Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13289
 
5 Days to Massachusetts Democratic Primary, Clinton 24 points Atop Obama: In a Democratic Primary in Massachusetts today, 01/31/08, 5 days to the 02/05/08 vote, Hillary Clinton, on the backs of women, leads Barack Obama by 24 points, according to research conducted exclusively for WBZ-TV Boston. Clinton gets 57% to Obama's 33% today. But the contest is suddenly tied among men. All of Clinton's lead comes from women, where she leads by 39 points. This is SurveyUSA's 3rd tracking poll in MA, but the first since John Edwards withdrew from the contest. Likely Primary voters are asked to pick which one of 8 issues is most important to them. On all 8 issues, Clinton does better than Obama.
 
Filtering: 1,397 registered voters were interviewed by SurveyUSA using Registration Based Sampling. Of them, 575 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the Democratic Primary.
 
If the Democratic Primary for President of the United States were today, would you vote for...(names rotated) Hillary Clinton? Barack Obama? Or some other Democrat?
575 Likely Democratic Primary VotersAllGenderAge<50 / 50+RacePartyIdeologyAttend Religious ServiceAbortionChange Your MindTop Issue For Next PresidentRegion
Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 pct pointsMaleFemale18-3435-4950-6465+18-4950+WhiteBlackHispanicAsian/OtRepublicDemocratUnaffiliConservaModerateLiberalRegularlOccasionAlmost NPro-lifePro-choiCould ChMind MadEconomyEnvironmHealth CIraqTerrorisSocial SEducatioImmigratW/CentraBoston ASE MA &
Clinton57%44%65%58%59%56%57%59%56%58%********57%57%65%51%57%59%60%52%52%60%46%62%61%48%52%57%********60%58%50%
Obama33%44%26%42%27%37%30%31%34%32%********30%39%27%41%29%28%32%39%35%32%32%33%32%33%39%36%********29%31%43%
Other7%9%5%0%11%4%8%8%6%7%********8%3%5%5%9%9%5%6%10%5%14%4%5%14%3%5%********7%7%4%
Undecided3%3%3%0%3%3%5%2%4%4%********4%1%3%3%4%4%3%3%3%3%9%1%3%5%6%2%********4%3%4%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%0%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Likely Democratic Primary Voters100%38%62%9%28%35%28%37%63%92%4%2%2%0%73%27%8%41%34%36%29%35%25%71%30%70%40%7%12%20%4%4%4%5%23%58%19%
 
** Too few respondents of this type were interviewed for this data to be meaningful.