Latest National Poll Shows Obama with a Paper-Thin Lead

September 24, 2008 6:17 PM | | Comments (0)

Barack Obama has a statistically insignificant 48 percent to 46 percent lead over John McCain among registered voters with two percent choosing neither and 3 percent undecided in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey conducted Sept. 19-22. The margin of error is 3 points and the numbers includes leaners. Obama had led by 3 points in August and by 6 points in July. This poll differs from this week's Washington Post/ABC News and Fox News which both had Obama regaining statistically significant leads.

Obama's supporters say they are excited about their candidate by a 2-to-1 margin over McCain backers.

Sixty-four percent of voters believe Joseph Biden is qualified to be president compared to 40 percent for Sarah Palin.

As he usually does, Obama leads on the question of who is likely to bring real change, with 48 percent of voters saying it is very or fairly likely, while 32 percent say that of McCain.

Twenty-two percent of voters think McCain is running a negative campaign compared to 11 percent who say that of Obama. Thirty-six percent say both candidates are running negative campaigns and 26 percent say neither is. Those who believe McCain is running a negative campaign dropped from 29 percent at the beginning of the month, while Obama's number increased from 5 percent.

Ranked on the issues:

  • Health care: Obama 50, McCain 27.
  • Improving the economy: Obama 46, McCain 34.
  • Energy and the cost of gas: Obama 43, McCain 34.
  • The mortgage and housing crisis: Obama 38, McCain 30.
  • Iraq: McCain 47, Obama 38.
  • Issues related to moral values: Obama 37, McCain 36.
  • Taxes: McCain 41, Obama 37.
  • Dealing with Wall St. Crisis: Obama 35, McCain 30.
  • Illegal immigration: McCain 34, Obama 27.

Categories: Presidential, Wall Street Journal/NBC News

Tags: Obama McCain Biden Palin

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