Hotline/Diego Poll: Dem Race Close, McCain Leads GOP, Obama Polls Best Against R's-not even close!

[flpoljunkie]

Hotline/Diageo: National Dem Race Close, McCain Leads GOP
By Eric Kleefeld - January 16, 2008, 6:33PM

The new Hotline/Diageo poll shows the Democratic race to be a close one nationwide, while John McCain has opened up a strong national lead — though the numbers were collected before the Michigan primary, and nobody knows how future primaries will ultimately affect the numbers:

Democrats:
Clinton 38%
Obama 35%
Edwards 15%

Republicans:
McCain 32%
Huckabee 17%
Romney 15%
Giuliani 12%
Thompson 7%

The general election match-ups also show that while any of the Democrats could beat most of the Republicans, Barack Obama is more electable than either Hillary Clinton or John Edwards — and it's not even close. John McCain is the most electable Republican, trouncing Edwards and narrowly edging Clinton, but loses to Obama in a statistical dead heat. Those numbers are available after the jump.

Generic Democrat 48%, Generic Republican 33%
Obama (D) 43%, McCain (R) 42%
McCain (R) 48%, Clinton (D) 45%
Obama (R) 54%, Huckabee (R) 31%
Clinton (D) 49%, Huckabee (R) 40%
Obama (D) 57%, Romney (R) 27%
Clinton (D) 50%, Romney (R) 39%
Obama (D) 56%, Giuliani (R) 34%
Clinton (D) 51%, Giuliani (R) 41%
Edwards (D) 51%, Giuliani (R) 31%
McCain (R) 48%, Edwards (D) 40%
Edwards (D) 48%, Huckabee (R) 33%
Edwards (D) 50%, Romney (R) 34%

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/01/hotlinediageo_national_dem_race_close_mccain_leads_gop.php

[AtomicKitten]

1. "B. Obama is more electable than either Hillary Clinton or John Edwards & and it's not even close."

Tough to ignore, but I'm sure it will be around here, at best. That's how DU rolls.

K&R ;)

[Califooyah Operative]

5. Very Tough To Ignore! nt

[David Zephyr]

7. He's our winner and I am so pumped about his candidacy.

He's the one!

[AtomicKitten]

10. *

That is a genuine smile-inducing sentiment!

Thanks.

[sunonmars]

2. They are bull.....

The percentages dont add up to anywhere near 100%, For a start the democrats addc up to 88%.

Obama vs Mccain adds up to 85%, wheres the rest.

[David Zephyr]

3. The Clinton's strategy now depends on McCain not being the GOP nominee.

Every poll shows John McCain beating Hillary.

Hillary can not beat John McCain.

[ladjf]

4. Unfortunately one contest was left off of the above poll:

"McCain (R) 48%, Edwards (D) 40%"

If America elects McCain, I will lose any faith I might have still had in the judgment of the America people. He is bug nuts. I thought everyone knew that.

[loveangelc]

6. duh.

[BlueStater]

8. Give me a break

McLame couldn't "trounce" anybody. Did anyone see his pathetic victory speech after winning New Hampshire?

I'd really like to know who the hell they're polling.

[AtomicKitten]

9. kicking this ...