The Candidates
Poll Watch: Rasmussen Texas General Election
- John McCain 48%
- Barack Obama 39%
Favorable/Unfavorable (Net)
- John McCain 61% / 34% (+27%)
- Barack Obama 50% / 48% (+2)
A third of voters in Texas think Hillary Clinton should be Barack Obama’s running mate, while 45% disagree.
While just over a quarter (26%) of voters in Texas think McCain is too old to President, over half (53%) think Obama is too inexperienced.
Two-thirds of Texas voters (69%) favor drilling in offshore oil wells while 22% disagree. If offshore drilling were allowed, 59% of voters in Texas think it would be likely that gas prices would go down, while 34% find it unlikely.
Texas native President Bush earns good or excellent ratings from 41% of Texas voters, while 42% think the president is doing a poor job.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
This is a little tighter than Texas should be, but Obama is still getting a bounce from wrapping up the nomination. The far more interesting thing is that Texas voters would be less likely to vote for Obama if Hillary is on the ticket. It seems like even in states she carried (Kentucky being another), she does not help the ticket. It does not look like it’s to his advantage to pick her.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
But look at those Favorable/Unfavorabe numbers??? I just dont understand how these that polls are kind of close but when you look at those numbers it shouldnt be close at all? Those are terrible unfavorables for Obama and great for McCain, my guess is that the state poll’s that are showing these bad favorables for Obama will begin to open up huge leads for McCain come Labor Day.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Barack Obama’s negative rating is 48%, and John McCain’s vote is 48%. That means basically McCain is getting all the voters who dislike Obama but no one else. He needs to improve on that.
June 28th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Rasmussen was wrong in referring to Bush as a Texas native by the way. He is a Connecticut native. Bush has done such a good job in “country-ing” himself that many people think of him as a cowboy from Texas. He is actually a wealthy New Englander.