Another blah poll for Clinton

Another blah poll for Clinton in the Northwest
Posted by jmapes November 28, 2007 14:26PM
Categories: Voters, presidential race
A new survey from the University of Washington shows Republican Rudy Giuliani running even with Democrat Hillary Clinton in Washington State. Earlier this fall, another poll showed Giuliani and Clinton were evenly matched in Oregon - which, like Washington, has voted Democratic in every presidential race since 1988.

The new poll was also discouraging for Clinton because it showed her strongest Democratic rival, Barack Obama, running ahead of Giuliani in Washington, 50 percent to 42 percent. The big difference is that Obama does better among independents than does Clinton.

It is, of course, nearly a year away from the general election, so you can't make too much of these numbers. But it helps Obama make the case that he - and not Clinton - is the strongest candidate that the party can put up against the Republicans.

And there was one piece of good news in the poll for Clinton. It showed that, among Democratic voters, Clinton leads Obama, 44 percent to 29 percent. John Edwards is third with 16 percent. However, it's not necessarily predictive of what will happen in the Washington caucuses, which tend to attract only the most active Democrats.