A new ABC/News Washington Post poll out this afternoon shows Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tied in Texas and closer than ever in Ohio:
With about two weeks until the primary, this ABC News/Washington Post poll finds a 48-47 percent Clinton-Obama race among likely voters in Texas, and 50-43 percent in Ohio.
A quarter in Texas, and a third in Ohio, say they could change their minds or are undecided.
And, more importantly, in both states, Barack Obama is deemed to be the one who is most likely to be able to beat McCain in November:
Obama beats Clinton in the perception that he’s got the best chance of winning in November by 47-36 percent in Texas and 48-37 percent in Ohio.
He trounced Clinton as more electable in Wisconsin; he’s also made broad strides on electability in national ABC/Post polling, moving up from a 43-point deficit in mid-December to just 5 points earlier this month.
Things aren’t looking good for Hillary just now.
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:16 am
[...] remaining primary schedule are both decidedly in Obama’s favor. As I noted yesterday here and here, the polls in Hillary’s firewall states of Texas and Ohio are trending toward Obama. And, [...]
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
[...] primary losses in a row, falling poll numbers, money drying up, it just seems to be getting worse by the day for the Clinton for President [...]
February 25th, 2008 at 9:50 am
[...] I noted late last week, two polls — Rasmussen and ABC/Washington Post — show Texas virtually tied while Clinton holds on to a slim lead in Ohio. It simply [...]
February 25th, 2008 at 11:06 am
[...] guarantee that she can get the wins she needs in both Texas and Ohio. As I noted on Thursday, two polls show the Texas race statistically tied; and while Clinton continues to lead in Ohio, her lead is [...]