IL POLL: Favorite son Barack Obama holds a 2-1 advantage over native daughter Hillary Clinton

[jefferson_dem]

chicagotribune.com
CAMPAIGN 2008
Illinois Democrats favor Obama 2-1
But voters are not sure he can win it all in November; Giuliani in lead for GOP
By Rick Pearson

Tribune political reporter

December 16, 2007

Favorite son Barack Obama holds a 2-1 advantage over native daughter Hillary Clinton among Democrats looking to cast ballots in Illinois' Feb. 5 presidential primary, but voters are split between the two when asked who has the best chance of winning the White House, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows.

Among Republican voters in the state, the poll shows that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's surge of support in Iowa also has reached Illinois. He and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani are in a virtual dead heat atop the list of GOP contenders, though few of those polled said they believe Huckabee would win the general election.

The first survey of likely Illinois voters leading up to the state's accelerated presidential primaries also shows that Democrats are vastly more optimistic of their chances of returning to the White House than Republicans are confident of holding onto the presidency.

The findings of the poll, conducted among separate samples of Democratic and Republican voters, provide an early sounding about voter favorites who have campaigned extensively in neighboring Iowa, home of the nation's first caucuses Jan. 3.

By joining a host of other states that moved to the so-called Super Tuesday date of Feb. 5, there is a very real chance Illinois voters will play a role in the presidential nominating contest for the first time in years. But the outcomes in Iowa, New Hampshire and other earlier states could affect which candidates Illinois voters ultimately support.

Half of respondents for Obama
Among the 500 likely Democratic voters surveyed Dec. 9 to 13, Obama, a first-term U.S. senator from Illinois, was the choice of 50 percent; Clinton, a senator from New York who was born in Chicago and raised in Park Ridge, followed with 25 percent.

Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina was a distant third with 7 percent support in the poll, while New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, U.S. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio each had 2 percent. U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut had less than 1 percent while another 11 percent of those surveyed were undecided.

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[CTLawGuy]

1. native daughter?

they must be mistaken... I thought Hillary was from NY.

1. She said she's "always been a Yankees fan".
2. She would never go to a state she's not from and run for senate. I mean, look how she tells Iowa students who don't come from Iowa that they shouldn't be voting there. That shows that she really detests carpetbagging...

[elizm]

2. How sweet it is. :) nt