SUSA California Poll: Clinton 49% (-1); Obama 38% (+3); Edwards 9% (-1)

[Adelante]

In CA, Obama Closes On Clinton; Had Been Down 37, Now 11: In a Democratic Primary in California today, 01/28/08, eight days to the vote, Hillary Clinton defeats Barack Obama 49% to 38%, according to this latest SurveyUSA tracking poll conducted for KABC-TV Los Angeles, KPIX-TV San Francisco, KGTV-TV San Diego and KFSN-TV Fresno. Compared to SurveyUSA's most recent CA poll released two weeks ago, before Obama's South Carolina win, Hillary Clinton is down 1 point, Obama is up 3 points, and John Edwards, who finishes today at 9%, is down 1 point. In October, Clinton led Obama by 37 points; today, it's 11 points. Obama today leads among men by 11 points; Clinton leads among women by 30 points -- a 41-point Gender Gap. Clinton today takes 43% of the white vote; Obama takes 41, a virtual tie, and significant in that Clinton led among white voters by 25 points at the beginning of December. Click here to see that tracking graph.

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=7417510e-b5e4-4e94-a6f2-fd6e70635255

[jefferson_dem]

1. And so it begins.

Yummy trend.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Killer photo...saw it in the Times

:thumbsup:

[MadBadger]

2. Looks like the difference is Latinos.

[Tatiana]

4. Absolutely.

Obama will seriously have to do a better job with his outreach to Latinos.

It would be nice if he could have gotten support from Bill Richardson.

[MadBadger]

5. From what I hear, Teddy helps.

[BeyondGeography]

6. That's exactly where Teddy is headed

and he will make a difference.

[Herman Munster]

7. Hillary is doing very well with Asians

Voting Breakdown in California

Whites 48%
Hispanics 29%
Blacks 9%
Asians 14%

[jaysunb]

10. Asians are mostly republicans.

n/t

[jaysunb]

8. They'll split along age, north&south,urban & rural

between the top 2.

Young , Northern & rural will go to Obama. Their counterparts to Clinton.

[cali]

9. I'm not surprised, but it's great to see it in black and white.

I think that 11 points will shrink further as the week progresses.

[jaysunb]

12. I got 3 separate e-mails today from flippers.

all party regulars that had been solidly in the Edwards camp, now supporting Obama. All are party regulars with juice in the district.(CA 29) Even our Congressman Adam Schiff is on board ( although he --tounge in cheek--claims his wife speaks only for herself when she's phonebanks for Obama )so , I assure you the tide has turned and will continue.

[loveangelc]

11. I thinnk it's true that she's counting on the latino vote. We'll see.