Barack Obama Expands Lead in New SC PPP Poll: Obama 44, Clinton 24, Edwards 19

[MadBadger]

Obama leads Clinton, and Edwards in the black vote with 67-13-4

Clinton Leads Edwards and Obama in the white vote with 37-34-18

Here's the kicker, Obama leads Clinton and Edwards in WOMEN 46-24-17

Obama leads Clinton and Edwards in Men 41-24-21

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_SC_Release_012508.pdf

[LisaM]

1. Is South Carolina the new Kansas?

Why do people vote against their own?

[MadBadger]

2. Are you talking about people voting against John Edwards, when he was born there?

[LisaM]

7. I'm talking about people who lost manufacturing jobs

I see JRE as the person who most addresses that.

[MadBadger]

8. What does Kansas have to do with anything then?

[LisaM]

9. It's a really famous book

called "What's the Matter With Kansas" (I recommend it) and discusses how people knowingly vote against their own self interest. Because of the book, the phrase has acquired a secondary meaning.

[MadBadger]

11. Okay, it really seemed like you were saying people should vote for him because he's from SC.

[cali]

12. The book is about people voting against their interests by

voting republican. The suggestion that voting for Clinton or Edwards rather than Edwards is the same thing is ludicrous. The policies of all three are remarkably similar when you sugar off the rhetoric. And Edwards record is certainly no better than the others. And that's being charitable.

[jackson_dem]

14. Edwards has a much better record on trade

The others are free traders; Edwards' trade record is identical to Ted Kennedy's.

[cali]

16. Um, no.

His trade record is not better than the others. Hell, he voted for the crappy China trade deal- not to mention his lousy vote on bankruptcy "reform".

[jackson_dem]

17. Post the records

You obviously are not aware of their trade records (since Kennedy was mentioned include him too).

What does bankruptcy have to do with trade? St. Obama has plenty of bad votes too but the issue here is trade. Let's stick to that. We can compare all bad votes when it is relevant.

[jackson_dem]

13. It references this book

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What's_the_Matter_with_Kansas%3F

[DJ13]

3. "Why do people vote against their own?"

Their own what?

[LisaM]

15. Sigh.

Their own everything (of course, mostly their own INTERESTS), but I meant it in a more global sense. Apparently the person who questioned me has somehow not managed to hear about the book.

[elizm]

20. I'm a 55 year old white woman from South Carolina...

How is voting for Barack Obama voting against my own best interest? Please do tell....I am all ears.

[cali]

4. I hope this is close to true but I doubt it.

I just don't see him being 20 points up and no other poll supports it either.

It's a great fantasy though. If he wins by 10+ points, it might have the benefit of muzzling bill for a while, and it would be harder for the Clintonians to spin.

[MadBadger]

6. The cross tabs for this poll match up with what I think will happen

I see him getting over 65 percent of the black vote and 18 percent of the white vote. It all depends on turnout.

[elizm]

21. It is what I see at every rally in SC that I attend..

And I have attended 8 of them. His appeal here is far and wide, and extremely committed. It is a beautiful sight to see! :)

[MH1]

5. I hope this is an accurate poll

I'm a bit gunshy but I'll admit I find this bit cheering:

PPP has now done three surveys in South Carolina over the last two weeks. Barack
Obama has been at 44% in each of them. Hillary Clinton’s standing has dropped from
31% in the first one conducted two weeks ago, to 28% in one done earlier this week to
24% in last night’s poll. John Edwards meanwhile went from 15% earlier this week to
19% in this poll.

[balantz]

25. It is a bit cheering for me too.

:thumbsup:

[Adelante]

10. Obama does very well on a number of issues in that poll

Iraq War

Obama 45%
Clinton 25%
Edwards 15%


Health Care

Obama 40%
Edwards 24%
Clinton 17%


Education

Obama 58%
Clinton 19%
Edwards 8%


Moral/Family Values

Obama 65%
Edwards 17%
Clinton 3%

[jackson_dem]

18. The HC number reveals people aren't aware of the positions of the candidates

The one candidate without a universal plan has as much support as the other two. That says it all. Obama relies on ignorance.

[Barack_America]

23. You mean universally mandated plan?

They're not giving anything to anybody. Sure, there will be subsidies, just like Obama, but they're still requiring people to buy in.

That's going to go over like a lead balloon in the Midwest.

[AtomicKitten]

19. As it should be. ;)

[RiverStone]

22. Lets hope these numbers hold and they translate to MO going into Super Tues!..n/t

[Barack_America]

24. IMO, we'll see these numbers repeated in many Midwestern and Southern states. n/t