{"id":3640,"date":"2008-08-28T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/08\/new-nm-poll-finds-obama-leading-nader-a-factor\/"},"modified":"2008-08-28T16:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-28T22:58:00","slug":"new-nm-poll-finds-obama-leading-nader-a-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/08\/new-nm-poll-finds-obama-leading-nader-a-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"New NM poll finds Obama leading, Nader a factor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A new poll suggests that Barack Obama<\/a> is picking up support in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and that independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader<\/a> may be a factor here. <\/p>\n

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The TIME\/CNN\/Opinion Research Corporation poll<\/a>, released Wednesday, had Obama leading John McCain<\/a> by 13 points in New Mexico — 53 percent to 40 percent — when no other candidates were added into the mix. When Nader and other minor-party candidates were added in, 50 percent said they support Obama, 36 percent said they support McCain and 8 percent said they support Nader.<\/p>\n

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The survey of 659 registered voters was conducted Sunday through Tuesday and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The poll also looked at other Western states and found Obama with a 5-point lead in Nevada<\/st1:state> and McCain with a 1-point lead in Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> when the other candidates weren\u2019t considered. When Nader and others were factored in, McCain led by 1 point in Colorado<\/st1:state>, while the two were tied in Nevada<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.<\/p>\n

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Those other candidates — Nader, Libertarian Bob Barr<\/a> and Green Cynthia McKinney<\/a> — are all expected to appear on the ballot in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> in November.<\/p>\n

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Nader, the poll found, was a factor in all three Western states and Pennsylvania<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, the other state in which the survey was conducted. He was at 6 percent in Nevada<\/st1:state> and 7 percent in Colorado<\/st1:state> and Pennsylvania<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>.<\/p>\n

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While Nader drew support largely from Obama in the Nevada<\/st1:state> poll, a TIME Magazine article<\/a> on the poll states, Nader drew votes \u201calmost equally\u201d from Obama and McCain in New Mexico<\/st1:state>, and in Pennsylvania<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> he \u201csiphoned off significant support from McCain.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nader touted the poll\u2019s results in a campaign e-mail.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRalph just polled 8 percent in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. It is just remarkable,\u201d the e-mail states. \u201c\u2026 We\u2019re scheduled to be on 45 state ballots by September 12. And we\u2019re ready to rumble.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Most other recent New Mexico<\/st1:state> polls have shown Obama with a slight lead in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, but one recent poll showed McCain with a narrow advantage. Most polls haven\u2019t considered Nader and the minor-party candidates.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, McCain is out with a new TV ad today in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and other states taking a break from the back-and-forth to congratulate Obama for winning the Democratic nomination. Here it is:<\/p>\n

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A new poll suggests that Barack Obama is picking up support in New Mexico and that independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader may be a factor here. The TIME\/CNN\/Opinion Research Corporation poll, released Wednesday, had Obama leading John McCain by 13 points in New Mexico — 53 percent to 40 percent — when no other candidates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}