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Black Dem Voters Like Obama by 28%

Posted Jan 18, 08 11:26 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – Black Democrats are now backing Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton by 28% after he won in Iowa and took a close second in New Hampshire, according to a new national poll. "Now they believe" he can win the presidency, a CNN analyst said. But both hopefuls lost ground among all registered Democrats after their ugly race row, Clinton dropping 7% to 42%, and Obama slipping 3% to 33%. John Edwards jumped 5% to 17%.

Clinton led Obama among black Democrats by 24% only 3 months ago. Now he is ahead by 50% with black male voters and 11% among black females, once a Clinton bastion. Among GOP hopefuls, John McCain held top spot with 29%, as Huckabee took second with 20% and Romney caught up to him with 19%, thanks to a 5-point bounce from his Michigan primary win.

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Democratic presidential hopefuls, from left, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., stand before the audience before a Democratic presidential...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful,Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga,. meet during a campaign stop in this Friday, Oct. 12, 2007 file photo, in Atlanta in which Lewis officially...   (Associated Press)
Audrey Quantano listens during an interview in the Harlem section of New York, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008. Quantano, a Democrat, says she is undecided between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barrack Obama. (AP...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the crowd at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   (Associated Press)
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