McCain Trails Democrats in Poll
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows John McCain losing to either Democrat -- Barack Obama beats him by 12 points while Hillary Clinton wins by half that margin. According to the survey, McCain's age is significantly more troubling to voters than either Obama's race or Clinton's gender.A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows John McCain losing to either Democrat — Barack Obama beats him by 12 points while Hillary Clinton wins by half that margin. According to the survey, McCain’s age is significantly more troubling to voters than either Obama’s race or Clinton’s gender.
Although McCain is a white man, a McCain presidency, like that of either Obama or Clinton, would be historic: He would be the oldest president ever.
While he wins the experience debate with either opponent, the poll shows that, like his age, domestic issues and his support for the war in Iraq are problems for McCain.
WAIT BEFORE YOU GO...Washington Post:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) kicks off his general-election campaign trailing both potential Democratic nominees in hypothetical matchups, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) leads McCain, who captured the delegates needed to claim the Republican nomination Tuesday night, by 12 percentage points among all adults in the poll; Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) holds a six-point lead over the GOP nominee. Both Democrats are buoyed by moderates and independents when going head to head with McCain and benefit from sustained negative public assessments of President Bush and the war in Iraq.
About two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job and think the war was not worth fighting, and most hold those positions “strongly.” A slim majority also doubt that the United States is making progress toward restoring civil order in Iraq, even as McCain and others extol recent successes there.
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