Both Obama and McCain Are Well Regarded By Voters
Posted Oct 27, 2008 at 9:32 AM by Maurice Berger
Despite voters preference for Obama in many surveys, Gallup reports (and a number of other polls confirm) that the two candidates for president are generally well liked by the electorate. Gallup notes that "recent favorable ratings of 61% among likely voters for Barack Obama and 57% for John McCain are two of the more positive assessments of presidential candidates this late in the campaign in recent elections. . . . Usually, by this late stage of the campaign, presidential candidates' ratings have settled in the 50% range. George W. Bush had the highest favorable rating at the end of the campaign for any president since 1992, at 58% just before the 2000 election."
