USA Today/Gallup Poll: Clinton Leads Obama by 7 Points Nationwide
USA Today/Gallup Poll: Clinton Leads Obama by 7 Points Nationwide
#1USA Today/Gallup Poll: Clinton Leads Obama by 7 Points Nationwide
Posted: 5/5/08 at 8:10am
...for the first time in 3 months.
===
USA TODAY
Updated 2h 1m ago
Poll: Flap over pastor hurts Obama
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
Barack Obama's national standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, raising questions for some voters about the Illinois senator's values, credibility and electability.
The erosion of support among Democrats and independents raises the stakes in Tuesday's Indiana and North Carolina primaries, which represent a chance for Obama to reassert his claim to a Democratic nomination that seems nearly in his grasp. A defeat in Indiana and a close finish in North Carolina, where he's favored, could fuel unease about his ability to win in November. Such results also could help propel Hillary Rodham Clinton's uphill campaign all the way to the Democratic convention in August.
In the USA TODAY survey, taken Thursday through Saturday, Clinton leads Obama among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents by 7 percentage points, the first time in three months she has been ahead. Two weeks ago, before the controversy over comments by Jeremiah Wright reignited, Obama led by 10 points.
In February, Democrats and Democratic leaners by 33 points said Obama had a better shot at beating Republican John McCain in November. Clinton is now seen as the stronger candidate by 5 points.
Poll: Flap over pastor hurts Obama
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: USA Today/Gallup Poll: Clinton Leads Obama by 7 Points Nationwide
Posted: 5/5/08 at 10:55am
Polls, damned polls.
Obama now leads presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in the hypothetical fall contest by eleven points, 51 percent to 40 percent.
Among Democratic primary voters (those who have voted or plan to vote in a Democratic primary) Obama’s lead over Clinton has increased -- he now leads Clinton by twelve points, 50 percent to 38 percent. That’s up from his eight point lead in the poll released just a few days ago.
CBS
#2you take bammy, he'll take hil, either one's gon' drive me to pills
Posted: 5/5/08 at 10:58ami only care about my pole.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#3you take bammy, he'll take hil, either one's gon' drive me to pills
Posted: 5/5/08 at 11:23am
From your poll, Joe:
===
The poll also shows good news for both Democrats in a campaign versus McCain in the fall. Just like Obama, Clinton’s lead over McCain has jumped, from 5 to 12 points.
#4you take bammy, he'll take hil, either one's gon' drive me to pills
Posted: 5/5/08 at 11:50am
SUSA has Hillary winning Indiana by 12.
Clinton Has The Hoosiers Right Where She Wants Them, 24 Hours Till Votes Are Counted:
#5you take bammy, he'll take hil, either one's gon' drive me to pills
Posted: 5/5/08 at 4:14pm
Rasmussen has Hillary beating Obama in West Virginia by 29 points:
Toplines - West Virginia Democratic Primary - May 4, 2008
Videos