In Kentucky, John McCain is 10 points ahead of Hillary Clinton — and 36 points ahead of Barack Obama. As in the other states released today, this research was conducted March 14 - March 16 — after the reports on statements made by Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, were widespread, but before Obama’s speech on race given on Tuesday of this week. Our polling at the beginning of the month showed McCain leading Clinton by 9 and Obama by 11.

Looking so far at the results in just the three states we’ve posted today — Ohio, Missouri, and now Kentucky — it seems the Wright videos  have definitely cost Obama some support. The counter-impact of Obama’s speech is not yet known, and obviously, is not reflected in these numbers.

Full results, crosstabs, and tracking graphs are here. Research conducted for WHAS-TV in Louisville.