THE NUMBERS - DEMOCRATS
Hillary Clinton 41 percent
Barack Obama 28 percent
John Edwards 13 percent
(all other candidates below 5 percent) |
The Field poll was conducted March 20-31. For the Democratic candidates, 417 voters who say they are likely to vote in the Democratic primary in California were asked their preference to win the Democratic nomination. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 5 points.
OF INTEREST: When Al Gore is added to the field, Clinton gets 31 percent, Gore gets 25 percent, Obama gets 21 percent and Edwards gets 8 percent. Clinton gets the strongest support among Hispanics, older voters, those with less education and those in Los Angeles County. Obama does well among young voters. Edwards did better among voters in Northern California than Southern California. |