Zogby polling shows a huge jump up for Edwards, and a drop of 10% in Obama's support.
Democrats South Carolina
| 1/22-24 | 1/21-23 | 1/20-22 |
Obama | 38% | 39% | 43% |
Clinton | 25% | 24% | 25% |
Edwards | 21% | 19% | 15% |
Kucinich | <1% | <1% | <1% |
Gravel | <1% | <1% | <1% |
Someone else | 5% | 4% | 4% |
Not sure | 7% | 13% | 14% |
In South Carolina, Obama is solidly in the lead, but his lead is strongest among black voters. Among white voters, Edwards is leading, with 36% to Clinton's 33 and Obama's 18.
Pollster John Zogby comments, "The real movement here is by John Edwards, who is the only one who continues to gain ground in our three-day tracking poll. His increase appears to be coming from African American voters who are slowly making up their minds he is up to 7%. Can he catch Clinton by Saturdays vote, perhaps bumping her from a second-place finish? Perhaps that is why she has returned to the state to campaign. "
An interesting statistic of the poll-- Liberals and conservatives were evenly represented compared to conservatives and very conservatives-- about 33% each. Among moderates, which made up 33% of those polled, Edwards outpulled Clinton, 23 to 21.
Strangely, Clinton outpulls Edwards among liberals and progressives.
* OpEdnews will be using zogby poll reports thanks to a contribution by a reader which paid for the subscription to the polling report service.
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