Obama gains ground in new poll

Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:43 PM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: Democrats, Republicans

From NBC's Mark Murray
A new national Gallup poll finds that Barack Obama is gaining ground on Hillary Clinton. In the Democratic horserace, Clinton leads Obama, 31%-26% -- followed by Edwards at 16% and Gore at 15%; no other Democrat gets more than 3%. A Gallup poll earlier this month had Clinton up on Obama by 19 points (38%-19%).

Perhaps more troublesome for Clinton is that 52% have an unfavorable opinion of her in the poll, versus 45% who have a favorable view. By comparison, Obama has a 52%-27% fav/unfav rating.

In the GOP field, Giuliani is at 35%, McCain at 22%, Fred Thompson at 10%, and Romney at 9%. Moreover, the poll finds that just 36% approve of Bush's job; only 25% approve of Alberto Gonzales' job; and just 26% believe the troop surge in Iraq is making the situation there better.

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The ignorance of both the conservatives and the liberals confounds me. What we need is a President who can strike a balance between the needs of the labor force and the right for capital to earn a profit. What we need is for right leaning liberals and left leaning conservatives to come together and decide what's best for our country. ALL of us have elements of liberalism AND conservatism -- so it's NOT healthy to draw a dividing line. As it stands now, BARACK OBAMA is THE most ELECTABLE candidate and clearly holds the most promise. Hillary and Giuliani have too much baggage. What's left is BARACK OBAMA. Let's give him our support!

Kenny T, Los Angeles, CA (Sent Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:44 PM)

face it I'm a dem. but no black or woman can win in the south, they are all about guns, god & gays

the next president will be freddy joe thompson like it or not

mike (Sent Friday, August 17, 2007 12:31 AM)

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