All Posts Tagged With: "Issues"
McCain Takes Over Energy and Ethics As Voter Issues
Sixty-seven percent (67%) believe McCain shares this priority while just 29% believe Obama holds that same view.
By substantial margins, voters believe that McCain’s top priority is finding new sources of energy while Obama is more focused on reducing the amount of energy we consume. Sixty-seven percent (67%) believe McCain shares this priority while just 29% believe Obama holds that same view.
Most voters-55%–believe that Obama’s top priority is reducing the amount of energy we consume. Only 12% believe this is McCain’s primary focus on the energy issue.
Republicans, Democrats, and unaffiliated voters all see McCain’s top priority as finding more energy sources.
As for Obama, Democrats are evenly divided-41% believe he is most interested in finding new sources of energy while 43% say he is most interested in reducing the amount of energy we use. By large margins, Republicans and unaffiliated voters see Obama as primarily seeking to reduce energy consumption. He also leads on environment, education and health care but McCain has gained on every issue in recent days.
McCain leads on the economy, energy, national security, immigration, balanced budget, social security, trade issue, and is taking over the ethics issue now too.
On Iraq Obama’s position is more in line with popular opinion. Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide now believe that getting the troops home is the top priority. Forty-two percent (42%) say winning the War is more important.
The Edwards’ scandal and his repeated prevarications is reminding voters about Clinton’s perjury and impeachment and shading their opinions against Democrats and Obama on the ethics issue too.