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Times poll finds Clinton holding on to lead
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jan 24, 2008 05:12pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton maintains a solid lead in her party's presidential race among Democratic voters nationwide, despite a surge in support since late last year for Sen. Barack Obama, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found.
The Republican presidential contest finds voters divided among three candidates -- Sen. John McCain of Arizona, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has sagged from first place to fourth, according to the survey.
Clinton was preferred by 42% of the likely Democratic voters polled, and Obama by 33% -- a significant increase for the senator from Illinois since a similar poll in early December, when he was the choice of 21%. Support for the senator from New York remained virtually unchanged over that period.
The overall preference figures mask a pronounced racial divide among Democratic voters: About two-thirds of black respondents said they would vote for Obama, whereas only about a fourth of white respondents said he was their choice.
The poll also found that an increasing number of Democratic voters -- about two-thirds -- said they were certain whom they would vote for, making major swings in preference less likely as the primary season heads into the states with the most delegates at stake. |
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