Here are the latest results from the ABC News National Polls poll by ABC News/Washington Post Poll published on USAElectionPolls.com:
There were 1271 voters polled on 9/27-29.
| ABC News/Washington Post Poll Date: 9/27-29 Added: 10/1/08 |
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| Barack Obama | 50% |
| John McCain | 46% |
Quote:
Preference among likely voters overall is 50-46 percent, Obama-McCain, a bit closer (albeit within sampling error) than the 52-43 percent last week. The race between them is up for grabs as long as movables – independents and others less rooted in partisan allegiance – remain movable. But fundamental advantages for Obama remain:-McCain’s laboring under the Bush legacy. With the current economic situation, a record 70 percent of Americans disapprove of George W. Bush’s job performance; a career-low 26 percent approve. Just two presidents have had lower approval (Richard Nixon and Harry Truman) and none has had higher disapproval in polls since 1938. McCain’s problem: Fifty-three percent of registered voters think he’d lead the country in the same direction as Bush, inching back up over a majority.
-Forty-eight percent of registered voters are uncomfortable about McCain’s age, a new high. And while Obama has advanced since mid-June in the sense that he’s a “safe” choice for president, to 55 percent, McCain has lost ground on this measure; 51 percent now see him as safe, down 6 points. -Obama continues to trounce McCain on enthusiasm. Sixty-one percent of Obama’s supporters are very enthusiastic about their choice, vs. 38 percent of McCain’s.
BUT STILL – For all that, Obama does not have the race in the bag. Though more registered voters say Obama than McCain won Friday’s debate, Obama has not progressed in the sense that he’d make a good commander-in-chief of the military, and remains under 50 percent in this measure. The number who say he’s got the kind of experience it takes to serve effectively as president, while a majority for the first time, is only narrowly so, 52 percent.
Source: Recent Polls, Electoral College Results
