The results of the first general election polls are out and here they are for those of you who are down with polls, just don't call it rocket science.
Let's get the bad news out of the way by saying that latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News polls say Sen. Obama continues to do poorly among white male voters, according to the poll. More ominous is his weakness among white women, particularly suburbanites, who generally are open to Democratic candidates and whose votes could be decisive. On the brighter side...
"Democrat Barack Obama begins his presidential race against Republican John McCain with a lead in the this same poll, but not so great an edge as might be expected given the gale-force political headwinds against Sen. McCain's party.
"Sen. Obama leads Sen. McCain by 47% to 41%, a spread that is twice the edge he had in the previous poll in late April, and outside the poll's 3.1-percentage-point margin of error . . .
"Some more good news for the presumed Democratic nominee: Despite suggestions during the Democratic primary contests that many Hispanics and Hillary Clinton supporters wouldn't support him, the poll shows both groups overwhelmingly do." (He's up 62-28 among Hispanics.)
So much for the endless punditry on how Hillary's voters would bail on him.
Source: Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer