McCain's Age Again Seen As Major Problem For Voters
The Huffington Post | May 13, 2008 01:38 AM
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Yet another poll, this one by the Wa****ngton Post and ABC News, has found
that Sen. John
McCain's age appears to be a major hang-up for voters, far more so than
Sen. Barack Obama's
race. From ABC's write up:
Age continues to look like a major hurdle for McCain. Thirty-nine
percent of Americans say
they'd be uncomfortable with a president first taking office at age 72,
far more than say
they'd be uncomfortable with a woman (16 percent) or African-American (12
percent) as president.
The greatest risk of losing votes is among those who are "entirely"
uncomfortable with the
idea; that's 15 percent for a 72-year-old president, vs. 6 and 7 percent,
respectively, for a
black or female president. Slightly more seniors say they'd be entirely
uncomfortable with a
president that age, 20 percent, as do adults under 65, 14 percent.
Interestingly, voters who are concerned with Obama's race appear to be
those very blue-collar
whites that have become such a hot topic in recent weeks:
While overall discomfort with an African-American president is much
lower, it rises among
less-educated whites - the same group that's been a challenge for Obama in
the Democratic
primaries. Among whites who haven't gone through college, 17 percent say
they'd be at least
somewhat uncomfortable with a black president; that compares with just 4
percent of white
college graduates. Clinton may face a similar problem, however;
less-educated whites also are
more apt to be uncomfortable with a woman president (21 percent, vs. 7
percent of white college
graduates).
This poll -- like the last ABC News/Wa****ngton Post survey -- finds
no apparent damage to
Obama in the controversy over his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Six in 10 Americans,
and 73 percent of Democrats, say Obama has done "the right amount" to
distance himself from
Wright, rather than too little or too much.
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