SC POLL: Obama 45, Hillary 29 (-7), Edwards 22 (+7)

48 HRS TO SC DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY -- Obama Flat, Clinton Down, Edwards Up: Two days till the South Carolina Democratic Primary, SurveyUSA finds Barack Obama at 45%, unchanged from a week ago; Hillary Clinton at 29%, down 7 from a week ago, and John Edwards at 22%, up 7 from a week ago. Research conducted for WSPA-TV Greenville and WCSC-TV Charleston. All interviews conducted after results of the Nevada Caucus were known. Among white voters today, Clinton and Edwards are effectively tied, 37% Clinton (down 13 points from last week) to 34% Edwards (up 8 points from last week). Upstate, all 3 candidates are within 8 points of each other. In the Midlands, Obama is 2:1 atop Clinton. In the Low County, Obama and Clinton are down, Edwards is up, but Obama still leads by 15 points. More than a third of Democrats are focused on the Economy as the most important issue for the next president. Of those, Obama is backed by 48%, Clinton by 29%, Edwards by 20%. Among black voters, Obama leads 73% to 18%. Among voters under 50, Obama leads by 24. Among voters age 50+, Obama leads by 8. South Carolina is one of very few, and possibly the only Democratic primary state, where Obama leads among female voters. In most other states, Clinton has a stranglehold on women. Here in SC, Clinton led Obama by 33 points among females in November, but today, Obama is 12 atop Clinton among women.

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=b85d0bd9-8207-4256-a67c-9a31b002b0b0

but it gets harder every minute.

:7

I'm doing some phone banking tonight... c'mon SC!

Go, Johnny, go!

That's a relief :D

I'd love to see that come to pass and I'd love it even more if he could get it close to 30- not that that would make much of a difference as to how the press and the Clintons would try and spin it.

He's been around 18-20 recently. I'd like to see him reach 30% in the vote. That would put him where he needs to be going out of SC.

But, I remain cautiously optimistic.

and all the talk the following day amongst the punditry... I am fine with that,

Obama should romp, with maybe 55% of the vote.

She's supposed to be the frontrunner. "Her turn" and all that.

It's the SC voters who are getting "fucked over" by the Obama Slime Machine.
Maybe 56% if they're all as gullible as you.

Obama has 24 percent of the vote in this poll, but only 10 percent in the Mason-Dixon poll. I wonder if we may see a Bradley effect in SC, with some polls showing him getting over 20 percent of the white vote, but when voting comes, he ends up with a very poor 10 percent.