South Carolina Poll: Obama 33%, Clinton 33%, Edwards 17%

[TeamJordan23]

South Carolina: Clinton 33% Obama 33%
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

In South Carolina’s Democratic Presidential Primary, it’s all tied. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race shows that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are supported by 33% of the state’s Likely Primary Voters.

Those figures have changed little since earlier in the month when Clinton had a statistically insignificant 2-point lead. In November, Clinton had a ten-point advantage. In September, the former First Lady was up by thirteen points.

Currently, John Edwards is a distant third at 17% in South Carolina, that’s up four points since the previous survey. Joe Biden is at 4% and no other Democrat tops the 2% level of support.

Nationally, Clinton leads Obama and Edwards in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll. The three candidates are virtually even in Iowa and Obama has a very modest edge over Clinton in New Hampshire, New polling data for both Iowa and New Hampshire will be released this week.

Obama now attracts 50% of the African-American vote in South Carolina while Clinton picks up just 28%. That’s little changed from the previous survey. However, a month ago, the candidates were even in this important constituency. (Obama 46%, Clinton 45%). Among white voters in the state--Clinton now earns 39% of the white vote, Edwards 33%, and Obama 14%.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/south_carolina/election_2008_south_carolina_democratic_primary

[jefferson_dem]

1. Wow. This sucker is so amazingly close in those early states.

Gonna be a nail biter for sure. :scared:

[book_worm]

2. that's not a good sign for JE--his birth state and a state he won in '04

[jsamuel]

4. actually, it is a great sign, he is moving up in SC, Edwards is +4

Obama and Clinton are down in this one.

[suston96]

3. Early states so close?

Iowa and NH AND SC so tight? If they end up that way their irrelevance will certainly be noted as the Feb 5 national primary day approaches.

[William769]

5. With the Afircan American vote so prevalent in S.C. That does not bode well for Obama.