Obama leads Keyes 67% to 28%

[Tarheelhombre]

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_222175640.html

CHICAGO (CBS 2) Illinois' senate race is heating up with both Democrat Barack Obama and new Republican candidate Alan Keyes in town pressing the flesh and warming up to voters.

The Republican candidate in this race may just be getting started, but according to an exclusive new CBS 2/Newsradio 780 poll, Keyes has a long way to go. 67 percent of Illinois voters prefer Democrat Obama; 28 percent would choose Keyes.

Keyes and his supporters were feeling the heat of the August sun as he announced for U.S. Senate at a crowded rally in Arlington Heights. Our exclusive voter opinion survey shows Obama generating another kind of heat.

Obama's lead in our CBS 2/Newsradio 780 Survey was most pronounced among women voters, 74 percent to 21percent for Keyes. Among men, it was 59 percent to 36 percent

[Fenris]

1. Dammit, you can't judge anything by that! It's a wide margin of error!

:D

[DaveinMD]

2. this race

is very much over. What's interesting is how few voters are undecided in that poll.

[Walt Starr]

3. THIS IS NOT GOOD!!!!!

Keyes MUST NOT BREAK THE 28.98% BARRIER!!!!!!!!!!!!

We ABSOLUTELY MUST keep him below the largest percentage of votes he ever took in a Senate campaign! He took 28.98% of the vote in 1992 against Barbara Mikulski.

Ideally, he'll come in third place.

On a positive note, he's polling lower thant Jack Ryan did just beofer he dropped out of the race.

:evilgrin:

[SaveElmer]

9. I'm surprised it's this wide of a lead.

There are 30-35% of the people in Illinois, and actually in most states, who would vote for Osama Bin Laden if he was a Republican candidate. They probably don't even know who Alan Keyes is...as long as he has the "R" behind his name they will vote for him.

[Cha]

4. The women in Illinois are Smarter!

[DaveinMD]

5. as a man

I must say that when it comes to politics women are smarter than most men.

[Walt Starr]

6. As another man

You've both hit the nail on the head.

[tedoll78]

11. funny story..

During my first week of work at the IRS, I casually suggested that women are smarter than men. The unit I was assigned to was about 80% female, and I had my suspicions that they were overwhelmingly liberal (listen to NPR at work, recycling bin in the unit, etc). When they asked me why, I said very simply, "Well.. look at how you vote compared to men."

That went over quite well. :)

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

7. What is it about guys?

36%?

Do guys get in touch with their inner asshole when it comes to politics?

[DaveinMD]

8. I don't get it

But I'm a smarter man than these idiots.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. Can I take Keyes to cover the point spread?

:shrug:

[OSheaman]

12. Ahahahahaha

This race is so retarded that it makes me giggle to just think about it. Like Hart in Tennessee.

[praxiz]

13. I'm thinking of printing a bunch of these

You know, might as well get started.

What do you think? Too soon?