Des Moines Register poll: Obama beats McCain in Iowa 53%-36%; Hillary loses to McCain 49%-40%

[TeamJordan23]

Obama, not Clinton, favored over McCain

By THOMAS BEAUMONT
REGISTER STAFF WRITER

Whether Iowa turns red or blue in the fall presidential election may have a lot to do with which Democrat is on the ballot against Republican John McCain, according to a new Iowa Poll by The Des Moines Register.

Barack Obama would carry Iowa if he were the Democratic nominee running against McCain, if voters feel in November the way they do now.

But McCain would carry Iowa in an election matchup with Democrat Hillary Clinton if the election were held now, according to the new poll.

Obama, an Illinois senator and his party's frontrunner, was the choice of 53 percent of Iowans who plan to vote in November. McCain, an Arizona senator, was the choice of 36 percent of Iowans in an Obama-McCain contest.

However, if the choice voters have in November is McCain vs. Clinton, the new poll shows 49 percent of Iowans would choose McCain, compared with 40 percent who would choose Clinton.

Continue Reading: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080224/NEWS09/802240333

[BringBigDogBack]

1. kickeroo

[bluestateguy]

2. Hillary polls best with uneducated Democrats

Not the Hillary people on DU , of course, but elsewhere, Hillary polls well with uneducated people who just vote for her because she is the "name they know!" Such people don't pay enough attention to politics to see the polls showing her losing to John McCain.

[apocalypsehow]

3. Post a poll that counts - one that shows Hillary winning. Or I'll call you a meanie. n/t

:sarcasm: :rofl:

:thumbsup:

[TexasObserver]

4. k&r