Rasmussen Alabama General Election

• John McCain 51% (60%)
• Barack Obama 36% (32%)

 

Favorable / Unfavorable (Net)

• John McCain 67% / 29% (+38%)
• Barack Obama 40% / 57% (-17%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted June 26. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted May 27 are in parentheses.

McCain now leads 52% to 34% among men in Alabama and 50% to 39% among women. McCain is backed by 80% of Alabama Republicans while Obama gets support from just 67% of Democrats. When it comes to unaffiliated voters, McCain leads 51% to 28%.

While just over a quarter of voters in Alabama (27%) think McCain is too old to be president, well over half (57%) think Obama is too inexperienced for the job.

In Alabama, 72% are in favor of drilling in offshore oil wells, while 18% think it should not be allowed. Sixty-two percent (62%) believe it is likely that gas prices would come down if this practice were implemented.

Half of Alabama voters (50%) think it is more important to win the War in Iraq while 44% believe getting the troops home is the more important goal.

Forty-one percent (41%) of Alabama voters say that President Bush is doing a good or excellent job. Forty-one percent (41%) say he is doing a poor job.