Posted on 04/18/2008 2:37:10 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats nationally
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THE NUMBERS
Barack Obama, 54 percent
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 35 percent
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OF INTEREST:
Obama's huge lead in this Newsweek poll marks a big shift from the magazine's last survey in March, when he and Clinton were essentially tied. Besides Obama's usual leads among men, blacks and young people, he leads in this poll among women and older voters and is about even among whites. In a matchup against Republican candidate John McCain, both Democrats are ahead slightly.
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The Newsweek poll was conducted April 16-17 by Princeton Survey Research Associated International. It involved telephone interviews with 1,209 registered voters, for whom the margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3 percentage points. Included were interviews with 588 registered Democrats and Democratic leaners, with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5 points.
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COMPLETE RESULTS: http://www.newsweek.com
Of course with new friend and supporter, Commander in Chief, Operation Chaos, Rush Limbaugh, she may just be the winner after all.
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