Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama Well Ahead in South Carolina

Source: Zogby International 1/23/08

UTICA, New York – Buoyed by a tide of African-American support, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is almost 20 points ahead of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the days ahead of the South Carolina Democratic Party primary.

A Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby telephone poll taken Jan. 20-22 shows Obama holding 43% support from likely Democratic voters, compared to Clinton’s 25% support. Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards trails at 15%. The survey included 811 likely Democratic primary voters and has a margin for error of +/-3.4 percentage points.

African Americans, a group that made up slightly more than half of the sample, backed Obama by a margin of 65% to Clinton’s 16%. Eighteen percent of black voters said they were undecided. Clinton did better among white voters, getting 33% support to 32% for Edwards. Obama lagged at just 18% among whites.

Democrats
1/20-22

Obama
43%

Clinton
25%

Edwards
15%

Kucinich
<1%

Gravel
<1%

Someone else
4%

Not sure
14%

Obama had a strong lead among men, winning 50% of their number, compared to 19% who backed Clinton. Obama also led among women, 37% to Clinton’s 29%. Clinton has dominated among women in the past two contests - Nevada and New Hampshire - though Obama won among women in Iowa.





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