As the Democratic National Convention kicks into high gear, there’s yet another poll showing the problems that Barack Obama continues to have with people who supported Hillary Clinton in the primaries:
DENVER — Fewer than half of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s supporters in the presidential primaries say they definitely will vote for Barack Obama in November, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, evidence of a formidable challenge facing Democrats as their national convention opens here today.
In the survey, taken Thursday through Saturday, 47% of Clinton supporters say they are solidly behind Obama, and 23% say they support him but may change their minds before the election.
Thirty percent say they will vote for Republican John McCain, someone else or no one at all.
This is consistent with the ABC News/Washington Post poll I noted earlier today, and is yet another reason why the McCain campaigns increasingly obvious effort to appeal to Hillary Clinton supporters is likely to continue.
Will it work ? Only time will tell, and much will depend on what we hear from the Clintons.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
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