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WA voters favor Dems in presidential head-to-head poll

06:40 PM PDT on Monday, October 1, 2007

By TRAVIS PITTMAN / KING 5.com

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SEATTLE – Democrats fare better than their Republican counterparts in head-to-head presidential matchups in Washington state with the exception of one, according to a new poll.

SurveyUSA asked registered voters in Washington who they would most likely vote for if the election were held today.

Nine different head-to-head matchups were given involving Democrats Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, and Republicans Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney.

In all but one, the Democrat won. The only difference was the matchup between Giuliani and Clinton, which ended in a tie.

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The largest margin of victory was 24 percent between Edwards and Romney. The second largest was 22 percent between Obama and Romney.

In all but one matchup, women went with the Democrat. The only exception was a tie in the Giuliani-Edwards contest.  Men voted Republican in two of the nine matchups – Giuliani-Clinton and Thompson-Clinton.

Voters ages 18 to 34 picked Obama by a two-to-one margin or more over his opponents. Voters 55 and older went Democrat, while people 35-54 seemed split.

Across the racial divide, Obama struggled with the Asian vote in two of his matchups, but was favored by Whites, Blacks and Hispanics. Thompson won favor with Hispanics and Asians against Clinton.

Edwards had difficulty with Black voters in all three matchups. Giuliani got the edge on Edwards in the Black and Hispanic vote, while Thompson and Romney had the advantage against Edwards in the Asian vote.

The poll was conducted between Sept. 14 and Sept. 16.

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