President Barack Obama would top former President George Bush in a hypothetical head to head match-up, a new poll Monday shows. Overall, 40 percent of respondents said they would prefer Obama, compared to 31 percent for Bush – while 27 percent said that they would reject both, according to the CBS/Vanity Fair poll While partisan voters are deeply divided, independents prefer Obama by a significant margin. Thirty-three percent of indie would vote for Obama, 24 percent would back Bush, and 42 percent dont want either. Along party lines, 72 percent of Republicans would support Bush, while 77 percent of Democrats would back Obama. This poll was conducted Oct. 28-31 among a sample of 1,033 adults. The margin of error for the poll is plus or minus three percentage points.
Poll: Obama would beat Bush (CBS/Vanity Fair Poll)
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