Texas Stunner: Obama Surges Ahead Of Clinton
Barack Obama has surged ahead of Hillary Clinton in the presidential primary in Texas, a new poll shows.
In a stunning result, the poll found Obama at 48 percent, Clinton at 42 percent in a state Clinton has been counting on to help her stem Obama's momentum. If the poll is accurate, Obama has gained 20 percent in the past month while Clinton has lost about the same amount.
Clinton has counted on winning delegate-rich Texas and Ohio to stop Obama. A loss in either state, nose-counters say, effectively ends Clinton's campaign and puts Obama within a whisker of the Democratic nomination. The American Research Group poll included these findings: Clinton leads Obama among self-described Democrats 47% to 42%. Obama leads Clinton among self-described independents and Republicans 24% to 71%. Obama leads among men 55% to 29% (47% of likely Democratic primary voters) and Clinton leads among women 54% to 42%. Clinton leads Obama among white voters 51% to 40% (53% of likely Democratic primary voters), Obama leads Clinton among African American voters 76% to 17% (22% of likely Democratic primary voters), and Clinton leads Obama among Latino voters 44% to 42%. Additionally, 22% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary and 20% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Barack Obama in the primary. 30% of men say they would never vote for Clinton in the primary.
In a stunning result, the poll found Obama at 48 percent, Clinton at 42 percent in a state Clinton has been counting on to help her stem Obama's momentum. If the poll is accurate, Obama has gained 20 percent in the past month while Clinton has lost about the same amount.
Clinton has counted on winning delegate-rich Texas and Ohio to stop Obama. A loss in either state, nose-counters say, effectively ends Clinton's campaign and puts Obama within a whisker of the Democratic nomination. The American Research Group poll included these findings: Clinton leads Obama among self-described Democrats 47% to 42%. Obama leads Clinton among self-described independents and Republicans 24% to 71%. Obama leads among men 55% to 29% (47% of likely Democratic primary voters) and Clinton leads among women 54% to 42%. Clinton leads Obama among white voters 51% to 40% (53% of likely Democratic primary voters), Obama leads Clinton among African American voters 76% to 17% (22% of likely Democratic primary voters), and Clinton leads Obama among Latino voters 44% to 42%. Additionally, 22% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary and 20% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Barack Obama in the primary. 30% of men say they would never vote for Clinton in the primary.
Labels: 2008 Presidential Race
posted by Mike McCarville @ 10:20 AM
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