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January 30, 2008

McCain Leads Obama by Six, Clinton by Eight

The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Election 2008 shows Republican frontrunner Senator John McCain with single-digit leads over Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. McCain now leads Clinton 48% to 40%. He leads Barack Obama 47% to 41%.

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January 30, 2008

Connecticut: McCain 42% Romney 26%

A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Connecticut’s Republican Presidential Primary finds John McCain with a sixteen-point lead over Mitt Romney in the Nutmeg State.

January 29, 2008

Connecticut: Clinton 40% Obama 40%

The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Connecticut’s Democratic Presidential Primary shows the race couldn’t possibly get any closer.

January 29, 2008

Florida: McCain 31% Romney 31%

For most of the past week, John McCain was slightly behind Mitt Romney in Florida’s Republican Presidential Primary.

January 29, 2008

Florida: McCain 31% Romney 31%

For most of the past week, John McCain was slightly behind Mitt Romney in Florida’s Republican Presidential Primary.

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January 29, 2008

Will Michael Bloomberg, Ron Paul Run Third Party Campaigns in 2008?

Twenty-six percent (26%) of American voters believe New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at least somewhat likely to make a third-party or independent bid for the White House in 2008. That includes 5% who say he is Very Likely to do so.

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January 29, 2008

Passion Gap: Democrats More Committed to Candidates Than Republicans

Thirty-four percent (34%) of Americans say they are passionately and deeply committed to one of the Presidential candidates this year. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% of Democrats are that passionate, but only 28% have the same level of deep commitment to a candidate.

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January 28, 2008

Florida: Clinton 47% Obama 25%

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Florida finds Senator Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama by nineteen percentage points, 47% to 25%.

January 28, 2008

Strange to Say, But John McCain is the Republican Frontrunner

Strange as it may seem to many who wrote off John McCain last summer, the Arizona Senator is now the frontrunner the Republican Presidential nomination (a fact that sends chills down the spine of many conservative activists and pundits).

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January 28, 2008

Maybe Something Really Has Changed in the Race for the Democratic Nomination

Barack Obama’s landslide victory in South Carolina was expected. So were most of the details including the huge gap along racial lines.

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January 27, 2008

Florida: Clinton 44% Obama 25%

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Florida finds Senator Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama by nineteen percentage points, 44% to 25%. Earlier this week, Clinton held a twenty-five point advantage, 51% to 26%.

January 26, 2008

Obama Wins South Carolina

Barack Obama won South Carolina’s Democratic Presidential Primary by an overwhelming margin on Saturday.

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January 26, 2008

40% See Economy as Top Voting Issue

Forty percent (40%) of voters now see the economy as the most important voting issue of Election 2008. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that nothing else comes close.

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January 25, 2008

Missouri: Huckabee 27% McCain 26%

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Missouri shows Mike Huckabee and John McCain essentially tied for the lead among the Show-Me State’s Likely Republican Primary Voters. Huckabee attracts 27% of the vote while McCain earns 26%.

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January 25, 2008

Missouri: Clinton 43% Obama 24%

Hillary Clinton enjoys a nineteen percentage point lead over Barack Obama in Missouri’s Democratic Presidential Primary. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the state shows Clinton earning 43% of the vote while Obama attracts 24%.

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January 25, 2008

Alabama: Clinton 43% Obama 28%

While the nation is focused on the upcoming Democratic Primary in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama by fifteen percentage points in Alabama’s Democratic Presidential Primary. It’s Clinton 43% Obama 28% and John Edwards a distant third at 16%.

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January 25, 2008

Despite Minor Gains Romney Still Trails Obama, Clinton

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, currently leading in the tight contest for the Florida Republican primary, continues to trail both top Democratic aspirants in a new Rasmussen Reports poll of the general election.

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January 25, 2008

Clinton 47% McCain 45%; Obama 46% McCain 41%

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds New York Senator Hillary Clinton with a two-point advantage over Arizona Senator John McCain in the race for the White House. It’s Clinton 47% McCain 45%.

January 25, 2008

Alabama: McCain, Huckabee Tied

John McCain and Mike Huckabee are tied for the lead in Alabama’s Republican Presidential Primary. McCain and Huckabee each attract 27% support while Mitt Romney is a distant third at 15%. Rudy Giuliani is the choice for 8% while Ron Paul is supported by 3% and 20% are not sure.

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January 25, 2008

McCain 49% Clinton 38%

A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds John McCain leading Hillary Clinton nationally by double digits. The survey, conducted on the two nights following New Hampshire’s Primary, shows McCain attracting 49% of the vote nationwide while Clinton earns 38%.