A new poll conducted jointly by South Carolina's Winthrop University and ETV, the state's PBS network, shows that John McCain is leading Barack Obama by 16 points in 11 southern states.
GoUpstate.com reports that the poll which was released Thursday night was conducted by a phone survey of 11 states with a sampling of 1100 persons.
If these figures hold through November, Barack Obama will not carry a single southern state, unless he changes tactics and focuses entirely on Florida and Virginia, where he claims he can make inroads.
Nonetheless, even in those two states Obama's chances are dwindling due to a variety of factors, not the least of which is a sharp drop in the candidate's poll numbers among key voter groups, such as white women, senior adults, and blue-color white men.
No Presidential candidate has won the White House without winning the South since 1964.
Friday, August 22, 2008
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