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October 07, 2007

Where are all these Hillary supporters???

While commenting on Hillary's reported polling numbers one of the panalists on To The Contrary (PBS) observed that one can't raise the kind of money that Obama has and get such a large percentage of it from small donors as he has and not have it show up in the polls. Yet poll after poll appears to show Hillary not only leading him handily but increasing her lead.

Where are all these Hillary supporters???

Straw polls certainly aren't scientific but can tell us a little something about how much support a given candidate has in a geographical region. A straw poll done this weekend at the annual Oregon Dem Summit show Hillary at a distant 3rd at 36votes behind Obama (49 votes) and Edwards (47 votes). Now those kinds of numbers strike me as more inline with reality. At least they jibe with the support levels that I've been exposed to.

What do you think? Is Hillary really as strong as the national polls seem to indicate?

Posted by Kevin at October 7, 2007 07:21 PM