CQ Staff
Sat Apr 5, 2:33 PM ET
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is being hobbled in her race to overtake Illinois Sen.
Barack Obama by persistent questions among voters about her honesty, according to
polls.
A new poll in North Carolina - which after the April 22 Pennsylvania primary, is the next
big prize on the campaign trail - says a key element in Obama's success is that the state's
voters value trust over experience. The survey for the Charlotte Observer/WCNC-TV
reported that only 25 percent of voters gave high marks to Clinton for trustworthiness
compared to 48 percent for Obama and 54 percent for Arizona Sen. John McCain. Nearly 9
in 10 voters said trust would be a major factor in deciding how they would vote.
Surveys in North Carolina have consistently shown Obama with a big lead over Clinton,
and that was underscored again today in a new Rasmussen Reports poll. The poll,
conducted April 3, says Obama's lead over Clinton has now soared to 56 percent to 33
percent.
Rasmussen noted that one bit of bad news for Obama is that 56 percent of Clinton
supporters said they would not be likely to vote for Obama in a race against McCain. The
Charlotte Observer poll put that number lower, saying 20 percent of Clinton supporters
would vote for McCain if Obama gets the nomination while 13 percent of Obama backers
would do the same if Clinton is the nominee.
The Charlotte Observer poll was conducted as Clinton got caught up in news reports
contradicting her account of once coming under sniper fire in Bosnia. The same doubts
about Clinton's honesty have surfaced in polls by Gallup and Pew Research
On the honesty issue, Rasmussen says 77 percent have followed news stories about
Clinton's misstatements about her Bosnia trip. Twenty-three percent say they are a "very
important" issue while 25 percent say the issue is "somewhat important." Sixty-three
percent say that most politicians lie or embellish the truth when discussing their own
accomplishments.
The Charlotte Observer poll also found:
- Two-thirds of voters give Obama high marks for his ability to connect with voters
compared to a third who give McCain and Clinton high marks.
- Three-quarters give high marks to Obama for intelligence compared to the more than
the two-thirds who gave his rivals high marks.
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