The McCain campaign and Republicans have sought to tie Barack Obama to what they see, and what voters to see, as some unseemly associations - the community organizing group Acorn which they accuse of voter registration fraud, and the '60s-era radical William Ayers. "We need to know the full extent of that relationship," McCain said during the final debate.
But a Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted Oct. 16-18 says voters, by a 60 percent to 37 percent margin, do not believe the Ayers connection is a legitimate issue. Their judgment is closer when it comes to Acorn with voters saying by 49 percent to percent the Obama campaign's association with ACORN is a legitimate issue.
Other headlines from the poll:
Voters see both McCain and Obama as "optimistic" by similar margins of more than 2-to-1.
Fifty-four percent say Obama has the better personality and temperament to be President compared to 37 percent for McCain.
Fifty-six percent said Obama's choice of Joseph Biden as running mate made them more confident of the kind of decisions he would make as President compared to 38 percent who said that when it came to McCain's choice of Sarah Palin.
A poll by Ramussen Reports conducted Oct. 19 said voters believed by a 45 percent to 25 percent margin that ACORN was consciously trying to register people to vote multiple times. Thirty percent were not sure.
Voters said by 39 percent to 36 percent that neither Obama or his campaign were affiliated with ACORN with 25 percent not sure.
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