Giving The Devil His Due: John McCain’s Head-To-Head Polling Numbers

by John Hawkins | January 15, 2008 9:34 am

Although I’m certainly not a fan of John McCain, in the interests of fairness, I do think I should point out that his head-to-head polling numbers vs. Obama and in particular, against Hillary, are really good.

From SurveyUSA[1] (Which should have polled Fred Thompson’s numbers as well, but didn’t),

First of all, from Missouri, a state Bush carried by 7 points in 2004,

Giuliani 43%
Clinton 47%

Giuliani 44%
Obama 47%

Romney 42%
Clinton 49%

Romney 43%
Obama 48%

Huckabee 47%
Clinton 45%

Huckabee 51%
Obama 41%

McCain 50%
Clinton 44%

McCain 51%
Obama 41%

Next up is Washington, a state Kerry won by 7 points in 2004,

Giuliani 38%
Clinton 51%

Giuliani 35%
Obama 57%

Romney 38%
Clinton 54%

Romney 32%
Obama 63%

Huckabee 40%
Clinton 54%

Huckabee 35%
Obama 60%

McCain 49%
Clinton 46%

McCain 43%
Obama 52%

Next is Oregon, a state Kerry won by 4 points in 2004,

Giuliani 39%
Clinton 52%

Giuliani 35%
Obama 56%

Romney 34%
Clinton 57%

Romney 32%
Obama 63%

Huckabee 38%
Clinton 55%

Huckabee 35%
Obama 60%

McCain 49%
Clinton 45%

McCain 47%
Obama 47%

I admit that I am not a fan of John McCain and also that numbers can change a lot over the course of the campaign, but I do have to at least say that at the moment, McCain looks to be several orders of magnitude stronger than the other Republican candidates.

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