---
title: "McCain Corrals Supporters of his GOP Rivals"
description: "McCain is winning 88% of those who supported his former primary rivals."
date: "2008-08-18"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2008/08/18/mccain-corrals-supporters-of-his-gop-rivals/"
---

# McCain Corrals Supporters of his GOP Rivals

John McCain has been more successful in courting Republican voters who previously backed one of his GOP primary rivals (88% now support McCain) than Barack Obama has been in gaining support from former Hillary Clinton voters (72% now support Obama). Obama is attracting more Clinton supporters than earlier in the campaign (59% in May), but 18% of former Clinton supporters now say they will vote for McCain, 3% will vote for someone else and 7% are undecided. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/924/presidential-race-draws-even)