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Gallup: Hillary Pulls Ahead

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Polls

The “Wright” effect is treating Obama wrong…

Obama led Clinton in all Gallup Poll Daily tracking reports from March 9 through March 16, indicating he had a real, albeit slim, advantage in national Democratic preferences over this period. While not statistically significant, Clinton’s two percentage point advantage in today’s report is a notable shift, particularly in light of the political storm Obama has faced over the past few days concerning controversial political statements made by the former pastor of his Chicago church.

I think it’s obvious that Hillary is going to get a lot of pickup from this situation, so the question is…does Obama need to hit a home run with his speech tomorrow or just a double?

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2 Responses to “Gallup: Hillary Pulls Ahead”

kritter Says:
March 17th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Justin, you DO understand “margin of error,” don’t you?

Let’s give it a week and see if it looks like an enduring trend or not.
Justin Gardner Says:
March 17th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Isn’t that when somebody writes outside the lines? :-)

Who said anything about enduring trends? But I think Wright has had an effect.

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