Posted by Jed Lewison on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 10:00 AM Pacific

New Penn. polls reveal little impact from "bitter"

According to Pollster.com's index of Pennsylvania primary polls, tere have been four new polls conducted at least partially since "bittergate" came to dominate the campaign.

  • Rasmussen: Clinton +9 (up 4 from previous)
  • SurveyUSA: Clinton +14 (down 4 from previous)
  • ARG: Clinton +20 (up 20 from previous)
  • Quinnipiac: Clinton +6 (unch from previous)

The most important takeaway I think is that the ARG poll is very likely an outlier, suggesting that the initial damage of Obama's remarks is relatively minor. In fact, according to SurveyUSA, 43% of Pennsylvanians agreed with what Obama said, whereas 50% disagreed.

New Penn. polls reveal little impact from "bitter"

According to Pollster.com's index of Pennsylvania primary polls, tere have been four new polls conducted at least partially since "bittergate" came to dominate the campaign.

  • Rasmussen: Clinton +9 (up 4 from previous)
  • SurveyUSA: Clinton +14 (down 4 from previous)
  • ARG: Clinton +20 (up 20 from previous)
  • Quinnipiac: Clinton +6 (unch from previous)

The most important takeaway I think is that the ARG poll is very likely an outlier, suggesting that the initial damage of Obama's remarks is relatively minor. In fact, according to SurveyUSA, 43% of Pennsylvanians agreed with what Obama said, whereas 50% disagreed.

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