Ordinarily this young website posts polling information at the right hand side column. But lately the noise about the strength of Hillary support and the alleged lack of love for Hillary is getting a great deal of big media play and we thought we would take a few minutes to debunk this bull… er… misinformation.
The poll we want to take a look at we chose not because it is one of the many great polls for Hillary, but on the contrary because it is one of the polls in which she is doing merely OK. But this is what the poll tells us: Hillary’s support is very strong and Democrats at the end of the day want her to be the nominee. And, Democrats like her, they really like her. The poll is today’s Garin-Hart-Yang poll (PDF)(D); conducted April 4 through April 12 for Communities for Quality Education; it surveyed 801 likely Dem primary voters. The margin of error is +/- 3.5%. The racial breakdown is 53% black and 45% white.
Look at Hillary’s numbers and compare them to the other candidate’s numbers. Her “strong” support among all is 79%, the strongest support of the lot, and among African-Americans her “strong” support is 84% (no one else comes close, not even the African-American in the race). Her favorable/unfavorable numbers are good too – so much for the “people don’t like her, she is too polarizing” nonsense.
WH '08 Primary Election Matchup How Strong Is Your Support For The
(includes leaners) The Candidate You Are Supporting?
All Wht Blk (Clinton voters)
H. Clinton 31% 23% 40% All Wht Blk
B. Obama 28 19 35 Strongly 79% 68% 84%
J. Edwards 21 35 9 Not that strong 19 27 15
J. Biden 4 7 1
B. Richardson 3 6 -- (Obama voters)
D. Kucinich -- -- -- Strongly 68% 51% 76%
C. Dodd -- -- -- Not that strong 28 46 20
Undec/other 13 10 15
(Edwards voters)
B. Obama 40% 39% 41% Strongly 60 57 67
H. Clinton 39 41 38 Not that strong 39 41 33
Undec 21 20 21
Dir. Of US All Wht Blk
B. Obama 42% 26% 57% Right dir. 9% 12% 7%
J. Edwards 41 55 27 Wrong track 85 81 88
Undec 17 19 16
Dir. Of SC All Wht Blk
H. Clinton 48% 22% 68% Right dir. 32% 36% 29%
J. Edwards 40 65 21 Wrong track 48 45 50
Undec 12 13 11
Fav/Unfav --All-- -White- -Black-
H. Clinton 70%/14% 52%/28% 85%/ 2%
J. Edwards 78 / 8 73 / 9 64 / 7
B. Obama 65 / 9 56 /15 73 / 4
A. Gore 60 /15 56 /22 65 / 8
J. Clyburn 57 / 7 42 /11 70 / 4
J. Biden 26 /13 33 /16 20 /10
B. Richardson 19 / 6 26 / 6 13 / 5
Pres. Bush 16 /74 21 /70 11 /79
C. Dodd 14 /10 13 /10 13 /10
D. Kucinich 9 /10 11 /13 7 / 8
What Problems Are Most Important Leaving Iraq Aside, What Are Some
To You When Thinking About WH '08? Important Priorities At Home?
All Wht Blk All Wht Blk
War in Iraq 41% 43% 39% Education 40% 32% 47%
Health care 32 35 30 Health care 40 42 38
Education 28 27 29 Jobs/economy 28 21 34
Economy 10 7 12 Energy 16 23 10
Environment 9 13 6 Immigration 12 15 6
Budget deficit 7 11 4 Federal debt 10 15 6
Social Security 7 5 8 Environment 10 14 6
Jobs 7 4 9 Crime 9 4 14
Undec/Dk 10 7 13 Undec/other 9 8 9
