South Carolina issues polling - SurveyUSA 12/7-12/09/07

[Adelante]

Some interesting issues results in this poll.

Obama leads Environment, Health, Education, and Immigration.

Clinton leads Economy, Iraq, Terrorism, and Social Security.

Edwards doesn't lead in any category but pulls a respectable 25% and 21% in Environment and Immigration.

It should be noted this poll lumped other candidates together and named only these three candidates. The link is below.

Economy

Clinton 56%
Obama 26%
Edwards 11%

Environment

Obama 53%
Edwards 25%
Clinton 11%

Health

Obama 43%
Clinton 37%
Edwards 15%

Iraq

Clinton 47%
Obama 40%
Edwards 9%

Terrorism

Clinton 50%
Obama 39%
Edwards 11%

Social Security

Clinton 55%
Obama 36%
Edwards 6%

Education

Obama 65%
Clinton 27%
Edwards 6%

Immigration

Obama 40%
Clinton 23%
Edwards 21%

South Carolina Democrat Primary: Obama Now Within Striking Distance of Clinton -- In a Democratic Primary in South Carolina today, 12/11/07, 47 days to the vote, Barack Obama rides Oprah Winfrey's coat-tails to be now within within striking distance of Hillary Clinton. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA tracking poll released a month ago, Clinton is down 3, from 47% then to 44% now. Obama is up 7, from 33% then to 40% now. Clinton had led by 14, now leads by 4, within the survey's margin of sampling error.

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Filtering: 2,200 South Carolina adults were interviewed by SurveyUSA 12/07/07 through 12/09/07. Of them, 1,877 were registered to vote. Of them, 470 were identified by SurveyUSA as being likely to vote in the 01/26/08 South Carolina Democratic Primary. After the 12/07 and 12/08 interviews, but before the 12/09 interviews, Oprah Winfrey appeared in South Carolina with Barack Obama. Caveat: Measuring African American turnout in South Carolina is a challenge in any election, but uniquely so in a Primary where an African American is a candidate for President. It is unknowable at this hour how many infrequent black voters, if any, Obama may turnout in a Primary, and, separately, how many infrequent young voters an Obama candidacy may attract in a Primary. In SurveyUSA's 11/12/07 release, blacks made-up 49% of the Democratic Primary electorate. In today's 12/11/07 release, blacks make-up 54% of the Primary electorate. These survey results should be evaluated with these caveats in mind.

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=e2d87209-9980-4e95-a60f-2f6a5468164e



Thanks, rinsd :hi:

[MadBadger]

1. This is a bad poll (in terms of total vote)

As I told rinsd, I think this is a bad poll, because of the phrasing of the question. They only name the top three in this poll in the original question.

[Adelante]

2. Yes, I mentioned they lumped the others together

I'll add a note about the naming. Thanks.