Faced with the probability of a loss in New Hampshire tomorrow, Hillary Clinton now appears to be the underdog in South Carolina as well:
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in South Carolina shows that Barack Obama has opened a double digit-lead over Hillary Clinton in the January 26th Primary Election. It’s Obama 42% Clinton 30%. John Edwards attracts 14% of the vote and nobody else tops 3%.
In December, Obama and Clinton were tied at 33%. In November, Clinton had a ten-point advantage.
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In South Carolina, Obama now attracts 58% of the African-American vote, up from 50% in December. Earlier in the year, Obama and Clinton split this important constituency fairly evenly. Now while Obama enjoys a 2-to-1 advantage over Clinton among African-American voters, white voters are split fairly evenly between three candidates–it’s Clinton 32%, Edwards 29%, and Obama 27%. For Obama, that reflects a 13-point improvement from the previous survey.
Obama leads by 17 points among men and eight points among women.
And that’s before any bounce he might get from winning New Hampshire.
