Another day, another poll of Vermont presidential primary voters.
Today's news is that Rasmussen Reports is reporting that Barack Obama has a 24 point lead in Vermont over Hillary Clinton with six days to go before Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary. Obama had 57 percent and Clinton 33 percent.
The poll finding was based on interviews conducted on Sunday with 1,013 likely Democratic primary voters in Vermont. Reaching that many "likely voters" at home on what was a beautiful winter day is a feat all by itself, but I'm digressing.
The numbers aren't much different than what American Research Group found out last week, when it gave Obama a 26 point lead over Clinton. We hear WCAX is going to drop its poll on the contest on tonight's news.
What's most interesting in the Rasmussen results is what Vermonter Dem voters listed as their number one issue. Bulletin: It's the economy, stupid, not the war in Iraq.
Also worth chewing on: The poll found that Obama was deemed eminently more electable in the fall than Clinton. Check it out by clicking
HERE. By the way, it looks like Rasmussen didn't bother doing a poll for the state's GOP primary. ARG did, and it had McCain up by 62 points over Paul, and a couple more over Huckabee.
-- Sam Hemingway