From The Hotline Latest Edition for Friday, April 18,2008

NEW YORK (31 EVS)

Obama And McCain Have Lower Negatives Than HRC??

Fri. Apr. 18, 2008


A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 4/14-15; surveyed 1,257 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.8% (release, 4/18). Tested: John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

General Election Matchup

-        Now GOP Dem Ind Wht Blk 3/21 10/07 
Clinton  49% 10% 81% 40% 42% 65% 50%  54%    
McCain   37  79  10  42  45  16  40   37

General Election Matchup

-        Now GOP Dem Ind Wht Blk 3/21 10/07 
Obama    47% 13% 71% 46% 38% 83% 49%  47%   
McCain   39  77  17  39  48   8  38   39

Fav/Unfav

-          Now    3/21    12/07   10/07   6/07 
Clinton  48%/45% 53%/40% 53%/34% 58%/37% 59%/34%
Obama    50 /31  56 /25    n/a   54 /20  48 /17
McCain   46 /36  49 /31    n/a   49 /28  40 /33

Bush As Pres.

-          Now 3/21 12/07 6/07 4/07 
Approve    22% 21%  22%   24%  26%
Disapprove 73  74   73    71   72

Most Important Issue In POTUS Vote?

Econ.        44%
Iraq         24
Health care  12
Terrorism     9
Ill. immig.   7
Other         4