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Poll: Louisiana voters favor McCain over Clinton or Obama
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Apr 14, 2008 09:54pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BATON ROUGE, La. -- Republican John McCain leads among Louisiana voters whether he faces Democrats Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in the fall presidential election, according to new poll results released Monday. But McCain does much better in a matchup against Obama and faces a tougher race with Clinton in Louisiana.
Meanwhile, Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu has a significant lead over the Republican challenger for her seat in this fall's election, state Treasurer John Kennedy, in the poll results. Fifty percent of those polled by Southern Media & Opinion Research picked Landrieu over Kennedy. Kennedy had 38 percent support.
Pollster Bernie Pinsonat said people still don't know Kennedy as well as Landrieu, but he said Landrieu's high approval ratings with voters -- 70 percent of those polled said they had a favorable impression of her -- make her a formidable candidate.
"It means the voters obviously have a very high regard for her as their U.S. senator," Pinsonat said. "She is going to be tough to beat because she is so well-thought of."
Pinsonat said Landrieu benefited from her prominence in Washington relief and recovery aid for the state since hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Neither candidate has begun much public campaigning, rather concentrating on fundraising so far. It's unclear if any other Republicans will enter the race, though there has been speculation that several prominent GOP officials are considering it. Kennedy switched parties last year, becoming a Republican. He had run for the U.S. Senate in 2004 as a populist Democrat. |
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