POLLS: Obama’s Obvious Weakness on National Security Takes Its Toll
By Un coup de des on June 25, 2008 at 6:28 PM in Barack Obama, Electability, Electoral College, John McCain, Missouri, National Defense, National Security
The boost in the wake of the primaries about which Obama supporters have been gloating has evaporated. According to Gallup’s three day tracking poll, Obama and McCain are now tied at 45%.
Obama also trails McCain in the important state Missouri by a margin of seven points in a poll Survey USA released today. McCain has already consolidated the support of a slim majority, or 50%, of Missourians, while Obama underperforms at 43%. Consider Missouri a red state in 2008 now that superdelegates selected Obama as the Democratic nominee.
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Another explanation is Obama’s obvious weaknesses on issues of national security. According to another poll Gallup released today, Obama trails McCain by a staggering 25 points on this important aspect of the Presidency.
And while Obama has attempted to neutralize these concerns in his recent advertisement entitled “Country I Love,” he exacerbated this problem by taking credit for extending health care benefits for veterans when he in fact did not even vote on the bill he cites in the commercial. This, I believe, will not resonate well with voters who are preoccupied with national security, and I imagine it will have electoral effects.
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