SC POLL: Obama Solidifies Lead as Election Day Looms (O 41, H 26, E 19)

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Polls:
- Obama Solidifies Lead as Election Day Looms in South Carolina

Democrats in South Carolina

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama reversed a declining course and regained some support heading into Election Day here, posting a 15-point lead just hours before polls open here today, the latest and last Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby daily telephone tracking poll shows.

Buoyed by widespread support among African American voters who are planning to participate in the Democratic Party primary here, Obama wins 41% support, compared to 26% for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and 19% for former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards. Clinton and Edwards are splitting the support of white voters, who make up about half of the total Democratic electorate here.

While previous tracking polls have included three days of polling, this final release from South Carolina includes survey interviews conducted just on Thursday, Jan. 24, and Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. This latest telephone tracking survey included 816 interviews with likely Democratic voters and carries a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percentage points.

The race is closest in the largest cities of the state, but Obama still leads there - and enjoys wider leads in the suburbs and rural areas of the state. He also enjoys solid support across ideological lines, leading among progressives, liberals, and moderates alike.

Pollster John Zogby on the Democrats in South Carolina: “Obama holds solid leads in every section of the state, and among both men and women. He has big leads among voters under age 65. Interestingly, among voters over age 65, Clinton leads him by a few points only, and Edwards is doing well.

“We are making no predictions, but on the watch list is the order of finish here. Obama leads big among moderates and liberals and among all age groups. He is back over 60% support among blacks, while Clinton and Edwards are tied among whites. Clinton returned to the state after her numbers here started to slip and Edwards started to gain. After all, he is, like Bill Clinton, a son of the South.

Overall, Obama’s lead is solid as Election Day dawns, but voters here have been fluid in their support.

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I hope Obama wins by more than 10 points and Hillary comes in third. She is already tanking in the national polls. And I heard on PBS's news hour, Mark Sheilds said that he expects more important endorsements for Obama early next week. (Kennedy, Carter or Gore perhaps?"

Hillary is ticking a lot of Democrats off with the DNC delegate thingee.

Ok we get it, Obama will get this one today.........It's a done deal. I am sure he will end up with like 55 or more % of the vote. Where is the news in that? He needs it just to stay afloat. The real test is Super Tuesday when mass numbers come out and vote over many different parts of the country. Let's all have a good discussion then. Let's talk "latest polls" then.......LOL