(Pew) Poll: Obama has clear national lead over Clinton - AP

Poll: Obama has clear national lead over Clinton

AP foreign, Thursday May 29 2008

By The Associated Press

THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats nationally

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THE NUMBERS

Barack Obama, 54 percent

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 41 percent

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OF INTEREST:

Obama has developed a clear lead compared to last month,
when he and Clinton were about even in the Pew Research
Center poll. Three in 10 Democrats think the party will
be divided if Obama wins the nomination, up slightly
since March, with Clinton supporters twice as likely as
Obama's to say so. When matched against Republican John
McCain, Obama is now running about even among all voters;
he's had a narrow advantage over McCain most of the year.
Obama and McCain are about evenly splitting independents,
a pivotal group for the general election. Both men are
viewed less positively than earlier. Obama is seen as
better able to improve the economy and energy problems,
he and McCain are seen as about equally likely to make
wise decisions on Iraq, and McCain has an advantage for
taxes and immigration.

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The Pew Research Center poll was conducted from May 21-25
and involved telephone interviews with 1,242 registered
voters, for whom the margin of sampling error was plus or
minus 3.5 percentage points. It included interviews with
618 Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters, with a
margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 points.

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COMPLETE RESULTS: http://people-press.org