McCain Trails, Romney Flails in Latest Match-Ups with Edwards
Senator John Edwards (D) leads Senator John McCain (R) 47% to 40%. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey also shows that Edwards has a more intimidating margin over former Governor Mitt Romney (R), 52% to 35%. A month ago, Edwards held a four point edge over McCain and an eleven point lead over Romney. Even before these latest results, Edwards was the strongest Democratic candidate in general election match-ups. For all his downward drift in the GOP nomination race, McCain is still within hailing distance of Edwards and other leading Democratic opponents. In September, McCain trailed Clinton by just one percentage point and he lagged Obama by five points.
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