BREAKING: Quinnipiac Poll..Obama Crushes McCain In NY

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Wednesday June 11, 2008 · 10:09 AM PDT

2008/06/11 · 10:09

A new Quinnipiac poll in New York finds that Sen. Barack Obama crushes Sen. John McCain, 50% to 36%.

It's not a real surprise, but the finding that Obama has now pulled even with McCain among white voters is a positive sign for his campaign and shows that he has the ability to attract voters of every race.

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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, has pulled even among white voters with Arizona Sen. John McCain, the likely Republican contender, and now tops Sen. McCain 50 - 36 percent in New York State, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Sen. Obama gets 42 percent of white votes, to 43 percent for Sen. McCain. Black voters back the Democrat 87 - 6 percent. Obama leads 59 - 29 percent among voters under age 45 and 45 - 40 among voters over 45; 45 - 40 percent among men and 53 - 32 percent among women.

This compares to a 47 - 39 percent Obama lead over McCain in an April 18 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University, when New York Sen. Hillary Clinton still was in the race. In that survey, white voters backed McCain 48 - 38 percent.

McCain is a truly horrible candidate and republicans will rue the day that they made him the candidate. His incredibly stupid gaffe on the Today Show with Matt Lauer this morning will sink him even more in the polls!

When asked if he knew when American troops could start to return home, McCain responded:

"No, but that's not too important. What's important is the casualties in Iraq."

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