Gallup: Economic Crisis of Slight Benefit to Obama
Posted Sep 20, 2008 at 1:14 PM by Maurice Berger
Gallup reports a slight--but only slight--benefit for Obama in the voters' candidate preferences, vis-a-vis the current economic crisis: "Even though Americans divide evenly as to which candidate can better handle the Wall Street crisis, Barack Obama seems to benefit politically, as slightly more voters say it increases their likelihood of voting for him (29%) than say it makes them more likely to vote for John McCain (23%)"
