(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Republican John McCain is the most popular United States presidential contender in the Yellowhammer State, according to a poll by the Capital Survey Research Center. 55 per cent of respondents in Alabama would vote for the Arizona senator in head-to-head contests against two prospective Democratic nominees.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Republican John McCain is the most popular United States presidential contender in the Yellowhammer State, according to a poll by the Capital Survey Research Center. 55 per cent of respondents in Alabama would vote for the Arizona senator in head-to-head contests against two prospective Democratic nominees.
McCain holds a 21-point lead over both New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Illinois senator Barack Obama.
In 2004, Republican George W. Bush won Alabama’s nine electoral votes, with 63 per cent of the vote. No Democrat has carried the Yellowhammer State since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The U.S. presidential election is scheduled for Nov. 4.
Polling Data
Alabama – 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
John McCain (R) 55% – 36% Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)
John McCain (R) 55% – 36% Barack Obama (D)
Source: Capital Survey Research Center
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 887 likely voters in Alabama, conducted from Apr. 16 to Apr. 24, 2008. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.
