Editor & Publisher: CP Poll Finds Canadians Prefer Obama

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CP Poll Finds Canadians Prefer Obama

By E&P Staff

Published: April 09, 2008 10:50 AM ET

CHICAGO A plurality of Canadian hope Barack Obama becomes the next U.S. president, while overwhelmingly rejecting John McCain, a poll by The Canadian Press and Harris/Decima finds.

The CP poll, released Wednesday, found 39% of surveyed Canadians prefer Obama, followed by 30% who hope Hillary Clinton becomes the next president. John McCain trails badly, preferred by 8%.

CP said the finding "represents a major swing in preference away from Senator Clinton in the last three months." A similar poll in early January found Clinton had an 11-point edge over Obama. A mid-February poll found Obama behind by just 3 points.

Obama now leads Clinton in all age groups, but he crushes her among those under 25 by a 54% to 27% margin.

Men heavily favor Obama, with 44% preferring the Illinois senator to 25% for Clinton, and 13% for McCain.

But Obama also has a slight lead among women, with the poll finding 34% prefer him, compared to 33% for Clinton and 4% for McCain.

Whoever they support, the plurality of Canadians believe Obama will be the next president. Asked who they thought would win the election, 44% said Obama, 19% said McCain -- and just 17% foresaw a second President Clinton.

The telephone survey of 1,000 Canadians was conducted between April 3 and April 6, and has a margin of error of 3.1%.

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[DerekJ]

1. 8% McCain... See we're 92% sane people.