Hillary Drops Back - A new Newsweek poll shows Obama pulling away

[swag]

Source: Newsweek

Despite her campaign's relentless attacks on Barack Obama's qualifications and electability, Hillary Clinton has lost a lot of ground with Democratic voters nationwide going into Tuesday's critical primary in Pennsylvania, a new NEWSWEEK poll shows.

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. The previous Newsweek poll, conducted in March after Clinton's big primary wins in Ohio and Texas, showed the two Democrats locked in a statistical tie (45 percent for Obama to 44 percent for Clinton). The new poll puts Obama ahead among women as well as men, and voters aged 60 and older as well as younger voters. (For the complete poll data, click here).

One of the more devastating results for Clinton was that a majority of all registered voters now see her as dishonest and untrustworthy. According to the poll, just four in 10 (41 percent) registered voters view the New York senator as honest and trustworthy, while 51 percent think the opposite. This compares with solid majorities of voters who see Obama and McCain as honest and trustworthy (both polled 61 percent).

The results suggest that Clinton was damaged more by being caught in a tall tale about landing in Bosnia under sniper fire than Obama has been by his recent controversies, including the firestorm of criticism provoked by the Illinois senator's remarks that blue-collar voters "cling" to religion, guns and other issues because of their bitterness. In addition, over half (53 percent) of voters say they believe Obama shares their values, more than those who say the same thing about Clinton (47 percent) or McCain (45 percent).



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[bluestateguy]

1. And he leads McCain by 4 in the real election

And, to be fair, so does Hillary.

[TheWraith]

12. That'll change once people start paying attention.

Right now Senator Strangelove's getting a free pass because most people aren't in general election mode.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

13. Why do you think that will happen? nt

[dbmk]

21. First of all there is such a thing as a nomination bump.

Whoever the democratic nominee is will see a bump in the national polls when it is finally confirmed who it is.

And secondly, as long as that is not done, there is almost no juxtaposition of the message from the two parties. Sure there is some comparison going on. But its drowning in the internal democratic figthing atm.

[berni_mccoy]

14. People *have* been paying attention. This is why Obama is pulling away.

[TheWraith]

34. I meant nobody is paying attention to the general election, or McCain.

That's why he's not sinking yet.

[yellowcanine]

15. Who is "Senator Strangelove" - McCain?

[TheWraith]

33. Precisely. nt

[EV_Ares]

22. Guess that means all three of them are getting a pass then aren't they according

to your theory and if that is not the case, it must be they have been paying a lot of attention to what Barack has to offer.

[TheWraith]

32. No, it means people are watching the Dem primary.

And right now almost nobody is watching McCain's near-daily gaffes.

[EV_Ares]

36. Open up my post and you would have read all of it which reads:

Guess that means all three of them are getting a pass then aren't they according
to your theory and if that is not the case, it must be they have been paying a lot of attention to what Barack has to offer.

[papau]

26. both beat McCain by the same 4 points - the subset result like Dem prefer has a very high MOE - but

it is good that both beat McCain - and by the same amount.

Interesting

[C_U_L8R]

2. "Despite her campaign's relentless attacks"?

More likely "because of her campaign's relentless attacks"

[ToughLuck]

5. Ha Ha,,I agree with ya... BECAUSE of

[Tempest]

10. My first thought as well

And now she's attacking "Democratic activists".

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5570234

[Quantess]

11. I agree.

Obama looks classy while she looks frantic.

[Missouri Blue]

25. If it's because of her relentless attacks, she would be the first candidate for which that happened.

Really, negative ads and attacks do work.

[roseBudd]

29. Or negativity comes off as nagging and is associated with mothers nagging kids to do ....

chores, homework etc.

[C_U_L8R]

31. If that were totally true, Joe McCarthy would be president

You're right, well executed negative ads do work.. but only to a point.
At some point, people need a very good reason to vote FOR you, not just AGAINST the other guy.
Hillary seems to have whiffed it on all counts

[DavidDvorkin]

3. This is great, but how to reconcile this with Gallup and Rasmussen?

[swag]

4. Yeah, wacky, huh?

[greiner3]

7. I've read that Rasmussen;

The person, has ties to the bush family. Gallup has been right leaning for decades. Sorry, no links!

[DavidDvorkin]

9. I've read the same thing

Here on DU, I think. :)

But what's interesting is that Rasmussen and Gallup have been increasingly consistent with each other lately, and both are so far from this poll.

I'd like to believe that this one is correct and the other two are wrong, but I'm suspicious.

[Triana]

6. Keep attacking, Hillary - You're destroying OUR party AND our ability to win in....

...November, no matter who the nom is - and you're destroying yourself.

[OneAngryDemocrat]

20. What pig...

What a racist image, on your post, Triana.

We don't need YOUR kind in the democratic party - take a hike.

[truthisfreedom]

8. I think Hillary makes a fine Senator, and will be a great asset to our nation under President Obama.

But if something happens and she gets the nomination, I'll vote for her.

[liberaltrucker]

19. LTwife and I have our credentials handy for an international relocation

Just in case. :)

On edit: No habla espanol, But we can learn the Queen's English, eh?

[cui bono]

16. If they held the primary over again starting today, Obama would already be the nominee.

Hillary has a lot of former supporters due to her actions.

[cui bono]

17. Oh, and Hillary did NOT have a big win in Texas, NEWSweek..... n/t

[eagertolearn]

18. This poll makes sense to me because in my small town

I know only one HC supporter and she is in her 80's. Every democrat I know is voting for Obama and I also know several republicans who have changed or will change parties to vote for him (including my husband!).

[saigon68]

23. a majority of all registered voters now see her as dishonest and untrustworthy.

[Zhade]

37. Even Americans are smart enough not to trust someone who's been proven to be a liar.

It just takes them time.

[Auggie]

24. GOBAMA!

[mcollier]

27. Obama 08

By the percentage of negative comments about the debate, it appears the ABC has awaken the sleeping giant... The movement is real... The special interest can't compete on our level. Thank goodness for the internet. 1.35 million and growing stronger by the minute... Victory is already ours!

[roseBudd]

28. After Monica showed up on random crowd footage Snipergate was like WTF were you thinking

There HAD to be footage. It WOULD be found. It WOULD be played ANYTIME and ON DEMAND on YOUTUBE

[MindMatter]

30. When is the media going to figure out she lost Texas?

"after Clinton's big primary wins in Ohio and Texas".

It wasn't a "big win" in Texas.

It wasn't even a squeaker win.

She lost, period.

Scoreboard.

[MilesColtrane]

35. Actual Texas Delegate Count:

.............................. Obama............Clinton


Primary......................61...................65

Caucuses....................38...................29

Superdelegates.............9....................12...............11 Uncommitted



Total..........................108.................106

That is an Obama win no matter how you parse it.

[Anexio]

38. Yeah, no kidding....

Clinton's constant attacks are nothing but self-serving fluff. Senator Obama shows time and time again that he is a leader and has leadership qualities.

Time for a change.