New Zogby California Poll: Obama 49%, Clinton 36% (Wow!)

[Colobo]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama surged to a big lead over Hillary Clinton in California hours before "Super Tuesday" voting began in 24 states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.

In the Republican race, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney held a 7-point advantage on Arizona Sen. John McCain in California, while McCain added to commanding double-digit leads in New York and New Jersey.

On a sprawling day of coast-to-coast voting, the biggest ever in a U.S. primary race, the U.S. presidential contenders in both parties were fighting to win a huge cache of delegates to this summer's nominating conventions.

In California, which alone provides more than one-fifth of the Democratic delegates needed for the nomination, Obama led Clinton by 49 percent to 36 percent, the poll found. The margin of error was 3.3 percentage points.

Clinton pulled into a 5-point lead in New Jersey, 46 percent to 41 percent, after being tied on Monday. Obama held a 45 percent to 42 percent edge on Clinton in Missouri. Both polls had a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.

Obama had a 20-point edge in Georgia, aided by a more than 3-to-1 lead among black voters.

Obama, an Illinois senator, and Clinton, a New York senator, are in a hard-fought battle for the Democratic presidential nomination and split the first four significant contests.

"There is clear Obama momentum in California," pollster John Zogby said. "But in New Jersey, things seemed to swing in favor of Clinton, and Missouri was very mixed." {/div]

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-31772620080205

[TeamJordan23]

1. I beat you to it, Katz. Lets hope tomorrow is a good day for us. GOBAMA! nm

[Azathoth]

4. This one deserves to be posted twice

:bounce:

[Hardrada]

2. Polls are meaningful at this point.

[ursi]

3. I don't want to get HOPE-ful ...I lived through 2004 and polls and outcomes ...

[Colobo]

6. I'm super nervous, but HOPEful!

[Cant trust em]

5. let's not get crazy here

just wait and see.

[Renew Deal]

10. I agree.

[jackson_dem]

7. If this is right then Obama will easily overcome Hillary's early voting lead

[BeyondGeography]

11. Zogby includes absentees

[jackson_dem]

13. Wow. A double digit win in CA would be huge for Obama

Especially since his big win in Illinois will be sharply contrasted by Hillary winning by only 10-15 in New York. Add Georgia to the mix and if Obama can carry Massachusetts he will sweep all the big states, aside from Hillary's home turf of New York and New York Jr.

[BeyondGeography]

14. "New York Jr."

Good one. :thumbsup:

[MadBadger]

8. Maybe a Super Bowl effect in Jersey which is fertile Giants Territory?

[Renew Deal]

9. I can't imagine that's true.

One can hope.

[TexasObserver]

12. Let's hope it is accurate.

I think Zogby is one of the more reputable and reliable pollsters.

[NJSecularist]

15. Zogby's latest poll, released on Monday, shows Obama with only a 6 point lead

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1445

Is this a new one released today?

By the way, I don't trust these results for a second.

[meow mix]

16. hehe

go cali, been sayin this for a long time!

[mahina]

17. WOW!

That is fantastic! Holy Moses!

[Bullet1987]

18. I have a hard time believing Obama gets

damn near 50% of the vote in CA. But I sure as hell hope he does.