Obama poll says he’s a 23% favorite
From Pew Research:
Though some of this year's congressional elections are not yet decided, attention is already beginning to shift to the 2008 presidential race. Sen. Barack Obama has emerged as the leading rival to Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party's nomination.
Among registered Democrats, Sen. Clinton continues to lead by a wide margin 39% of party voters back her, compared with 23% for Obama. But the margin narrows among independent voters; 27% say they would like to see Clinton win the Democratic nomination, while 21% favor Obama.
A classic "argue it both ways" factoid: on the one hand, twenty-three percent is twenty-seven-point-oh-oh-one percentage points short of a popular majority; O has a long way to go. On the other hand, being #2 this early in the race is not bad at all.
Though some of this year's congressional elections are not yet decided, attention is already beginning to shift to the 2008 presidential race. Sen. Barack Obama has emerged as the leading rival to Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party's nomination.
Among registered Democrats, Sen. Clinton continues to lead by a wide margin 39% of party voters back her, compared with 23% for Obama. But the margin narrows among independent voters; 27% say they would like to see Clinton win the Democratic nomination, while 21% favor Obama.
A classic "argue it both ways" factoid: on the one hand, twenty-three percent is twenty-seven-point-oh-oh-one percentage points short of a popular majority; O has a long way to go. On the other hand, being #2 this early in the race is not bad at all.
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