Super Tuesday Eve Polls: Clinton and Obama tied, McCain leads Romney

by ryan | February 4, 2008 at 11:41 am

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The tight reace between Clinton and Obama will make for an interesting day tomorrow. Look for McCain to take a strong hold of the Republican race.

But three national polls taken over the weekend suggest her once-dominant lead over Obama is fading in the run-up to Super Tuesday, in which 22 states will choose Democratic delegates representing about 40 per cent of the total available.

The three polls suggested Clinton and Obama were in a dead heat.

A Washington Post-ABC News survey of voters ending Friday had Clinton with 47 per cent support and Obama at 44 per cent; a USA Today-Gallup poll ending Saturday suggested a 45-44 margin; and a CNN poll ending Sunday suggested Obama had the national edge, at 49 per cent to 46 per cent. All results are within the polls' margins of error, so the leads are considered statistically insignificant.

For the Republicans, who choose delegates in 21 states on Tuesday, Arizona Senator John McCain will have a chance to leverage his recent victories in Florida and South Carolina to lock up the nomination.

The three weekend polls suggest McCain is ahead of chief rival Mitt Romney by an average of 45 to 26 per cent of voters.