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Poll: Obama Overtakes Clinton in Pennsylvania

by: Douglas E. Lindner

Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 17:52:22 PM EDT


In the latest PPP poll on the Democratic Primary in Pennsylvania, taken 3/31-4/1, Barack Obama overtook Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic Primary voters.  The last PPP poll in Pennsylvania, taken 3/15-3/16, showed a 26 point lead for Clinton (56 to 30), the greatest margin between the two of any Pennsylvania Democratic Primary poll listed on Pollster.com going all the way back to January 2007.  While Obama's 2-point lead (45 to Clinton's 43) is within the 2.8% margin of error, this poll is not an outlier, as many in recent weeks have been showing Obama making gains.  A Rasmussen poll with a considerably smaller sample taken on 3/31 showed Clinton with a five-point lead, at 47 to 42.  Both polls show that more than 10% of likely voters are undecided.  Furthermore, Obama leads in all age groups save the oldest.

While it is likely that Obama has not taken a definitive lead in PA, the fact remains that he has gained 28 points in two weeks, and there are nearly three weeks left until Pennsylvanians go to the polls.

http://www.pollster.com/08-PA-...

On a personal note, while I often rail against polls as being unreliable and a negative influence on politics, the fact remains that we're outside observers and this is still better than listening to the same James Carville-Jamal Simmons argument 24 hours a day.

Douglas E. Lindner :: Poll: Obama Overtakes Clinton in Pennsylvania
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Keep in mind (0.00 / 0)
Even Carville still thinks Clinton has to win PA to remain viable.  He said in February that she had to win OH, TX, AND PA to remain viable; now he basically says if she wins PA she should be the nominee, which is stupid.

I hope (0.00 / 0)
the entire Obama staff is chanting... "Remember NH"

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Oh, you mean when they jumped tens of points in a tiny amount of time and came in with a tie out of nowhere? (0.00 / 0)


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Easy Douglas.... (0.00 / 0)
you know what I mean... despite the reality you mention the media played it as a loss after the "irrational exuberance" in NH Polling.

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I'm calm, and I know what you meant. (0.00 / 0)
I was lamenting the media's skewing of the actual phenomenon that occurred based solely on their surprise.

You can't measure the significance of of a political event based on what the talking heads thought would happen.


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But the talking heads do. (0.00 / 0)
Kos titled his report on this "Ridiculous PA Poll", and wrote

There's no way in hell there has been a 28-point swing in this race in two weeks. During the same rough time period, Rasmussen and SurveyUSA both reported a 7-point improvement for Obama. That much is reasonable given the news cycle. 28? Patently ridiculous.

SUSA is still the gold standard this cycle, and their latest 53-41 results feel right. But remember, Clinton started with a 19-point lead. And right now, at this moment in time, we're in a mini-Obama surge and Clinton dip. His numbers are likely artificially inflated compared to hers.



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