Democratic presidential polls

A new Washington Post/ABC news poll suggests that support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is sharply increasing among African-Americans.

Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton 44% to 33% among black voters. Polls in December and January showed Hillary with a lead of 60% to 20% over Barack among black voters.

Hillary Clinton still has a 36-24 lead over Barack Obama overall. In early January she had a much wider margin of 41% vs. 17%

Barack Obama gains on Hillary Clinton

France Press is reporting on the latest polls. Hillary Clinton is losing ground to Barack Obama. Since the last poll:

Hillary dropped from 40% to 36%
Barack increased from 21% to 24%

The poll was held February 22 to 25 amid 1,082 residents of the United States.

Source: Kommersant