American Research Group, Inc: South Dakota, Hillary 60, Obama 34

ARG ^ | 6/2/08 | staff

[pissant]

Presidential Primary Preference:

South Dakota

Likely Democratic Primary Voters -- May 31-June 1

Clinton ---60% Obama ---34% Undecided --6%

About this Survey -

Survey Sponsor: American Research Group, Inc.

The American Research Group has been conducting surveys of voters since 1985.

Sample Size: 600 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of likely Democratic primary voters living in South Dakota (600 Democrats).

Sample Dates: May 31-June 1, 2008

Margin of Error: ± 4 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split.

Question Wording:

If the 2008 Democratic presidential preference primary were being held today between (names rotated) Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, for whom would you vote - Clinton or Obama?

Would you say that you definitely plan to vote in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, that you might vote in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, or that you will probably not vote in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary?

[Miss Didi]

You think there might be a little buyer’s remorse on the Dem side right about now?

Rush had three Dem callers on today who were very upset with the idea of Obama...they all said they don't know him or trust him.

[Miss Didi]

Can you imagine if W or McCain had said that???

[Churchillspirit]

I do wish people would keep their powder dry until AFTER Obama has clinched the nomination.

The Clintonistas will pounce on any weakness and use any tactics to give Hitlery the prize.

[Miss Didi]

Puff Daschle was on Meet the Depressed and said that Barry just might win SD...he didn't sound very convinced.

[VOR78]

I agree completely. As another poster said somewhere around here, it appears that the DNC is caught up in the perfect storm with no way out.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I thought Obama was expected to win these last two states, although I can’t figure out why Obama would be popular in either of these states.

[VOR78]

If you really want some high entertainment, check out a few Hillary message boards. Those people absolutely hate Obama with a passion.

[Beagle8U]

The RATS are going to take one “for the team”.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Voting for any Democrat is unthinkable unless you want to turn this country over to radical Islam, have the country go bankrupt because of sky-high fuel prices and economic idiots.

[AmericaUnited]

Demographically, South Dakota is a near twin to North Dakota, which Obama won 61-37 on Super Tuesday.

Yes, but the bloom was not off the rose when South Dakata voted. Now the rose, is ROTTING.

[RinaseaofDs]

The MSM is shooting its entire arsenal at this point. They’ve dug in against not just Clinton, but against at least half of the voting liberals in the US.

So, let’s start with the fact that you jettisoned conservatives as a market segment. Now, let’s take the gullible remaining half the available market and then HALF IT AGAIN!

Their ratings, and their credibility, will be only detectable with the most sensitive instruments avaialble soon.

[Miss Didi]

Rush said that Mrs. Clinton will probably just lay low a bit trying to convince Super D's until the convention. Meanwhile, the Drive-Bys will do hit piece after hit piece on Clinton Inc. (see this month's Vanity Fair). So what happens if Mrs. Obama does have a rant tape bashing whitey and Mrs. Clinton is suddenly the nominee after they throw the kitchen sink at her? The reason Rush played that Barry sound bite on Iraq is because the news is suddenly good and he was asking—what will the Dems do now?

[Ingtar]

Arg! And I thought Hillary would win SD.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we’re watching the destruction of the RAT party before our eyes. That will never happen but they should find it difficult to win major elections in a long time.

[Miss Didi]

Did you see this lady?

Clinton Supporter Thrown Out of Rules Committee Meeting

[jeltz25]

Vin Gupta runs Survey USA, not ARG.

ARG nailed Kentucky and West Virginia pretty much exactly.

They were off a bit on the margins in OR, NC, IN, OH, TX and PA, but they called the winner in all of them.

So they’re 8/8 in terms of calling the winner since march

Will Clinton win by 30? Probably not. But I wouldn’t be shocked if she does win at least one of them.

[Vigilanteman]

I haven't lived in the Dakotas in more than a decade. I used to have a lot of friends and relatives in both Dakotas. Few remain. Does Tom Daschle still have much of a following? Or is his backing of Obama simply a way to distance himself from the Clinton, who have never been very popular there? Has there been enough economic growth that my model of "near zero" racial tensions no longer applies, or do you see the shift as Rev. Wright's chickens coming home to roost.

Did anyone there much buy Obama's weekend withdrawal from Trinity Church?

[VOR78]

I saw a poll a few days ago indicating that nearly half of Hillary’s supporters would continue to back her if she ran as an independent. Obviously, that’s not going to happen, but the Dems are naive if they think that her supporters are all just going to jump on board after a long, nasty primary fight. I think that some level of permanent damage has been done to the party. I’m just not sure how much and certainly not catastrophic at this point.

The Obama supporters, in particular, are idiots. At a time when they really need to be preaching party unity, they’re still on the offensive even though its obviously over and can do nothing but foster more resentment.

[Snurple]

The idiotic Obama is getting creamed regularly, I can’t remember anything like this happening in any presidential primary in my life time.

The dnc is run by morons. They just cannot come to grips with the fact that the majority of Americans are not ultra liberal moon bats.

I never would have dreamed there would come a time when someone like Hillary would be too conservative for the democratic party but its happened.

I may miss my guess but I sincerely believe that this primary has fractured the dem's to the point of no return. I also believe it will set race relations back at least 25 years.

[jbwbubba]

That would be interesting if Hillary won SD and MT tomorrow. Everyone is assuming that Barry has it wrapped up. It would likely be no real change in the delegate count but could give Hillary more to crow about.