Here are the latest results from the New Mexico poll by Albuquerque Journal published on USAElectionPolls.com:
There were 659 voters polled on 9/29-10/2.
| Albuquerque Journal Date: 9/29-10/2 New Mexico Added: 10/6/08 |
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| Barack Obama | 45% |
| John McCain | 40% |
Quote:
Obama's advantage over McCain in the state was even larger among Hispanic, independent and younger voters, the Albuquerque Journal reported Sunday in a copyright story."Barack Obama has been on a roll in the last 10 days to two weeks," said Brian Sanderoff, president of Albuquerque-based Research & Polling Inc., which conducted the poll. He pointed out that Obama also was leading in the polls nationally last week.
Research & Polling conducted a telephone survey of 659 registered voters who said they are likely to vote on Nov. 4. The survey, conducted Sept. 29 through Oct. 2, has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
Seventy-three percent of Democrats surveyed backed Obama, while 16 percent were undecided on their choice for the White House.
Sanderoff noted that Republicans win big races in the state by wooing independents and bringing Democrats across the fence.
The poll found that 44 percent of independents supported Obama compared with 29 percent for McCain. Twenty-two percent of independents said they were undecided.
"For John McCain to win, he needs to get his half of the independent vote," Sanderoff said. "The jury is still out on whether his maverick message will prevail. The good news for McCain is 16 percent of Democrats are undecided: They evidently have some reservations about Obama."
