Kentucky Poll Released by Rasmussen Reports: Barack Obama 42%, John McCain 52%

Here are the latest results from the Kentucky poll by Rasmussen Reports published on USAElectionPolls.com:

There were 500 voters polled on 9/30.

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Ratings are slightly less favorable for their running mates, who will face off tonight in the first and only Vice Presidential debate. Joe Biden is viewed favorably by 46% and unfavorably by 50%. Sarah Palin’s ratings are 56% favorable, 42% unfavorable.

Obama leads McCain 49% to 40% among unaffiliated voters in Kentucky, but McCain picks up 28% of Democrats in the state and leads by nineteen points among white voters in Kentucky. Obama is overwhelmingly supported by black voters, 98% to 2%.

Though his party has been criticized in the midst of the current economic crisis, McCain is still trusted more than Obama by Kentucky voters when it comes to the economy by a 49% to 42% margin. Voters favor policy that focuses on promoting economic growth rather than reducing the gap between rich and poor, and think McCain shares that view by a 65% to 15%. Most voters in Kentucky (58%) believe Obama takes the opposite view, and thinks reducing the income gap is a more important goal.

Just 8% of Kentucky voters give the economy good or excellent ratings, while 58% rate it as poor. Additionally, just 4% say the economy is getting better, while 84% believe it is only getting worse.

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