Could she win the Tar Heel State? She’s was trailing by double digits in a previous poll, but now she’s leading 44/42 with 14 undecided. And as we’ve seen lately, undecideds break for Hill. More from Souther Political Report… “Our polling generally does not indicate the eventual compression of black voters that Obama usually enjoys [...]

It’s Obama/Clinton, 49/44. The common trend in all of these North Carolina polls is Clinton is closing the gap. By how much we can’t be sure, but this doesn’t look like it’s going to be the big win that Obama had hoped he would get. From the poll: In SurveyUSA last four polls, over the [...]

It’s currently Obama/Clinton, 51/37. However, his lead has dropped by 9 points since the last time they polled when he lead by 23. Also, the demographics look nearly identical to those in other contests… Clinton leads by fifteen points among White voters while Obama leads 80% to 11% among African-Americans. Clinton does well among White [...]

It’s not official yet, but this from the AP: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A person close to North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley tells The Associated Press he will endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. Easley is a Democratic superdelegate who has served as the state’s governor for two terms. His decision comes despite several recent [...]

American Research Group shows the race tightening by one point since last week. April 14 – 15 Obama – 52% Clinton – 41% April 26 – 27 Obama – 52% Clinton – 42% Here’s how those numbers break… Register Dems – 83% of voters Obama – 51% Clinton – 43% Unaffiliated – 17% of voters [...]

Two days in a row. At the very least the Clinton’s effort to make it seem like she can win is working. The details… These results, based on April 24-26 polling, are the second report in which all interviews have been conducted after Clinton’s Tuesday Pennsylvania primary win, and suggest that Democratic voters are — [...]

Recently, McCain admonished North Carolina Republicans as being “out of touch” for wanting to run this ad… Now, let’s make one thing clear. Obama was not at church during the “god damn America” sermon and he’s made that clear. The commercial purposefully tries to blur that line and suggest Obama agrees with Wright’s sentiment, and [...]

No doubt this will do a lot to solidify a win for Obama in North Carolina. From NY Times: [...] nearly 50 of his most prominent backers lined up behind Senator Barack Obama today, in a gesture designed to give Mr. Obama a heavy boost of support less than two weeks before the North Carolina [...]

A massive win in the Tar Heel State would certainly be bad news for Hill and company because they need to keep every single contest close from here on out to come anywhere close to catching Obama. Still, it looks like Barack is poised for yet another one of his red state romps. He currently [...]

From North Carolina and Indiana no less. From NY Times: Barack Obama rolled out three more superdelegate endorsements Wednesday, all of them coming from North Carolina and Indiana, which hold their Democratic primaries May 6. North Carolina Representatives Mel Watt of Charlotte and David Price of Chapel Hill announced their support for Mr. Obama on [...]

Also, he leads by 13 in North Carolina. Here are the numbers: Pennsylvania Clinton 46, Obama 41 Indiana Obama 40, Clinton 35 North Carolina Obama 47, Clinton 34 Also, LA Times has some realities about BitterGate and RevWrightGate: In Pennsylvania, the flap seems to have marginally helped Obama more than hurt him: 24% said his [...]

Polls suggest that the take from Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Indiana will basically result in a net tie in pledged delegates between the two candidates for those three states, so that leaves only the superdelegates to decide this thing. Forbes does the remaining math… Real Clear Politics does not have poll numbers for the remaining [...]

So…I think we’re seeing a trend here. From Public Policy Polling: Obama leads Hillary Clinton 54-33 in the state. He is making in roads among white voters in the state, trailing Clinton just 47-38, while maintaining his customary large advantage with black voters 81-10. “The race in North Carolina has really stabilized,” said Dean Debnam, [...]

Another poll, another double digit lead. From WRAL: Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has a commanding lead over Hillary Rodham Clinton in North Carolina, but he might face greater difficulties than she against likely Republican nominee John McCain in the general election. In the latest WRAL News poll, 56 percent of likely Democratic voters said [...]

After Bill Clinton’s recent concession that Hill has to win N.C., much more focus will be on the Tar Heel State. And this latest poll backs up the trend. From Rasmussen: In North Carolina, Barack Obama has opened up a twenty-three percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that [...]

That’s not an exact quote, but it may as well be. Most who’ve been following this race will agree that if she doesn’t take Oregon or North Carolina, she’ll have little chance of winning the popular vote and it’ll then be impossible to persuade the superdelegates to jump off the Obama bandwagon. And since Oregon [...]

Public Policy Polling has the numbers (pdf file)… After a week in which both candidates spent a lot of time in North Carolina Barack Obama has retained a large lead in the state, according to the newest survey from Public Policy Polling. Obama leads Clinton 54-36. His lead is particularly strong among likely voters who [...]

Insider Advantage has the poll, that supports another recent poll that showed Obama up by 21 in the Tar Heel State. From Southern Political Report: “If you are voting in the Democratic primary and the election were held today, who would you vote for?” Barack Obama (49%) Hillary Clinton (34%) Undecided (17%) The poll was [...]

Public Policy Polling has the numbers, and it looks like Obama has gained considerable ground since last week’s race speech. So while it may not be playing in some corners or the country, in others it’s turning out to be box office gold. Last week the numbers looked like this: Obama: 44% Clinton: 43% Today? [...]

Hillary accepted a debate in Pennsylvania first. Obama and his team subsequently said yes to that one and added North Carolina into the mix. No word on whether or not Hillary will accept North Carolina, but my guess is she’ll accept a debate in a laundromat at this point. TPM has the details: Today, Barack [...]