In Connecticut, Barack Obama currently leads John McCain by twelve percentage points, 50% to 38%. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that Hillary Clinton leads McCain by just three, 47% to 44%. Last November, a time when Clinton was still the Democratic frontrunner and McCain was an afterthought in the GOP race, the former First Lady held an eight point lead over the Arizona Senator.

McCain now trails both Democrats by nearly twenty percentage points among women in Connecticut. Among men, McCain leads Clinton by double digits but trails Obama by four.

Obama is viewed favorably by 67% of Connecticut voters, McCain by 58%, and Clinton by 54%. Connecticut is the only state surveyed in 2008 where all three candidates have favorable ratings over 50%.

Fifteen percent (15%) of voters in the Nutmeg State rate the economy as good or excellent. Thirty-nine percent (39%) say fair and 46% poor. Just 4% believe the economy is getting better while 82% say it’s getting worse. Nationally, the Rasmussen Consumer Index has recently shown consumer confidence to be near the lowest levels of the past seven years.

Forty-six percent (46%) say the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror while 23% believe the terrorists are winning. Those figures are very close to the national average. Overall, confidence in the War on Terror is near the highest levels of the past three years. In Connecticut, a plurality of voters believe the situation in Iraq will get better over the next six months. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say it will get worse.

Seventy percent (70%) of Connecticut voters say that American society is generally fair and decent. Just 21% believe it is unfair and discriminatory.

Twenty-seven percent (27%) believe that George W. Bush is doing a good or excellent job as President. That’s down a point since November. Fifty-seven percent (57%) say he is doing a poor job.

Governor Jodi Rell continues to enjoy some of the best ratings of any Governor in the country. Sixty-five percent (65%) say she’s doing a good or excellent job. Just 11% rate her performance as poor.

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