This is really omnious. In the first poll conducted entirely after Obama selected Joe Biden as his running mate, CNN found that the race was tied at 47 each. Last month, Obama led 51-44. Even worse news is that the number of PUMAs is apparently growing and is the main cause of Obama's decline. A stunningly low 66% of Hillary Clinton supporters say that they plan on supporting Barack Obama, that's a 9 point decline from last month when it was at 75%. The number of Clinton supporters that are planning on voting for McCain has gone up 11 points since June.
In a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll out Sunday night, 47 percent of those questioned are backing Obama with an equal amount supporting the Arizona senator."This looks like a step backward for Obama, who had a 51 to 44 percent advantage last month," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
"Even last week, just before his choice of Joe Biden as his running mate became known, most polls tended to show Obama with a single-digit advantage over McCain," adds Holland.
So what's the difference now?
It may be supporters of Hillary Clinton, who still would prefer the Senator from New York as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.
Sixty-six percent of Clinton supporters, registered Democrats who want Clinton as the nominee, are now backing Obama. That's down from 75 percent in the end of June. Twenty-seven percent of them now say they'll support McCain, up from 16 percent in late June.
"The number of Clinton Democrats who say they would vote for McCain has gone up 11 points since June, enough to account for most although not all of the support McCain has gained in that time," says Holland.
Clinton and Obama battled throughout the primary season, with Clinton winning more than 40 percent of the delegates. She suspended her bid for the White House and backed Obama in early June, after the end of the primary season.
A majority of registered voters, 54 percent, think Obama's choice of Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate is an excellent or good decision. That number jumps to 73 percent when just asked of registered Democrats. But it drops to 59 percent when narrowed to Clinton supporters.
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