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Sign O' the Times: Rasmussen to end Hillary Polling
As another sign that the nomination race for Hillary Clinton has ended, Rasmussen Reports indicated today it will be ending its horserace numbers between Obama and Clinton.
First, the numbers:
In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, Obama holds a 50% to 42% advantage over Clinton nationally. That’s the first time Obama has reached the 50% level of support since April 15 (see recent Democratic Nomination results). Tracking poll results are based upon nightly telephone interviews and reported on a four-day rolling average basis. Two nights of interviews for today’s update were completed after the Indiana and North Carolina Primaries. For those two nights on a stand-alone basis, Obama leads Clinton by eleven percentage points.
As expected, Obama is now running away with the nomination.
After praising the candidates for running a tight race and for winning the hearts and minds of millions of voters, Rasmussen states the obvious:
However, while Senator Clinton has remained close and competitive in every meaningful measure, she is a close second and the race is over. It has become clear that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee.
Then the symbolic bye-bye:
With this in mind, Rasmussen Reports will soon end our daily tracking of the Democratic race and focus exclusively on the general election competition between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. Barring something totally unforeseen, that is the choice American voters will have before them in November. While we have not firmly decided upon a final day for tracking the Democratic race, it is coming soon.













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May 9, 2008 10:12 AM | Reply | Permalink
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