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Clinton takes lead over Obama
20/03/2008 17:28 - (SA)
Washington - Democratic US
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has moved into a
significant lead over Barack Obama for the first time in weeks
in the race for the party nomination, according to a Gallup
poll.
The March 14-18 national survey of 1 209 Democratic and
Democratic-leaning voters gave Clinton, a New York senator, a
49% to 42% edge over Obama, an Illinois senator.
The poll has an error margin of 3 percentage points.
Gallup said it was the first statistically significant lead
for Clinton since a tracking poll conducted February 7-9, just
after the Super Tuesday primaries. The two candidates had
largely been locked in a statistical tie since then, with Obama
last holding a lead over Clinton in a March 11-13 poll.
Gallup said polling data also showed presumptive Republican
nominee John McCain leading Obama 47% to 43% in
4 367 registered voters' preferences for the general election.
The general election survey has an error margin of 2 percentage
points.
The Arizona senator also edged Clinton 48% to 45%, but Gallup said the lead was not statistically
significant.
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