independents

Repubs are hammering Obama on his coal comments and falsely accusing the San Francisco Chronicle of burying the interview even though they’ve had it available on their website since the interview took place.

In fact, here’s the complete video of the interview…

Obama - 52%
McCain - 43%

Want to know how stable Obama’s lead is at this point? Look no further than Virginia.

Public Policy Polling ran the numbers back in the early part of October at the numbers were 51 to 43 in favor of Obama.

Virginia’s going blue this election.

Count on it.

Some demographic highlights…

• He leads 48 to 39 with independents.
• Democrats support Obama 89 to 8.
  
  Republicans support McCain 88 to 10.

Obama - 51%
McCain - 43%

This is a 10 point swing since the poll was taken 3 weeks ago.

Here are the details…

• Among white voters, McCain had led by 11.
  
  Today, tied.
• There is movement among men, where McCain had led, now trails 49% to 44%.
• Among women, where McCain had been tied, now trails 53% to 42%.

“Everything is f**king spin.”
- John McCain talking about the Bush White House in Bob Woodward’s new book.

Now that is the type of stuff I wish I heard publicly from McCain.

Because if he spoke out like this more often (maybe not as harshly) he’d probably lose some of the base, but how many independents would he attract?

I think a solid majority of them.

Rasmussen breaks down the demos…

• Among men, 34% are Democrats, 33% Republican, and 33% Independent.
• 44% of women are Democrats, and just 30% claim the GOP. 26% are Independents.
• 41% of government employees are Dems, 31% are Republicans and 28% are Independents.
• Among entrepreneurs, 36% are Republican, 34% Democrat, and 30% are Independents.
  

Obama - 47%
McCain - 43%

That’s the report coming out today.

Obama - 49%
McCain - 45%

Three straight days with the exact same result.

However, if you don’t include leaners, Obama leads by 7, and he was leading by 5 yesterday. So I’m going to start including numbers with and without leaners next week.

Obama - 48%
McCain - 42%

Just yesterday, Public Policy Polling released a poll that found Obama leading by 11%.

Personally, I’m going to trust Quinnipiac’s numbers for the time being.

American Research Group shows the race tightening by one point since last week.

April 14 - 15
Obama - 52%
Clinton - 41%

April 26 - 27
Obama - 52%
Clinton - 42%

Here’s how those numbers break…

Register Dems - 83% of voters
Obama - 51%
Clinton - 43%

Unaffiliated - 17% of voters
Obama - 58%
Clinton - 35%

So yet another poll shows Obama leading among independents by a hefty margin.