Hillary ahead in the West Virginia Polls...Wow!
| By Boston - Feb 27th, 2008 at 1:28 am EST |
Tuesday February 26, 2008
Clinton has 2-1 lead in W.Va., according to poll
by Jake Stump
Daily Mail Capitol Reporter
By nearly a two to one margin, West Virginia Democrats and Independents are more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton than Barrack Obama, according to a new poll.
Forty-three percent of those surveyed said they'd vote for Clinton in the upcoming West Virginia primary election compared to 22 percent who selected Obama, based on a public opinion poll conducted by Charleston-based Mark Blankenship Enterprises.
Thirty-five percent said they were undecided.
Mark Blankenship, president of the firm, said his group conducted a random sample telephone survey last week of 405 registered Democrat and Independent voters in West Virginia.
The results, a display of Clinton's popularity in the state, were even a bit surprising to Blankenship, a longtime political consultant and pollster.
"If you asked me two weeks ago what I'd anticipate, I may not have given Obama the nod, but I'd assume it'd be closer," he said. "Obviously, her campaign is appealing to the average democrat and independent in West Virginia."
The margin of error in the poll is 4.9 percent.
Among women surveyed, 48 percent of them favored Clinton to just 19 percent backing Obama. Men were also more likely to support Clinton, with 38 percent, compared to Obama at 25 percent.
"They're not rejecting Hillary Clinton, and they certainly aren't consistent with what you hear in the national media that Obama is in commanding control of this election," Blankenship said about his poll.
Blankenship's firm also gauged residents on West Virginia-related issues. Voters were asked if they thought West Virginia was, in general, on the right track or the wrong track. Forty-nine percent of the democrats and independents surveyed believe things are looking bright for the state, compared to 36 percent who don't.
But 63 percent of those surveyed said the West Virginia job market would either "get worse" or "remain about the same" throughout the next five years. Only 38 percent said it would "get better."
Interviewers used a random-digit dialing procedure to interview voters. The technique is designed to produce a sample of registered voters that is representative of the entire population in such areas as age, gender, race and family income.
Contact writer Jake Stump at jakest@dailymail.com or 348-4842.
Clinton has 2-1 lead in W.Va., according to poll
by Jake Stump
Daily Mail Capitol Reporter
By nearly a two to one margin, West Virginia Democrats and Independents are more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton than Barrack Obama, according to a new poll.
Forty-three percent of those surveyed said they'd vote for Clinton in the upcoming West Virginia primary election compared to 22 percent who selected Obama, based on a public opinion poll conducted by Charleston-based Mark Blankenship Enterprises.
Thirty-five percent said they were undecided.
Mark Blankenship, president of the firm, said his group conducted a random sample telephone survey last week of 405 registered Democrat and Independent voters in West Virginia.
The results, a display of Clinton's popularity in the state, were even a bit surprising to Blankenship, a longtime political consultant and pollster.
"If you asked me two weeks ago what I'd anticipate, I may not have given Obama the nod, but I'd assume it'd be closer," he said. "Obviously, her campaign is appealing to the average democrat and independent in West Virginia."
The margin of error in the poll is 4.9 percent.
Among women surveyed, 48 percent of them favored Clinton to just 19 percent backing Obama. Men were also more likely to support Clinton, with 38 percent, compared to Obama at 25 percent.
"They're not rejecting Hillary Clinton, and they certainly aren't consistent with what you hear in the national media that Obama is in commanding control of this election," Blankenship said about his poll.
Blankenship's firm also gauged residents on West Virginia-related issues. Voters were asked if they thought West Virginia was, in general, on the right track or the wrong track. Forty-nine percent of the democrats and independents surveyed believe things are looking bright for the state, compared to 36 percent who don't.
But 63 percent of those surveyed said the West Virginia job market would either "get worse" or "remain about the same" throughout the next five years. Only 38 percent said it would "get better."
Interviewers used a random-digit dialing procedure to interview voters. The technique is designed to produce a sample of registered voters that is representative of the entire population in such areas as age, gender, race and family income.
Contact writer Jake Stump at jakest@dailymail.com or 348-4842.
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very aerodynamic, darlin.
There are a lot of great people in WVa; but there are a lot of very ignorant people in the nooks and crannies of the hills and hollows there. (It's almost as bad in KY. Fortunately both states are getting better.)
with so much bitterness?
all alone with an idiot repo?
Mikey you need to hold someones hand,
because I obviously can't leave you alone
hey repo vermin, after I finish scraping
you off my shoe, guess what I'm gonna do.
The funny thing is that in every state, except Illinois, Hillary has been ahead. This W. Va. primary is more than 2 months away. I'm sure by then the numbers will be closer. We may only have one candidate left by then anyway.