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February 22, 2008 - Rhode Island and Vermont Primary Preferences

Democrats RI VT

Clinton 52% 34%
Obama 40% 60%
Someone else 1% 1%
Undecided 7% 5%

In Rhode Island, Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama among self-described Democrats 53% to 39% and she leads Obama among self-described independents and Republicans 50% to 42%. Among men, it is Obama 44% and Clinton 45% (46% of likely Democratic primary voters).

21% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Hillary Clinton in the primary and 31% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Barack Obama in the primary. 27% of men say they would never vote for Clinton and 35% of women say they would never vote for Obama.

In Vermont, Obama leads Clinton among self-described Democrats 53% to 39% and he leads Clinton among self-described independents and Republicans 72% to 25%. Obama leads among men 54% to 37% (45% of likely Democratic primary voters) and he leads 64% to 31% among women. Obama also leads in all age groups.

24% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary and 17% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Barack Obama in the primary. 39% of men say they would never vote for Clinton in the primary and 28% of men say they would never vote for Obama in the primary

[Red Badger]

Thanks...... It seems the Blue-blood Demokrats haven’t lost their minds, yet..........

[Clemenza]

The RI numbers don't surprise me. RI is a blue collar state with a small black population. Your typical RI Dem primary voter has some college and makes $50,000. They are typically "Catholics" of Irish/Portuguese/French Canadian/Italian heritage.

VT is filled with "highly educated" granola types, so Obambi wins it hands down.