| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #14550 |
| Obama 2:1 Atop McCain In Empire State: In an election for President of the United States in the state of New York today, 10/13/08, Democrat Barack Obama defeats Republican John McCain 64% to 31%, according to this latest exclusive SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WABC-TV New York, WGRZ-TV Buffalo, WNYT-TV Albany, and WHEC-TV Rochester. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released 18 days ago, Obama is up 7 points; McCain is down 7 points.
Obama today takes a majority of the vote among both men and women, young and old, white and black, rich and poor, religious and less religious, well-educated and less educated. 1 in 3 Republicans today cross over to vote for Barack Obama. 1 in 8 Democrats cross over to vote for John McCain. Independents are divided. |
| Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 725 New York adults 10/11/08 and 10/12/08. Of the adults, 644 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 547 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely voters in the 11/04/08 general election. New York has 31 Electoral College votes. John Kerry carried the state by 18 points in 2004; Al Gore carried the state by by 25 points in 2000. |
 | If the election for President were today, would you vote for ... (choices rotated) Republican John McCain? Democrat Barack Obama? Or one of the other candidates? |
| 547 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | College Grad | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Intellectual? | Traveled Abroad | Speak Another La | USA Super Power | Own a Gun? | Income | Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | < Obama | > McCain | > In Bet | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Yes | No | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | < $50K | > $50K | NYC | NYC subu | Upstate | |
| McCain (R) | 31% | 33% | 28% | 17% | 35% | 30% | 40% | 27% | 34% | 26% | 38% | 34% | 41% | 7% | 10% | 9% | 63% | 13% | 41% | 62% | 33% | 4% | 31% | 31% | 39% | 26% | 23% | 51% | 23% | 30% | 37% | 32% | 27% | 28% | 33% | 35% | 14% | 51% | 26% | 32% | 30% | 17% | 40% | 41% |
| Obama (D) | 64% | 60% | 67% | 77% | 59% | 65% | 54% | 67% | 60% | 68% | 56% | 61% | 52% | 89% | 88% | 89% | 32% | 85% | 42% | 32% | 63% | 94% | 65% | 63% | 56% | 69% | 70% | 43% | 72% | 65% | 59% | 63% | 65% | 68% | 61% | 62% | 73% | 42% | 69% | 61% | 66% | 82% | 52% | 50% |
| Other | 4% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 14% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 9% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 8% |
| Undecided | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 23% | 30% | 26% | 21% | 53% | 47% | 47% | 11% | 42% | 68% | 14% | 12% | 6% | 25% | 56% | 17% | 21% | 36% | 18% | 52% | 48% | 40% | 32% | 28% | 29% | 67% | 74% | 20% | 83% | 17% | 38% | 62% | 80% | 15% | 20% | 79% | 36% | 64% | 42% | 26% | 32% |