Obama Getting Close In South Carolina
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Edwards, Hillary, Polls, South CarolinaA shift is happening, and with Hillary going negative the shift could be even more pronounced in the coming days.
New York Senator Hillary Clinton’s lead over Illinois Senator Barack Obama in South Carolina’s Presidential Primary has disappeared. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race shows Clinton with 36% of the vote while Obama is the top choice for 34% of the state’s Likely Primary Voters. A month ago, Clinton had a ten-point advantage. In September, the former First Lady was up by thirteen points.
Hillary’s saving grace?
Among supporters of John Edwards, Clinton is the second choice for 34% while Obama gets the nod from 16%.
Key demo shift…
Obama’s showing has improved significantly among black voters. He now attracts 51% of the African-American vote in South Carolina while Clinton picks up just 27%. A month ago, the candidates were even in this important constituency (Obama 46%, Clinton 45%). There is virtually no movement among white voters in the state–Clinton now earns 43% of the white vote, Edwards 22%, and Obama 17%.In the South Carolina survey, African-Americans constitute 49% of Likely Democratic Primary voters.
With Obama and Oprah filling up stadiums on their Double-O tour, I can’t see how Hillary can recover from that deficit.
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December 6th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
This is an interesting development. South Carolina is always as adventure during primary season. I was also interested to read in that Rasmussen report that 33% of SC’s likely primary voters consider the economy their primary voting issue. According to a recent Bloomberg poll, only 25% nationally consider the economy the #1 issue (well behind Iraq’s 32%). I wonder if that is reflective of the fact that the SC poll asked likely primary voters, whereas the Bloomberg poll asked registered voters.
December 7th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
The continuing drop of Hillary does not come as a surprise to myself. I always believed that people would see through her political rhetoric and eventually gauge her as the candidate she is: a puppet for big money!
Senator Obama has had tremendous grass roots support and I honestly believe that this election is going to be won by a new and refreshing choice for the American people. Will that be Obama, I am not completely sure. But if you look at this study gaging grass root movements and the Internet, Obama is a clear cut favorite.
http://www.spartaninternet.com/2008