Poll: Obama Beating McCain In Arizona

In a sign of continued weakness in his home state, an online poll shows Sen. John McCain trailing Sen. Barack Obama by 3-percentage points in Arizona. The poll also shows the candidacy of Libertarian Bob Barr is having a significant impact on McCain's campaign by siphoning off conservative voters nationwide.

The Arizona poll was part of nationwide Zogby International poll that put Obama ahead in total electoral votes with 273 to 160 for McCain. The poll found 11 states with 105 electoral votes too close to call -- including Arizona. McCain's campaign in June included Arizona among its list of swing states.

(Matt Mahurin) McCain not only faced problems with Independent voters, he is losing a small, but potentially lethal voting block of the GOP right to Barr. The former Republican congressman from Georgia is pulling just enough voters in many states to shift the balance to Obama. Whether this bloc will remain in Barr's camp on election day could determine the outcome.

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Comments

[ShanniC]

At this point, McCain needs to call it quits. It's over buddy boy, you've losit!

[wilburr0g]

I hope every border state republican who cares about the immigration crisis says NO to McQuisling and votes for Barr. Send McBenedictArnold back to La Raza to make another traitorous speech!

[thedirtman]

New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada should have been blue for years. Arizona would be a swing state. The sole reason they have stayed red is because the southwest fears a "Massachusetts decision" on how to handle immigration. Clearly, with McCain running and faltering in his home state the southwest is showing that they have had enough.

A carefully planned immigration policy with a southwest VP choice to implement it could make the southwest a blue stronghold. Bill Richardson, Janet Napolitano, or Ken Salazar - all of them are great VP choices..

[Mojane]

As an old 3rd generation Arizonan I can only register hope that he not only goes down in this race, but that he is replaced by a Democrat in the Senate, plus a fervent wish that Sen. Kyl go down soon as well. Aside from that, but related, here's a comment I made elsewhere about the John.

Media, media, where art thou on this crazy old man? Why aren't thee holding his feet to the blazing flames as you've held Obama's? He has a gazillion documented, recorded inadequacies in the Senate, his 95% support of Bush bills, his blatant flips, pandering, convenient confusion, barely contained rage.....media, where are thou when we need you? It's sickening to watch the press bending any which way for this old insane man. His pork barrel "moral" creed balanced against his gazillion authorizations over the years for huge wasteful military spending to his cronies in the Pentagon and their contractors is beyond obscene, and given scant if any attention by the sycophant media whom I hold entirely responsible for putting this little, little person in any position of power.

[fishsandwichesr2good]

For all the breathless reporting when Newsweek had BO up by 15% in national polling, the silence is deafening now that Newsweek's latest poll shows him up by just 3%.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/145737

Methinks I smell shades of Dukakis '88.

[vallon]

Methinks that is wishful thinking on your part!

[Okieborn]

I can tell you right now, Sen Obama is going to run the board on Mccain come November !!
John Mccain looks very ill and that is so sad.

[LillianB]

Three percent, isn't that within the margins of error? I'd like to feel joy McC might even lose his home state. But please, people, don't let us think victory is won four months early. No one should start resting on laurels...

[Big0725]

I think that this is definative proof just how poor of a candidate McCain really is. That or the mark of just how badly he is liked in Arizona.

[neesy08]

i saw that. southern, poorly eucated, poor. that was on cnn last night.

it got worse, the woman said she would not vote for him cause he is "Muslim." how can anybody think that after the Rev. Wright scandal? It also shows a anti-Muslim mood

[researcher]

interviewed a good old boy from the south today on the cable news and asked if he would vote for obama and he stated and I quote.

"the only black man that I have ever seen that wanted change had a tin cup in his hand"

folks that is the south with the ignorant good old boys and we wonder why we had to fight these racist idiots in the civil war.

this is the way karma works he is likely to come back as a black man in the south with a tin cup in his hand

[Ceasar]

That quote also shows the general level of racism in this country. He's just as much white as he is black, but in THIS country, he is ONLY black. In reality, he's a white man who happens to have a black father.

[AzRealProgressive]

In the 1960s, every southern state including Texas was Democrat. California and New York were Republican.

The good old boys voted Bill Clinton into office, and before him the SOUTHERNER good old boy, Jimmy Carter.

Before those two the good old boys voted Lyndon Johnson (Texas and a Southerner and cowboy) and John Kennedy into office.

By the way I would like to see that interview ! Who did it? I plan on posting the link. Please respond.

[researcher]

hey az my state

this red state to turn blue

after all I said about it

whoops

there is hope in america

little but at least some

americans still have not figured out economic system must change not politicans

capitalism must self destruct about profits not people

all must go in wash and consitution must be changed

consitution treated like a bible

consitution full of flaws and great wisdom must know the difference

just like the bible full of ignorance and full of wisdom must know the difference

until system change economic decline for america

the world will be safer without the war monger america bully to the world

[AzRealProgressive]

Sad post. Very sad. Too bad stuff like this finds it way to the other side who are not afraid to post it on their web sites. This is why the election was lost in 2000 and 2004.

This person should have left America and offered their place to someone who believes and is waiting in line to come here.

[jpetaluma]

Pollsters work for news outlets, who need a close race to get good ratings. A poll can be scewed to any outcome desired. The media needs us to believe this is close to hold our interest. This is one reason why they haven't led with the 20 gaffes the McCain campaign made this week. Yet they were all over Obama for the Hillary fundraising gaffe. I believe Obama is way out on an electoral map basis.

[Zanti]

jpetaluma,

Why are you here?

[letsbepeaceful]

Actually I think jpetaluma is agreeing.... ' way out on an electoral map basis' sounds like Obama is ahead by way more than the polls show

[granamica]

Zanti, who made you the decider?

[watchingthings]

Nawww.....it's all in McCanes plans to thorw the opposition off track. I f you believe that, John McCain will gladly sell you some prime oceanside property just out of Phoenix.

[texastornado]

Man...... if you can't even carry your own state...., how pathetic is that?

[darker]

McCain's OWN STATE voters do not want him??
Does this mean that Arizonans are NOT THAT STUPID?

Wow. Congratulate them for me.

[Kache]

gore didn't carry tenneseee. yes, it's THAT pathetic.

[disgusted48]

Tennessee is chock full of idiots, holding on to their guns and nothing much else.

[Exit]

Tennessee is so stupid we should cut them from the union along with West Virginia.

[xmw]

VERY!!!

[independent32955]

It's not that anyone REALLY thinks the Democrats are the answer, but we KNOW who the problem is and frankly America NEEDS to move in a different direction.

I have some pretty staunch republican friends and none of them are happy about this election. they've resigned themselves to the fact that Obama will win and that their own choice for President is hardly desirable.

The only real question is what will the Congress look like. A true majority in the Senate SHOULD be the goal of all of us. Do what you can to help in that regard. Only a totally marginalized GOP will ever make them change their evil ways.

[PioneerKing]

Everyone in Arizona is ready for change!

[thedirtman]

I live in Northern Arizona. I'm not surprised to find Obama ahead. My city has seen a dramatic shift in the last five years so that there are more registered Democrats than Republicans for the first time. Reasons include scandals, failures, economic stagnation, and closer connection to California. A Janet Napolitano VP choice would put AZ solidly behind Obama.