John McCain continues to enjoy a solid lead over both potential Democratic opponents in Georgia.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Peach State found McCain leading Barack Obama 53% to 39% and Hillary Clinton 48% to 37% ( see video).

For an Obama-McCain match-up, those numbers are virtually identical to last month’s results. Clinton is doing a bit better against McCain than she was a month ago.

Clinton and McCain essentially split the votes of women but the GOP candidate leads by twenty-seven points among men. When matched against Obama, leads by eight among women and by twenty-two points among men.

McCain is viewed favorably by 59% of Georgia voters, down from 64% in March. Obama’s favorable ratings are at 43% while Clinton’s are at 39%. Rating for both Democrats are down two points from a month ago.

The Senate race in Georgia also looks good from the GOP perspective.

Fifty-five percent (55%) of Georgia voters favor a federal gas tax holiday this summer while 34% are opposed. That’s a bit more support than the proposal gets nationally. Both nationally and in Georgia, support for suspending the gas tax is strongest among lower-income voters. Sixty-four percent (64%) of all Georgia voters correctly identify Obama as the candidate opposed to suspending the federal gas tax.

By a two-to-one margin, 56% to 29%, Georgia voters reject the notion that the federal government needs more revenue.

In fact, 64% are worried that the next President will raise taxes too much and harm the economy.

Only 30% worry that the next President will cut taxes so much that it will harm important government programs.

By a 64% to 13% margin, Georgia voters oppose a hike in the capital gains tax. Those figures are very close to the national average. Fifty-eight percent (58%) believe that hiking the capital gains tax will hurt the economy.

Sixty-one percent (61%) of Georgia’s Likely Voters own at least $5,000 worth of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds.

This survey was conducted in partnership with Fox Television Stations Inc.

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