It strikes me as quite telling how even with all of Obama’s media hype and love fest, he still doesn’t gain ground.
The LA Times/Bloomberg poll of registered voters has Obama at 45% and McCain at 43% – a statistical dead heat. And as I said, this is amazing since Obama led by 12 points in June.
Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | Obama (D) | McCain (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 07/31 – 08/18 | – | 45.5 | 42.5 | Obama +3.0 |
| LA Times/Bloomberg | 08/15 – 08/18 | 1248 RV | 45 | 43 | Obama +2 |
| Gallup Tracking | 08/16 – 08/18 | 2648 RV | 45 | 44 | Obama +1 |
| Rasmussen Tracking | 08/16 – 08/18 | 3000 LV | 47 | 45 | Obama +2 |
| Quinnipiac | 08/12 – 08/17 | 1547 LV | 47 | 42 | Obama +5 |
| IBD/TIPP | 08/04 – 08/09 | 856 RV | 43 | 38 | Obama +5 |
| Pew Research | 07/31 – 08/10 | 2414 RV | 46 | 43 | Obama +3 |
Participants in the LA Times/Bloomberg poll site McCain’s experience and patriotism. They question Obama’s patriotism and 17% say the country is not ready for a black President.
Far more voters say McCain has the right experience to be president, the poll found. More than a third have questions about Obama’s patriotism.
Most voters say they know at least some people who feel uneasy about electing a black president; 17% say the country is not ready to do so.
It will be interesting when Obamessiah and his merry band of merries take center stage at the DNC convention. No doubt we are all about to see unprecedented biased media coverage here in the next week.
