%
Stronger enforcement of current laws                            15%
Penalize employers who hire illegal aliens                      9%
Offer immigrants a chance for citizenship                        5%
Send all illegal aliens back to where they came from      5%
Build a wall or fence                                                        5%
Other                                                                             15%

Please not the underwhelming support for amnesty (here labeled as "a chance for citizenship").