---
title: "Raising McCain"
description: "Nearly lost in the blizzard of recent poll reports were the findings of a Gallup survey that the current Republican frontrunner, John McCain, might well give each of the two Democratic frontrunners a run for their money. When Gallup asked 1,598 likely voters whom they’d back if the presidential election were held today, respondents chose […]"
date: "2008-01-25"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2008/01/25/raising-mccain/"
categories:
  - "Election 2008"
  - "Politics & Policy"
  - "U.S. Elections & Voters"
---

# Raising McCain

Nearly lost in the blizzard of recent poll reports were the findings of a Gallup survey that the current Republican frontrunner, John McCain, might well give each of the two Democratic frontrunners a run for their money.

When Gallup asked 1,598 likely voters whom they’d back if the presidential election were held today, respondents chose Senator McCain over Barack Obama by a 50 percent to 45 percent margin, and also preferred the Arizona senator to Hillary Clinton by a modest 50 percent to 47 percent margin.

[Read the full article at nytimes.com](http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/raising-mccain/index.html?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=opinion&_r=4&)