She’s not dead yet; Hillary Clinton now has a lead over Barack Obama in two national tracking polls.
First, the Gallup poll gives Hillary her biggest lead over Obama in months:
PRINCETON, NJ — Hillary Clinton has edged ahead of Barack Obama, 49% to 45%, in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update.
The four percentage point Clinton advantage in the April 28-30 polling is not statistically significant, but suggests slight movement in her favor after she and Obama had been tied the previous six days. Obama had held a significant lead over Clinton throughout much of April. The current margin is the biggest in Clinton’s favor since March 17-19 polling
Gallup also shows Obama losing ground to John McCain in a head-to-head match:
The latest general election results show Obama now trailing McCain by a statistically significant 47% to 43% margin among registered voters. Clinton and McCain are now tied in the general election at 46%, as McCain’s support in relation to Clinton and Obama has picked up in recent days.
Next, Rasmussen now also has Hillary pulling ahead of Barack:
In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, the Wright impact is especially evident. Clinton now has a statistically insignificant two-point edge over Obama, 46% to 44%. However, that represents a ten-point swing since Wright’s press conference. Before Pastor Wright appeared at the National Press Club, Obama led Clinton by eight points
And similar problems for Obama in a race against McCain:
In general election polling John McCain now attracts 46% of the vote while Barack Obama earns 43%. Just before Wright had his press conference on Monday, McCain and Obama were even. A week ago, Obama had a two-point edge. McCain is now tied with Hillary Clinton at 44%. A week ago, McCain had a two-point edge over the former First Lady.
Clearly, the return of Jeremiah Wright has had a significant impact on Obama’s campaign. What remains to be seen is how that will translate into votes on Tuesday.
May 1st, 2008 at 4:19 pm
The media managed to get people to vote for Bush because they would rather have a beer with him instead of Gore or Kerry, and because of that, look what has happened to our soldiers and our country in general. Here we go again, getting people to vote for Clinton because she is an attack dog, and oh, Rev. Wright offended some people, with the truth mostly. What fate will fall on us again, because of the ignorance of people?? I shake my head in disgust!!
May 1st, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Hillary is consorting with the enemy, (Fox News and supporters of it)now what should that tell you about her loyalty to the Democratic party?? She and Bill are loyal only to themselves, and they have proven it. If she gets elected, she will be a female democratic Bush! Hope this nation gets what it deserves for it’s stupidity!