Obama Leads McCain by 15 Points in New Poll

June 24, 2008 5:21 PM | | Comments (0)

A Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll released late this afternoon has Barack Obama with a "sizable" lead over John McCain, 48 to 33 percent in a four-way race. Libertarian Bob Barr and independent candidate Ralph Nader got 7 percent combined. In a head-to-head race, without Nader or Barr, Obama trumped McCain, 49-37 percent.

While last week, Newsweek published a poll that also showed a 15 point lead, these results are dramatically different from other Obama/McCain polls, which have a 2-5 point difference between the candidates.

The pollsters note that the only group in which McCain has a lead is older voters, and add: "Almost half of all voters say the economy, more than any other issue, is the most important priority for the candidates to address in this election; and they prefer Obama by a 49-to-28 percent margin to handle the issue."

The survey of registered voters was conducted June 19-23 and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.

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