GOP Nominee
Former Candidates
Rasmussen Trust on Issues Survey
Who do you trust more on national security?
- John McCain 52%
- Barack Obama 40%
Who do you trust more on the War in Iraq?
- John McCain 51%
- Barack Obama 39%
Who do you trust more on immigration?
- John McCain 45%
- Barack Obama 36%
Who do you trust more on energy issues?
- John McCain 46%
- Barack Obama 42%
Who do you trust more on the economy?
- John McCain 45%
- Barack Obama 45%
Who do you trust more on taxes?
- John McCain 47%
- Barack Obama 40%
Who do you trust more to balance the federal budget?
- John McCain 43%
- Barack Obama 40%
Who do you trust more to negotiate trade agreements?
- John McCain 45%
- Barack Obama 40%
Who do you trust more on social security?
- John McCain 44%
- Barack Obama 38%
Who do you trust more on abortion?
- John McCain 40%
- Barack Obama 34%
Who do you trust more on education?
- Barack Obama 43%
- John McCain 39%
Who do you trust more on healthcare?
- Barack Obama 46%
- John McCain 41%
Who do you trust more on environmental issues?
- Barack Obama 48%
- John McCain 40%
Who do you trust more when it comes to government ethics and corruption?
- Barack Obama 46%
- John McCain 44%
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted August 2-3. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Wow! With numbers like these, McCain looks solid!
August 5th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
These results are absolutely jaw-dropping… Obama needs to move these numbers back fast.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Fear Factor: McCain’s Best Bet
A Commentary By Dick Morris
August 5th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
pardon my french, but HOLY SHIT!
August 5th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
With numbers like these, why is it then that McCain does not have a 9 point lead over he whose middle name must not be named?
August 5th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Abortion is an issue. How we deal with it? Josh Xiong breaks it down for you right here:
http://joshxiong.com/?p=55
August 5th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Hey Barry O, don’t you know it’s always been a matter of trust?
August 5th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
The Bradley effect is McCain’s ace in the hole. The Bradley effect has to be something that the Obama campaign is worried about.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
The economy and healthcare - two huge issues - two issues where Obama is tied or favored - two good reasons for McCain to pick Romney.
August 5th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Act-blog,
I agree with you on that one my friend, good point!
August 5th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Are these correct? Do these numbers tell us what the undecided believe?
August 5th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
#9 - I just got back from getting a new Social Security card at my local office in West Sacramento and got into a conversation with a young guy from Afghanistan. He and wife and 3-month old daughter were waiting for their turn and we started to talk. Kahlil said he had been in Afghanistan for four years as a translator for the Army. I asked him what he thought about Obama. He said he liked Obama and that we needed change. Needless to say we talked for quite a while and I was able to successfully put some doubt in his mind about Obama and get his e-mail address to give him more information about BO.
He did not like McCain, did not like the war.
I told him I had wanted Romney to be the nominee for the Republicans and his whole face lit up. He said he really liked Romney. I asked him if he would vote for McCain if Romney was the VP nominee and he said (very enthusiastically) Yes!
(Planting doubt about Obama - one person at a time!)
August 5th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Beth, so we need mitt to carry the Afghan American vote? LOL!
August 5th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
This poll shows real movement, not just statistical noise, from Obama to McCain.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
#13 - very funny. The fact is, lcg, that this guy is a citizen and he votes and he has friends and family.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
“So who do you trust more on abortion?”
What kind of question is that? Trust to do what? Not a very well-worded question. I think this seems just too good a poll to be anything other than an outlier.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Why do people think Romney will help? Here is an article written by a townhall author, Gregg Jackson. He is a liberal and in 2005 he was rated the #8 RINO by Human Events. http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/07/what-you-would-get-in-a-vice-president-romney.html This article also tells why social conservatives can’t trust him——1. Romney illegally imposed homosexual marriage as he had secretly promised “Log Cabin Republicans” a homosexual activist group he would, given the pretext of a legally meaningless court opinion. He publicly admitted that the four outlaw judges who belched forth the Goodridge opinion (urging the legislature to make sodomy-based “marriage” legal) had violated the state Constitution and their oaths of office. But bizarrely, he flatly contradicted the state constitution he had sworn to uphold by pretending he was bound by this opinion. He also opposed a citizen-led effort to remove the four judges!
He then authorized illegal changes to, and issuance of, still legally null and void marriage licenses to homosexuals in violation of the marriage laws which the state constitution explicitly says only the legislature can change (the same court has admitted this). But Romney and his hired “conservatives” falsely claimed that “everybody (knew) that the (judges) legalized same-sex ‘marriage’.”
2. AFTER his stage-managed “pro-life conversion” Romney’s signature healthcare plan established abortion, with a taxpayer-subsidized $50 co-pay, as a “healthcare benefit.” He also created a permanent, official government role for an unelected Planned Parenthood representative on his healthcare board — but no pro-life appointee. (Again, AFTER HIS PURPORTED “PRO-LIFE CONVERSION”).
And the Wash. Times thinks we are bigots because we won’t vote for Romney because of his faith. They have it wrong. It is because of his record stated above. That is why so-cons can not accept Rudy, Ridge, Rice, or Powell as VP also.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
I meant to say in the first sentence that Romney was rated as # 8 RINO in 2005 by Human events, not Gregg Jackson.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Here is the statement by Human Events in 2005 why is was a RINO 8. Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.) Has said, “I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country.” Supports civil unions and stringent gun laws. After visiting Houston, he criticized the city’s aesthetics, saying, “This is what happens when you don’t have zoning.”
August 5th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
OK: How come this poll goes against almost every other poll as far as “trust” on issues is concerned? Rasmussen has always been in it for McCain…
http://www.political-buzz.com/
August 5th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Dear Anne,
What a colossal crock.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Mac Leading on Social Security and tied on the economy? that really makes me wonder about the rest of the numbers. I hope it’s true, but doesn’t really pass the smell test for me.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Well, I for one don’t trust McCain as much as I used to. I still trust him more than Obama, though, which isn’t saying much.
Dear Senator McCain,
Please stop the “headfakes,” “the hints,” “the insinuations” about who you might pick as Veep. Make your choice and announce it when you feel it is appropriate. Half-way announcing it and sort of announcing through your staff, hinting here and there is really pissing me off.
Sincerely,
Ogrepete - Republican voter for years
August 5th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
If this poll is accurate (and I agree with the others who are stunned) then Obama truly is running on a Cult of Personality.
This would help explain how McCain can run even with the media’s anointed one, in a very bad year for Republicans.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I think the media is promoting Obama and it makes it seem like he is leading and liked all over America, but I think in reality–he is not.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Anne is displaying her ignorance again, and I don’t have the patience to counter it right now.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Not her #25, but her other one.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
This is quite excellent. Has anyone seen this:
http://adage.com/campaigntrail/post?article_id=130119
Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign is buying into NBC Universal’s Olympics coverage.
The McCain campaign made a last-minute $6 million ad buy, which tops the $5 million Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign announced last month it was buying during the Olympic Games, which begin Aug. 8.
Like the Obama team’s ad buy, the McCain campaign’s purchase includes network and cable spots. NBC Universal is airing 3,600 hours of Olympics coverage on its broadcast network and cable networks including NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, USA Network, Oxygen and Telemundo.
Also find the vid and comments of him @ the famous Sturgis Motercycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota if you can. The crowd of 50k loved hime and he was quite funny and Cindy comments were quite moving.
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August 5th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
The Molten Core of Barack: Why Obama Can’t Win
by Alex Castellanos
August 5th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Big-Dollar Donors Are Major Force in Obama Campaign
August 5th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
#21 and #26
Anne is correct. On 12/27/2005 Human Events listed their top ten RINO’s. Romney was number eight
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=11129
August 5th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
WOW.
August 5th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
The fact that Mitt Romney was listed among the top ten by a major conservative publication is yet another reason he should be the VP nominee.
August 5th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Rasmussen polls are always suspect, but national polls are foolish at any time. Presidents are elected by electors mostly based on winner take all based on states, not national vote. Obama is so far ahead there it would take Carl Rove, the swift boaters, and Alexander Hamilton to make most Americans forget it was the Republican Party that lied us into an unnecessary war, spent us into unbelievable deficits, and engaged in so many corrupt practices - need I name them? - that they will be lucky to only lose 5 senate seats, and a dozen house seats.
August 5th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Texas,
So, who was the article actually written by at Human Events? Anybody can claim that someone else is a RINO, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a cheap shot. Ann Coulter isn’t the only voice at Human Events that has been pro-Romney. Others there have opposed him throughout. BTW, was McCain on the list? And if he wasn’t, what does that say about the credibility of the list?
August 6th, 2008 at 6:09 am
I thought McCain;s claim to fame was that he could reach across the aisle and work with the Dems? I think that’s one of the reasons he is the nominee. Does Anne really think you can get elected Governor in Massachusetts and actually accomplish anything by being a down the line, 100% conservative? Be serious. One of Mitt’s strengths is flexibility. It is also a necessary strength in the White House and it is one of McCain’s strengths. I don’t really get the viewpoint of Anne and her ilk
August 6th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Texas (31) any top-10 of Rinos that not include John McCain in the top-3 is wrong.
August 6th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Exellent post, Aron