Alabama poll indicates black surge for Obama

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Not that long ago in Alabama, there was a lot of talk about black voters being split between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama.

Now blacks appear to be less divided about whom they support in Tuesday’s state Democratic primary.

Potential black voters have surged to Obama’s side, according to a poll by Capital Survey Research Center, the polling arm of the Alabama Education Association. Their latest poll, which includes data through Tuesday night, shows Obama with 68 percent of the vote among likely black voters, up from 54 percent three weeks ago and more than double the 26 percent of likely black voters who said a year ago they would support Obama.

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