Given some of the concern with the Quin polls released today, I thought it might be nice to diary a poll showing Obama expanding his lead from the previous month.
Rasmussen 7/24 MoE 4% (6/23 results) (5/23 results)
Obama (D) 51 (46) (45)
McCain (R) 45 (42) (43)
http://rasmussenreports.com/...
Now lets dig down deeper into some of the cross tabs:
McCain holds a 40% to 38% edge among unaffiliated voters in the state his month. Obama leads 45% to 41% among men and 50% to 43% among women.
Obama is viewed favorably by 58% of voters in Pennsylvania, which has not changed since last month. McCain is viewed favorably by 61%, up from 57% last month.
Like every other state, the plurality of voters in Pennsylvania (46%) say economic issues are the most important in the upcoming election. Among those voters, Obama leads 60% to 29%. National security issues are top priority for 25% of voters, among which McCain has a 58% to 33% lead.
Here, however, is the more interesting news NOT covered in the Rasmussen commentary: Voter registration statistics for PA! So without much further ado here they are:
On April 17, 2008, right before the PA primary, there were 4,200,109 registered Dems in PA, and 3,186,057 registered Reps. Three months later, as of July, 2008, there are 4,252,348 registered Dems and 3,184,723 registered Reps. That's right in the span of 3 months over 52,000 new Dems were added to the voter rolls, while there were nearly 1,500 FEWER Reps on the voter rolls.