Obama up in Wash Post/ABC poll
Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:10 PM by Mark Murray
From NBC's Mark Murray
The new Washington Post/ABC poll has Obama leading McCain by eight points (50%-42%) among registered voters. Among likely voters, Obama's lead is three (49%-46%), and among all adults, Obama's lead is 12 points (51%-39%) -- suggesting that the higher the turnout, the better for Obama.
The Washington Post writes that "Obama holds his biggest advantage of the campaign as the candidate best prepared to fix the nation's ailing economy, but lingering concerns about his readiness to handle international crises are keeping the race close... Forty-nine percent of those surveyed said Obama's level of experience would hamper his ability to serve effectively as president; fewer, 40 percent, said it would help. And asked whether he would make a good commander in chief, 48 percent said yes. While 56 percent said Obama knows enough about world affairs to be a good president, more, 72 percent, said so about McCain."
On the plus side for Obama: "Asked whom they trust more to handle the economy, 54 percent of those surveyed named Obama; just 35 percent cited McCain. Obama's 19-point advantage on the economy is his largest of the campaign. He also holds double-digit leads on dealing with the federal budget deficit and on immigration. On social issues such as abortion and gay civil unions, 56 percent prefer Obama, 32 percent McCain."
Given these numbers, it's perhaps no surprise now that Obama is heading to the Middle East and Europe.
