Posted by justingerman in 2008 Election, 2008 Presidential Election, The Democratic Party.
Tags: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Rasmussen
Rasmussen Reports has a new poll out this morning that shows Democratic Party identification at 41.5% compared to only 31.8 percent who see themselves as Republicans. The Democratic advantage of 9.7% is by far the largest ever recorded, the second highest being 6.9% in December of 2006. It is also up from a 5.6 point advantage last month and 2.1% two months ago.
The Rasmussen commentary wisely points out that this increase is likely due to a shift in the public image of the Democratic Party from being directed at congress to the presidential candidates. Though McCain is currently leading both Obama and Clinton in the Daily Tracking Poll, I think, at this, point party I.D. is a much better indicator of the depth of support for the presidential candidates as well as the 2008 congressional elections.
Posted by justingerman in 2008 Election.
Tags: 2008 Congressional Election, Al Franken, Jesse Ventura, Minnesota, Rasmussen
A Rasmussen poll this morning shows comedian Al Franken with a 49-46 lead over incumbent Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman. This is a huge jump for Franken since the last poll I saw a couple months ago. What’s more significant for Franken is not so much the fact that he is up three points, but that he is attracting 49 percent of the vote. This is very significant for a challenger eight months before the election and shows that his support is not just per name recognition.
