Are Democrats migrating to Obama?

Salon by Alex Koppelman | May. 21, 2008 (Poll)

Hillary Clinton may have drubbed Barack Obama in Kentucky's Democratic primary on Tuesday, but a Gallup poll released the same day showed Democrats may finally be coalescing around the front-runner.

The poll, which was conducted before the primaries in Kentucky and Oregon, shows Obama opening a national lead of 55 percent to 39 percent over Clinton.

When you dig into them, the numbers underlying the poll look bleak for Clinton. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Democrats, Democratic Nomination, Obama Administration, Hillary Clinton
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - May 22, 2008 - 1:04 AM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The Gallup poll numbers are interesting in suggesting that opinion is drifting toward Obama. It indirectly suggests the interesting mind game of guessing what the votes in all the states would be if the voted again now. The information in the link to the poll adds much more detail and color. It would be interesting to see any estimated bias effects of the phone polling.

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