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Apr 16, 2008 4:38 pm US/Eastern
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New Poll Shows Democratic Race Narrowing
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ―
With just six days until the Pennsylvania primary, a new poll shows the gap between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama narrowing dramatically.
A Franklin and Marshall College poll released Tuesday shows Clinton up by six points. She had a 16 point lead a month ago.
Forty-six percent of likely Democratic voters polled say they'll support Clinton; 40 percent support Obama. Fourteen percent say they are undecided. The poll has a 5.1 percent margin of error.
In March, Clinton led Obama 51 percent to 35 percent in the same poll.
"Hillary hasn't, I'd argue, hasn't run the strongest campaign," says Immaculata University professor Dr. Eugene Halus. "You haven't seen ads from her … she's sort of run things status quo."
It's unclear if Sen. Barack Obama's controversial comments – over guns, religion and "bitter" voters – negatively impacted his support. The poll was conducted late last week and into the weekend. Those comments received extensive media attention this week.
A second poll released this week, also shows a six point gap between the two Democratic candidates.
The Quinnipiac University survey shows Sen. Clinton holding a 50 to 44 percent lead over Sen. Obama. Those results are unchanged from April 8.
RELATED LINKS:Franklin & Marshall College PollQuinnipiac University Poll
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