Gallup: Obama Widens Lead To 10
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, PollsNationally he’s doing much better than in Pennsylvania, and it looks like his debate dip is over. I think the test now is to see if he can get to 15.
The details about Pennsylvania specifically…
Clinton is expected to prevail in Pennsylvania, according to the pre-election polls, but the pundits are focusing speculation on the size of the margin. A big win could give her campaign a boost and make a comeback seem more possible. A close win would probably not alter the dynamics of the race, and make her campaign’s arguments that she can overcome Obama’s delegate lead less persuasive.An Obama win could lead to heavy pressure from Democratic Party leaders for Clinton to drop out of the race. Gallup Poll Daily tracking data will begin to show any national impact of the Pennsylvania results on Thursday, since tonight’s polling will involve a mixture of interviewing conducted before and after the winner of that contest is known.
If he wins PA, it’s over. If she wins PA by a very narrow margin, it should be over. If she wins PA by double digits, it’s going all the way to the convention.
More as it develops…
This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 and is filed under 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Polls. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I’m a Washington State Cougar, so I’m accustomed to losing. Like all good Cougars, I wish only the worst on the many teams that beat us. And Cougars can stay mad for a long time. We don’t heal until 1) we win, or 2) the winning team has a season as rotten as ours. So with this frame, I am perplexed at how the Democrats will heal from their bitter fight.
The Clinton/Obama fight has become at least as brutal as any November match-up between WSU and the University of Washington (or any great state rivalry). Acrimonious. Vicious. Filled with cheap-shots designed to promote fear, uncertainty and doubt. But soon the Democrat’s political rivalry game will be over - whether tomorrow, in June or (please, no) in August. What then?
In college football, neither team has to take back all the nasty things they say about eachother. Fanning the flames only makes the next matchup more fun. But how will either Team Obama or Team Clinton retract all the nasty? Afterall, this is just an inter-squad game. How will either one of them take the field in full strength for the real rivalry game against John McCain.
Or do you think both candidates will be too wounded to win?