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Poll of Democratic "superdelegates": Undecided, 291; Clinton, 159; Obama, 59; Edwards, 29
NYT: Superdelegates for Clinton (Undecided’s No. 1)
By MEGAN THEE
Published: November 8, 2007

In an early indication of where Democratic Party leaders are leaning, a survey of the party’s superdelegates — elected officials and other leaders who vote at the party’s convention but are not selected in primaries — found they are favoring Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

While more than a third of the party’s 850 superdelegates said they were undecided, more of those who have decided support Mrs. Clinton more than any other candidate. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois is next to garner support.

The telephone survey of superdelegates, conducted by The New York Times and CBS News, also found that women were more supportive of Mrs. Clinton than were men. Likewise, there were racial differences as superdelegates who are white are more likely than those who are black to say they are undecided. The superdelegates are in no way bound by their stated preferences and dynamics in the race are likely to change....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/us/politics/08delegates.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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