No worries for the McCain campaign down in Louisiana, the latest Rasmussen Reports poll has Senator McCain leading Senator Obama 55% to 40%.
While Barack Obama has gained ground against John McCain in many places over the past few weeks, Louisiana is not among them.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Bayou State finds the Republican on top 55% to 40%, and those results are virtually unchanged from a month ago.
In Louisiana, McCain is viewed favorably by 63% of voters, the Democrat by 46%. For both men, those figures reflect a three-point improvement over the past month.
Fifty-four percent (54%) of Louisiana voters trust McCain more than Obama on economic issues while 41% hold the opposite view. McCain’s advantage on national security issues is even bigger—61% to 36%.
Just 10% rate the U.S. economy as good or excellent these days while 47% say it is in poor shape. Only seven percent (7%) say it’s getting better while 76% say it is getting worse.
Louisiana has nine Electoral College votes. The state has been trending Republican since the 1980s. It bucked that trend voting twice for Bill Clinton. In 2004, President Bush carried the state by an 11 point margin.