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Bleed On

Majority of Dems want what is turning out to be a wildly popular grudge match to continue. Gallup: 

PRINCETON, NJ — Heading into Tuesday’s important North Carolina and Indiana presidential primaries, 6 in 10 Democrats say Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama should continue their presidential campaigns. Of the minority who would like to see either Clinton or Obama drop out and concede the nomination, more call for Clinton to step down than Obama.

These results are based on the May 1-3 USA Today/Gallup poll.

There have been calls for Clinton to drop out, given Obama’s lead in pledged delegates, which he built up in a string of primary and caucus victories in February. Those calls have been quieted to some extent with Clinton’s big wins in the March 4 Ohio and Texas primaries and the April 22 Pennsylvania primary. Even so, she is unlikely to overcome the delegate deficit unless she can convince a disproportionate amount of undecided superdelegates to support her candidacy.

Democrats’ opinions about the next steps in the campaign are, not surprisingly, highly influenced by the candidate they currently favor. Obama supporters are about evenly divided between favoring a continuation of the campaign, and wanting to see Clinton drop out and concede to Obama. Clinton supporters mostly favor having the campaign continue, obviously to allow Clinton a chance to catch up to Obama, while the remainder say Obama should drop out.

If the remaining contests play out as the prior contests have, with the candidates fairly evenly matched, then the decisions of the remaining uncommitted superdelegates will determine the party’s presidential nominee.

The poll asked Democrats for their views on when the undecided superdelegates should decide whom to support for the nomination. Most would seem to agree with Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean that all superdelegates should commit to a candidate by the end of June. This includes 24% who want superdelegates to decide immediately (after Tuesday’s primaries) and an additional 45% who seem willing to allow the superdelegates until the end of the primary and caucus season to make up their minds. The last contests are scheduled for June 3. Only about one-fourth of Democrats say the superdelegates should be able to decide at the party’s nominating convention in late August.

Sounds good to me, though compelling super-delegates to commit by the end of June sounds decidedly undemocratic. Those are their votes, after all. Just because the lumpenelectorate has voted doesn’t mean its over. You know the old saying. It isn’t over until all the eyes are gouged out.

Topics: pols

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 1:12 pm on Tuesday, May 6, 2008

5 Responses to “Bleed On”

1. MikeH Says:
   May 6th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

   Are they actually paying attention to the myriads that al-’Bama is pissing off? What do they think will happen in the general election? How do they plan on retrieving the election that their candidate lost? Do they realize that pray and spray only works if you have a God to work with? Do they realize that atheists sans guns means no practice in pray and spray techniques?

2. MikeH Says:
   May 6th, 2008 at 1:47 pm

   I know, I know, I’ve gone over my allotment of question marks, so shoot me! ;)

3. Don Surber » Blog Archive » Bleed on Says:
   May 6th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

   […] 23% want her to drop out. 15% want him to. 60% say continue. Jules Crittenden has the details. […]

4. sarah rolph Says:
   May 6th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

   Are they even thinking about the general election?! Do they even know there is going to be one?!?!

5. RebeccaH Says:
   May 6th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

   By all means, let the Dhimmicrat bloodbath continue. It’s been a hoot so far.

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