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A trio of new polls show Sen. Barack Obama with a substantial lead as voters mail in their ballots in Oregon's May 20th presidential primary.
In a statewide survey taken Friday and Saturday, when both Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton were campaigning in Oregon, independent pollster Tim Hibbitts found the Illinois senator leading 55 percent to 35 percent.
A SurveyUSA poll has it a little closer, but Obama with a 54-43 lead. A third independent poll, by Public Policy Polling, put Obama in the lead by 14 points, 53 percent to 39 percent.
"Obama is sweeping the under-54 voters by a 2 to 1 margin," said Hibbitts, who surveyed 400 voters across the state. "Clinton is winning the over-55 voters, but the contest for their votes is a lot more competitive than other states."
Hillary Clinton spoke Thursay at the Jackson County Fairgrounds outside Medford. Ex-President Bill Clinton spent three days, stumping for his wife at Newport and Astoria on the Oregon Coast, and at Redmond in Central Oregon.
Obama held big rallies in Albany and Eugene on Friday, and spent Saturday courting Central Oregon voters in Republican-leaning Bend.
Both Obama and Hillary Clinton are expected to return to the Beaver State before next week's primary.
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Posted by unregistered user at 5/13/08 7:17 p.m.
Go Hillary! Oregon do the right thing! Know that Obama cannot win the GE against John McCain. It'll be all too easy.
Vote Hillary Please!