NEWSWEEK Poll: Obama Pulling Away From Clinton
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In recent weeks Hillary Clinton has done her best to “rough up” Barack Obama and take advantage of his associations, missteps and inexperience. Despite her campaign’s relentless attacks according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll, Democratic voters aren’t moved to support her.
The survey of 1,209 registered voters found that Obama now leads Clinton by nearly 20 points, or 54 percent to 35 percent, among registered Democrats and those who lean Democratic nationwide.
One of the more devastating results for Clinton was that a majority of all registered voters now see her as dishonest and untrustworthy. Apparently her repeated story about being under sniper fire in Bosnia hurt her more than Obama’s comments that blue-collar voters “cling” to religion, guns and other issues because of their bitterness hurt him.
To see the results of the poll and read the analysis by NEWSWEEK click on the links below.
April 20, 2008 at 2:00, am
Dishonest and untrustworthy is exactly how I see Senator Clinton. It ’s strange because I was an admirer of hers for quite some time.