Quinnipiac PA Poll Shows Obama Closing Fast
Over the past few days, there have been a couple of polls that have shown Sen. Barack Obama either tied, or ahead, in Pennsylvania. After the events of New Hampshire, media organizations have been a tad pickier about which polls to report, especially when the number of people polled resulted in a relatively large margin of error.
So when Quinnipiac University -- a much-trusted pollster -- released its latest poll on Pennsylvania this morning, people took notice. It showed that Sen. Barack Obama continues to gain ground on Sen. Hillary Clinton. Three weeks ago she was 12 points ahead, then last week it was nine points and this week it's six. And with the margin of error of +/- 2.6 percent, it could even technically be much closer. (Quinnipiac polled 1,340 likely voters.)
More on the poll:
* White voters for Clinton 56 - 38 percent, down from 59 - 34 percent last week.
* Black voters back Obama 75 - 17 percent, compared to 73 - 11 percent.
* Men are for Obama 48 - 44 percent, compared to a 46 - 46 percent tie last week.
* Voters under 45 go with Obama 55 - 40, while older voters back Clinton 55 - 38 percent.
"With two weeks to go, Sen. Barack Obama is knocking on the door of a major political upset in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary. Obama is not only building on his own constituencies, but is taking away voters in Sen. Hillary Clinton's strongest areas - whites including white women, voters in the key swing Philadelphia suburbs and those who say the economy is the most important issue in the campaign," said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
10:30 AM ET | 04- 8-2008 | permalink
