Black Dem Voters Like Obama by 28%

Hopeful passes Clinton after strong runs in Iowa, New Hampshire
By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 18, 2008 11:26 PM CST
Black Dem Voters Like Obama by 28%
Democratic presidential hopefuls, from left, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., stand before the audience before a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   (Associated Press)

Black Democrats are now backing Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton by 28% after he won in Iowa and took a close second in New Hampshire, according to a new national poll. "Now they believe" he can win the presidency, a CNN analyst said. But both hopefuls lost ground among all registered Democrats after their ugly race row, Clinton dropping 7% to 42%, and Obama slipping 3% to 33%. John Edwards jumped 5% to 17%.

Clinton led Obama among black Democrats by 24% only 3 months ago. Now he is ahead by 50% with black male voters and 11% among black females, once a Clinton bastion. Among GOP hopefuls, John McCain held top spot with 29%, as Huckabee took second with 20% and Romney caught up to him with 19%, thanks to a 5-point bounce from his Michigan primary win. (More Hillary Clinton stories.)

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