Poll: Clinton far ahead in West Virginia in Democratic presidential race

05/12/2008

Associated Press | May 12, 2008



THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats in West Virginia

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THE NUMBERS

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 60 percent

Barack Obama, 24 percent

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OF INTEREST:

Though Obama seems on the verge of capturing the Democratic nomination, two-thirds in this poll of likely Democratic voters in Tuesday's West Virginia primary said Clinton should stay in the race. Nearly three-quarters said she is not hurting the party by competing in the remaining contests. About four in 10 view Obama unfavorably and about the same number have positive views of him, a bad ratio for a candidate. Just four in 10 say they would vote for the Democratic nominee in this fall's general election if their choice is not the candidate, with nearly a quarter saying they would back Republican John McCain and three in 10 undecided. The economy is by far cited as the country's most important issue.

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The Suffolk University poll was conducted by telephone from May 10-11. It involved interviews with 600 likely Democratic voters and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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COMPLETE RESULTS: http://www.suffolk.edu