[lbo-talk] Gallup: Dem race now tied

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Apr 25 13:03:57 PDT 2008


On Apr 25, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Charles Brown wrote:
>
> The Democratic nomination race is now tied, with Barack Obama favored
>
> by 48% of national Democratic voters and Hillary Clinton by 47%.
>
> <http://www.gallup.com/poll/106822/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Clinton-
> Tied-48-47.aspx>
>
> ^^^^
> That's Clintonian math. 48 is more than 47.

A lead less than the margin of error is a tie. And the larger point is that BHO's 10-point lead before Pennsylvania has collapsed.

Doug



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