She’s still trailing in the Palmetto State:
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in South Carolina shows Barack Obama continuing to hold a double digit-lead over Hillary Clinton in the January 26th Primary Election. The survey, conducted the night after Clinton’s stunning victory in New Hampshire, shows no bounce for the victor. In fact, there is virtually no change in the numbers at all. It’s Obama 42% Clinton 30%. John Edwards attracts 15% of the vote, Bill Richardson picked up 2% and 10% were not sure. Richardson has since dropped out of the race for the White House.
These results are virtually identical to a pre-New Hampshire survey conducted over the weekend. and nobody else tops 3%. In December, Obama and Clinton were tied at 33%. In November, Clinton had a ten-point advantage.
The conventional wisdom right now is that Obama’s lead in South Carolina is fairly solid largely because he’s succeeded in capturing most of the support from the state’s African American population.
Of course, when it comes to this race, conventional wisdom pretty much went out the window earlier this week so who knows what might happen.
