May 13th, 2007

Clinton Leads Obama by 12%

Posted by Drew at 10:03 am

RealClearPolitics.com keeps track of all major polls on the Democratic Presidential nomination. The six most recent of these polls show Clinton leading among registered voters by as little as 8% and by as much as 18%, for an average of 12%.

Also, according to one of these polls, 41% of voters say that they would not consider voting for Clinton. This statistic is often cited by supporters of other candidates to prove that Clinton is “unelectable.” However, this percent is down from 46% at the end of last year. The same poll shows that 35% of voters would not consider voting for Edwards or Obama. Clinton’s “unelectability” rating is dropping, and is not so different that Edwards’ or Obama’s.

The real polling that undermines Clinton’s campaign is her “head-to-head” results against Giuliani, who is polling well ahead of McCain and Romney, his main opponents for the Republican nomination. Clinton is virtually tied with Giuliani, whereas both Obama and Edwards beat him in the most recent polls by several percentage points.

Which candidate do you support, and why? Is Clinton “unelectable”?

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