New Mexico --- Obama Leads McCain in Rasmussen Poll 50-41

[rhombus]

Good news:

Obama is expanding his margin over McCain in a crucial swing state. Kerry lost New Mexico to Bush.

According to Rasmussen, the new Obama lead comes from more unity among Democrats now that the nominee is all-but-decided.

One reason for Obama's growing lead is that the number of fence-sitting Democrats has declined. A month ago, 14% of Democrats say they would vote for a third-party option or were undecided. That figure has fallen to 9% in the current survey

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/new_mexico/new_mexico_obama_and_mccain_tied_at_44


Once the party unites behind one candidate, Republicans are going to be trembling in their boots for a very long time.

[Douglas Carpenter]

1. GREAT NEWS!!!!

[slinkerwink]

2. great news!

[saltpoint]

3. A very encouraging snapshot for the presidential contest and for that

Senate pick-up as well. We'll take it.

[Zachstar]

4. Great news!!

[Liberal Veteran]

5. I find I can bear the right wing's spontaneous onset of Delerium Tremors with great fortitude.

But then, I'm pretty disgusted with the lot of them

[AllentownJake]

6. But there are hispanics there

and Hillary is the only candidate they will vote for :sarcasm:

[Frances]

7. This is not a time for sarcasm

It is a time to focus on McCain. Hillary is now irrelevant, and the more time and energy you give her, the worse it is for Obama.

[AllentownJake]

8. Thanks for the scolding

However, she's still out there screaming and causing trouble. I'll tone it down on her supporters that are reasonable but until I hear the words I concede and support Barack Obama she's very alive.

BTW this is an internet chat board. Anyone who thinks they are doing work on here is deluded.

[woolldog]

13. baaaad

:spank:

[AllentownJake]

15. I do my work

at my neighbors doors and on the phone. Not on here unless there is an action alert.

Sometimes people need to be reminded that as great as this place is no real work is being done on the board till we take it into action on the street.

[Carrieyazel]

11. The Hispanic electorate in NM is very different than in other states.

It has a lot more second and third generation Latinos than in other states. They are well assimilated in the state with everyone else.

While NM is historically one of the poorer states, it doesn't have the racial polarization present in other states.

[DLnyc]

16. Sorry, I beg to differ.

I agree that the electorate is "very different than in other states."

But the Hispanic population in NM is probably mostly 220-th generation, going back to Cortez. It is true that the Anglo population has assimilated fairly well, but I think it doesn't really make sense to say the Hispanic population is 'assimilated', since they were there way before the Anglos (but way after the Pueblo and other native tribes--I guess you could say the Hispanic culture has been somewhat assimilated into the Native American culture, but mostly everyone just adds their own culture to the crazy, mostly Hispanic, mix that is NM).

New Mexico has, to me, a very multi=cultural feel with the Hispanic/Mexican/going-back-to-original-Spanish-settlers part of the culture the major influence.

You probably know that the land of NM, like Arizona, was taken, by war, from Mexico in 1848. However, the culture was not taken away by that war.

Sorry to rant, but I grew up there and still have some pride in that wonderful place.

[Pab Sungenis]

9. It happened in 1992.

Once we ended up united behind a ticket, and with an amazing convention, our candidate jumped to first place from THIRD.

Once we stop sniping at each other, and America gets to hear Obama's vision for the future, I expect to see the polls open up wide.

[Zueda]

10. Dang!That's in McCains back yard.

[Carrieyazel]

12. It is, but New Mexico is quite different from Arizona, Nevada etc.

It's the most Democratic state in the Mountain West, is the least conservative statewide, and Gore won it in 2000.

[DLnyc]

17. Here I certainly agree with you. NM goes Dem much more than

CO, AR or NV. But, my gut feeling here, I think NM going strongly Obama (which I think it can) could pull some of these 'sister' states along.

By the way, Kerry probably won NM also--the count was highly suspect, as I recall.

AR is the only one that's really hard to pull--the Goldwater/McCaint consevative a-holes have a pretty strong grip there.

[MattNC]

14. One reason

why Richardson isn't the best VP candidate; we can win NM without him.

[donco]

18. Uhh,,,hate to tell everybody but

that article said Sunday February 24, 2008.