New Poll: McCain Up 40, Inhofe Up 22

A new TvPoll for KWTV-Channel 9 finds the John McCain-Sarah Palin Republican team with a 40 percent lead over Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

The poll also found incumbent Republican Senator Jim Inhofe maintaining a huge lead, almost 22 percent, over liberal Democrat Andrew Rice.

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In Rural America, It's McCain And Palin

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ~ Republican presidential nominee John McCain leads Democratic rival Barack Obama by 10 percentage points, 51 percent to 41 percent, among rural voters in 13 pivotal states, a poll released on Monday shows.

Rural voters, who tend to be social and fiscal conservatives, strongly preferred McCain over Obama on taxes and the war in Iraq. The two men are tied statistically on the economy, which respondents said was their No. 1 issue.

The poll questioned 742 likely voters Tuesday through Thursday in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

Nearly one-fifth of Americans live in rural areas.

By a 2-to-1 margin, rural voters said Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, "represents the values of rural communities." Fifty percent said her nomination made them more likely to vote for McCain.

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Oklahoma, Alabama Best McCain-Palin States?

Oklahoma and Alabama appear poised to deliver the highest percentage of the November vote for Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin.

Polls in both states show the Republican ticket with huge leads over Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

In Alabama, polls consistently have shown McCain-Palin with a 25-30 percent lead over Obama-Biden. In Oklahoma, polls show the GOP team up by 33-38 percent.

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TvPoll: McCain-Palin By 41, Inhofe By 25

A new TvPoll for KWTV-Channel 9 indicates a Republican sweep of the state this year.

The new poll reinforces earlier polls showing the McCain-Palin Republican ticket trouncing the Obama-Biden Democrat ticket and incumbent Senator Jim Inhofe running far ahead of Democrat Andrew Rice.

In the new poll, McCain-Palin are at 68.8 percent, Obama-Biden at just 27.4 percent.

In the Senate race, Inhofe is at 55.7 percent, Rice at just 30.6 percent.

In one of two Corporation Commission races, Republican Dana Murphy has 45 percent to 32 percent for Democrat incumbent Jim Roth.

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Zogby Says McCain-Palin Ticket Surges

From Zogby.com ~ An Electoral College tidal wave has followed the surge of interest in the rejuvenated Republican presidential ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin, nearly erasing a once-daunting Democratic advantage and creating a race for the White House that is nearly dead-level even.

The latest Zogby Interactive polling in 11 key battleground states, and a further analysis of polling in other states, has resulted in the recalibration of the Zogby Electoral College Map, available at http://www.zogby.com/.

In this latest Zogby calculation, Obama/Biden lead the race with a projected 234 Electoral College votes in 18 states and the District of Columbia, compared with 226 votes from 25 states for the McCain/Palin ticket. Another 78 Electoral College votes from seven states remain up for grabs, the latest Zogby analysis shows.

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Rasmussen: McCain Hits 50% For First Time

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows John McCain reaching the 50% level of support for the first time since Barack Obama wrapped up the Democratic Presidential Nomination. McCain retains a three-point advantage for the third straight day, 50% to 47%.

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Rasmussen: McCain-Palin Strong In Oklahoma

From Rasmussen Reports ~ John McCain is holding a two-to-one lead over Barack Obama in the Republican stronghold state of Oklahoma, according to the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters there this election year.

McCain has 63% of the vote versus Obama’s 32%.

Palin Selection Gave McCain Big Boost

Not only does the GOP presidential nominee have the backing of 95% of Republicans, but 41% of Oklahoma Democrats support him, too. Fifty-five percent (55%) of Democrats favor Obama. Unaffiliated voters are nearly evenly divided over the two candidates.

Nationally, the race between Obama and McCain remains close in both the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll and the Electoral College projections.

In Oklahoma, 41% of voters have a Very Favorable view of McCain. The identical number (41%) have a Very Unfavorable view of Obama, compared to 11% who feel that way about McCain. Twenty percent (20%) say their opinion of Obama is Very Favorable.

The Republican ticket gets a boost, too, from Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s selection as the party’s vice presidential nominee. Sixty-six percent (66%) say she was the right choice to be McCain’s running mate as opposed to 30% who say that of Obama’s selection of Delaware Senator Joseph Biden. Forty-two percent (42%) say Biden was the wrong choice, but only 22% feel that way about Palin.

Sixty-nine percent (69%) rate their view of Palin as at least somewhat favorable, including 56% who say it is Very Favorable. Eighteen percent (18%) say they have a Very Unfavorable opinion of Palin.

By comparison, 37% have at least a somewhat favorable view of Biden, including 16% who say that view is Very Favorable. Thirty-one percent (31%) have a Very Unfavorable opinion of the longtime Democratic senator.

Seventy-seven percent (77%) say Palin is at least somewhat conservative, and over half (52%) say she is Very Conservative. Fifty percent (50%) believe Biden is at least somewhat liberal, with 24% saying he is Very Liberal. Twenty-nine percent (29%) say Biden is a moderate.

McCain has a sizable lead among both men and women, although the latter are slightly more supportive of the Democrat. In all age groups and all but one income category (those earning $20,000 to $40,000 a year), the Republican leads handily.

Oklahoma has gone for the GOP presidential candidate in every election since 1968 and has one of the most conservative congressional delegations. President Bush won the state with 66% of the vote in 2004.

Rasmussen Markets data shows that Republicans are currently given a 99.8% chance of winning Oklahoma’s seven Electoral College votes this fall. At the time this poll was released, Oklahoma was ranked as “Safely Republican” in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator. NOTE: Factors other than the latest Rasmussen Reports poll impact the Balance of Power ratings. The current status is indicated on the table in the upper right hand corner of this article.

Sixty-three percent (63%) of Oklahoma voters say they will be voting with enthusiasm for their candidate, but 30% say they will be voting primarily against the other candidate.
For 34% of voters economic issues are the most important ones in this election, but 29% say national security is the priority.

Forty-three percent (43%) give Bush good or excellent marks for his job performance, but 34% rate his work as poor.

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TvPoll: McCain-Palin 65.9%, Obama-Biden 27.9%; Jim Inhofe 57.2-29.2% Over Andrew Rice

A new TvPoll for KWTV-Channel 9 shows Republicans with substantial leads in major Oklahoma races.

In the presidential race, John McCain and Sarah Palin are reported at 65.9 percent, while Barack Obama and Joe Biden trail badly at just 27.9 percent with 6.2 percent undecided.

In the U. S. Senate race, incumbent Republican Jim Inhofe is reported at 57.2 percent, while Democrat Andrew Rice has only 29.2 percent. Independent Stephen Wallace has 3.6 percent and 10 percent are undecided.

In the Corporation Commission race, Republican Dana Murphy has 44.7 percent compared to 36.1 percent for incumbent Democrat Jim Roth. About 19 percent are undecided.

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SurveyUSA: Jim Inhofe Over Andrew Rice By 22%, McCain-Palin Over Obama-Biden By 33%

A new SurveyUSA poll taken September 5-7 for KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City shows the McCain-Palin ticket up 33 points over the Obama-Biden ticket in the presidential race and Senator Jim Inhofe up 22 points over Andrew Rice in the U. S. Senate race.

The poll found the McCain-Palin ticket at 65 percent, Obama-Biden at just 32 percent.

In the Senate race, it was Inhofe 56 percent, Rice 34 percent.

The state is not considered in play for Obama, as it hasn't voted Democratic in a presidential election since 1964.

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Palin To Campaign In Oklahoma?

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin may be scheduled for a "whistle stop" visit to Oklahoma during the campaign, sources in the McCain-Palin campaign say.

Palin's campaign schedule is not set and even when it is, it will be subject to change, a source says, but Oklahoma is on the list of western and southern states where Palin's pro-gun rights, anti-abortion and overall conservative positions could help the ticket, the source says.

It is unlikely McCain himself will visit the state, the source says.

Meanwhile, it also seems unlikely that Barack Obama will visit the state even though Governor Brad Henry and University of Oklahoma President David Boren have urged him to do so.

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Poll: 10% Lead For McCain-Palin

A new USA Today/Gallup Poll reports that the McCain-Palin ticket leads the Obama-Biden ticket 54-44 percent among those seen as most likely to vote. The survey of 1,022 adults, including 959 registered voters, has a margin of error of +/— 3 percent.

Among all respondents, the McCain-Palin ticket had a four percent lead.

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CBS Flash: McCain-Palin Tie Obama-Biden

(CBS) ~ The presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain is now even at 42 percent, according to a new CBS News poll conducted Monday-Wednesday of this week.

Twelve percent are undecided according to the poll, and one percent said they wouldn't vote.

This is in contrast to a poll conducted last weekend, where the Obama-Biden ticket led McCain-Palin by eight points, 48 percent to 40 percent.

McCain has also closed the enthusiasm gap some with Obama, but it still exists. Fifty-five percent of Obama's supporters are enthusiastic about their choice, and now so are 35% of McCain's. Last weekend, just 25 percent of McCain's supporters were enthusiastic about him, compared to 67 percent of Obama's supporters.

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