Zogby: Obama leads Clinton by 14 points nationally.

[AtomicKitten]

Zogby poll: Obama leads Clinton by 14% nationally
Published: Wednesday February 20, 2008

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Barack Obama has surged past Hillary Clinton to open a big national lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

Obama also leads Republican front-runner John McCain in a potential November election match-up while Clinton trails McCain, enhancing Obama's argument he is the Democrat with the best shot at capturing the White House.

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Heading into crucial March 4 nominating contests in Ohio and Texas, Obama has gained the upper hand in a close and fierce Democratic duel with Clinton. McCain broke open the Republican race and has driven out most of his leading rivals.

The poll showed Obama with a 14-point edge over Clinton, 52 percent to 38 percent, after being in a statistical tie with the New York senator last month.

Obama's new lead follows a string of 10 wins in February for the Illinois senator, who has moved ahead in the battle for pledged delegates who vote on the party's nominee at the August convention.

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In the poll, Obama led Clinton among Democrats and independents, in all age groups except seniors and in all income groups except those making under $25,000 a year. He led narrowly among whites and more widely among men. He was tied among women with Clinton, who would be the first woman U.S. president.

Obama, who would be the first black U.S. president, was the choice of 4 of 5 black voters. Clinton attracted two-thirds of Hispanic voters, who comprise a big bloc in Texas.

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In a head-to-head matchup, Obama beat McCain 47 percent to 40 percent. He led McCain among independents, in all age groups except those above 70, and in all regions but the South.

McCain beat Clinton 50 percent to 38 percent in a head-to-head matchup. The Arizona senator led Clinton in all regions of the country, among independents and in all age groups.

"At least for now, these numbers suggest Obama has the potential to build a stronger general election coalition than Clinton," Zogby said. "They also suggest Clinton has a lot of catching up to do."

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[Occam Bandage]

1. Obama destroys McCain. McCain destroys Clinton.

[Yurem2008]

3. Any questions?

Sorry, but Hillabee should accept the fact that the will continue to work the night shift...for New York...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Am I wrong...

or has Obama been steadily increasing his lead over McCain over the last couple of weeks?

[TheWraith]

5. You're not wrong. More people are paying attention to the general election now.

The primaries are almost wrapped up, and people are looking to the general now. And now more people are realizing that McCain's spent the last 7.5 years turning into a gibbering nutcase, as well as recognising what Obama represents.

[AtomicKitten]

6. yarp

[Cha]

4. Come on Senator Obama..

Keep it up..keep on keeping on!

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup:

[AtomicKitten]

8. kick for 14 pts

[AtomicKitten]

9. kick

[Arkana]

10. As encouraging as that sounds, I really don't believe it.

National polls are next to useless until after the nominee is chosen.

[AtomicKitten]

11. it's all about the trend

[Thrill]

12. Wow

[elixir]

13. Zomby is totally unreliable, look for another poll.

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. Ditto

Zogby had Obama pulling far ahead of Clinton in California also.

[AtomicKitten]

15. still even as an out-lier poll, it does some wonderful damage to the aggregate

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. I'll grant you that, lol n/t

[AJH032]

17. considering most of the country has already voted

why do national polls matter?

[AtomicKitten]

18. It has been a fascinating trend to watch ...

Hillary walked in the door, took off her coat, and was at 50%.

Obama has systematically chipped away at that.

[PresidentObama]

19. I'm going to say the same thing I said when Hillary was leading these: they don't matter!

National polls, that is.

[AtomicKitten]

21. Just like astrology, I like polls when they are favorable! ;)

I have been following Obama's trend and it has really been quite breathtaking.

[PresidentObama]

22. Understandable. I think where it counts, the race is much closer.

Hillary's got the advantage in the upcoming states, but Barack is closing the gap.

It's going to be interesting to watch!!

I like a horse race, and we've got one.

It's the fourth quarter, and Obama is ahead. But don't ever count Hillary out. This reminds me of the Super Bowl all over again. Nevermind that my team lost, it was close ;)

[sfam]

20. As an Obama supporter I must ask: Why is Zogby still in business?

Why would we care AT ALL what their polls say? They have no credibility at this point. As much as I'd love to believe it, I just don't see any "there" there.