Poll: Obama 46, Clinton 37


A new tracking poll by Zogby shows the presidential race continuing to tighten in North Carolina.

Zogby surveyed 627 likely Democratic primary voters May 1-2, and found that Barack Obama was the choice of 46 percent. Hillary Clinton was the choice of 37 percent. 9 percent were not sure.

The margin of error was plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.

The same poll found that 19 percent of likely Democratic primary voters would defect to Republican John McCain in the general election if Obama is the Democratic nominee. If Clinton is the nominee, 17 percent said they would support McCain.

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Re: Poll: Obama 46, Clinton 37

How do you trust a person who lies about sniper fire when there was no sniper fire, to tell you the truth about the big issues? How do you trust a person who is willing to let you keep $30.00 at the gas pump, and believes you're too dumb to figure out that the $30.00 you keep is going to cost this country thousands and thousands of jobs? (And one of those jobs could be yours.) And though I firmly believe sexism is wrong, I also wonder how the countries who already hate the U.S. and don't have alot of respect for the idea of a woman being in charge are going to feel about us if Clinton is elected - would that make us even more of a target? Clinton is a poor choice for alot of reasons and Obama is a good choice for alot of reasons...I can trust a man who looks at the long term effects of a situation like the gas holiday and decides to take the unpopular stand because it's in the best interest of the American people...I can trust a man who doesn't do the politically selfish thing and oust his pastor to make himself look good, but instead waits to see what direction that pastor is really taking and then decides whether or not to continue that relationship...I can trust a man who thought about the consequences of voting yes for this war, and UNLIKE Clinton, voted the unpopular NO. In other words - I can trust a man who doesn't rush to judgement. Yes, if there is a 3:00am phone call at the whitehouse, the person whom I will trust to look at the BIG picture and do what is safe and right for my family is Mr. Obama! (As opposed to someone else who is so busy trying to LOOK tough, and actually is just being reactionary.) We are a "blue-collar" family who is struggling like most people are today, and I believe Obama has experienced some of these same struggles in his early years and understands the difficulties. I doubt Clinton has ever struggled financially a day in her life - but if she claims she has, should we believe her, or wonder if her memory is just failing her like it did regarding the sniper fire?

Re: Poll: Obama 46, Clinton 37

If people had "seen" Wright from the start, Obama would not have been in this election. He would not have been in the top three in Iowa. His past performance is therefore invalidated and, hopefully, voters with common sense will give a victory to Clinton so that the Democratic party can start planning its strategy for the fall election.
The "booing" mentioned in the recent Democratic party dinner typifies the tone that immature Obama supporters regularly use in their blogs. The demographic group that will swing toward Clinton is black women who are realizing more and more that they are in an under-represented MAJORITY, that of women.