USA Today/Gallup: Obama Perceived As More Empathetic Than McCain
Posted Oct 15, 2008 at 2:19 PM by Maurice Berger
A poll released yesterday by USA Today/Gallup finds that by a large margin, voters perceive Obama as more empathetic than McCain: "Americans are much more likely to believe that Barack Obama understands the problems Americans face in their daily lives than to believe John McCain does. Throughout the campaign, Obama has been viewed as a candidate who understands the public's problems, but the 73% who say this about him in the current poll is the high for the year." Only 48% say that McCain understands their problems.
