Zogby: Obama Shrinks In North Carolina, Indiana Still Tied
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Indiana, North Carolina, PollsYesterday’s numbers for North Carolina were Obama/Clinton, 50/34. Today it’s 46/37.
Obama leads in all age groups with one exception – those age 70 and older, where the two are essentially tied. But Clinton closed the gap in some age groups, compared to yesterday’s two-day tracking report.Clinton expanded her lead among white voters in North Carolina, and narrowed the gap among African American voters, where Obama leads by a 73% to 10% margin. Among men, Obama leads 50% to 35% – an improvement for Clinton – and he continues to lead among women voters as well – winning 43% support to Clinton’s 39% backing, largely on the strength of support for Obama from African American women.
And Indiana numbers show Obama gaining one point. Today it’s Obama/Clinton, 43/42, up from 42/42 yesterday.
The details…
Clinton holds an edge among Catholic and Protestant voters, and among older voters, as she has in other states that have voted earlier this year. Obama leads among younger voters and among a key middle-age demographic – those age 35 to 54. This was a group that went for Clinton in the recent Pennsylvania primary, helping to propel her to the 10-point win she enjoyed there.Obama continues to lead in northern Indiana, a large section of which is influenced by Obama’s hometown Chicago media market, and in Indianapolis. In the southern half of the state, which features a population much like that of Ohio next door, Clinton enjoys a double-digit lead. Obama enjoys an 11-point lead among Indiana men, while Clinton leads by seven points among women. Clinton easily won Ohio in the Democratic Party presidential primary on March 4.
More as it develops…
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May 3rd, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I’m wondering: What’s the chance the George Stephanopoulos will ask Clinton about Evan Bayh’s memo blaming not the tenure of the Bush administration but that of the Clinton administration for Magnaquench? And why is Bayh now singing a different song?
http://bayh.senate.gov/news/press/release/?id=443414bf-cb32-42e8-b559-85e73002bcd7
And, as to the infamous Indianans are “####” tapes, if only one of the tapes on youtube was doctored with a racial slur that Kantor vehemently denies saying, why did the Clinton Campaign pull both the original and doctored tapes? The original was footage from a film on the “war room” during the Clinton Gore campaign. I never saw the doctored one, but I saw the original and it clearly shows Kantor showing Carville something about Indiana (clearly heard) and saying “they are ####”. Then he looks at the camera in mock horror and says “sorry”. Kanter never denied saying “####” although later his spin was that it was not “####” but “####ing”. They were clearly having a joke at Indiana’s expense. But now, poof, both tapes are gone.