Clinton has slight lead in Indiana Poll
WISH-TV released a poll showing that Hillary Clinton has a 49-46 lead. I guess this means we’ll be seeing a lot more of both candidates in the coming weeks. Anyone surprised that things are this close in Indiana?
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The WISH-TV Indiana Poll shows Hillary Clinton with a slight lead in the battle to win the Indiana May primary. At the same time, Barack Obama runs strong among Democrats in Central Indiana.
Hillary Clinton’s all-out effort in Indiana is explained in the WISH-TV Indiana poll. Her lead is just three points, 49-to-46, inside the margin of error (See the full poll results in the left margin of this story).
“It underlines just how much of a pivotal role the people of Indiana are gonna play in the election this year in selecting the next President of the United States,” said Kevin Griffis of the Obama campaign.
In the Indianapolis metro area Obama holds a big lead, 57-to-38, and it’s clear that the two candidates appeal to different segments of the Democratic Party.
Clinton wins support from 55 percent of the women and 60 percent of the older voters. With just one Indiana campaign stop so far, Obama has backing from 81 percent of the black voters and 63 percent of voters 29 and under.
Poll PDF: Source
April 4th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Hmm. This poll only tracks Democrats, and does not factor in that Indiana has an open primary. I would imagine Clinton’s actual support is several points higher, based purely on GOP voters that are planning to cross over on her behalf. I know I am.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Me, too. And Dan Parker is invited to try to challenge me.