New Poll: Deadlocked in Pennsylvania - Clinton Superdelegate Lead Dwindles

A new American Research Group survey in Pennsylvania finds the Democratic presidential race tied with Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama each getting 45%.

Key findings: Obama leads among men 53% to 36% and Clinton leads among women 52% to 39%. Clinton has lost support among women since our March 26-27 survey when she was leading Obama 61% to 30% among women. Among men, Obama was leading 51% to 38% in the March 26-27 survey. [MORE]

Poll Shows Obama Leading Clinton By 23 Points In North Carolina
From the  Frontrunner  On its website, WRAL News of Raleigh (4/7) reports, "Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has a commanding lead over Hillary Rodham Clinton in North Carolina, but he might face greater difficulties than she against likely Republican nominee John McCain in the general election. In the latest WRAL News poll, 56 percent of likely voters said they would give Obama their support in the Democratic primary. Thirty-three percent chose Clinton, and 11 percent were unsure." Rasmussen Reports "conducted the telephone survey of 704 likely Democratic primary voters on April 3. The poll has an 4 percent margin of error." 

Clinton's Superdelegate Lead Continues To Dwindle
The New York Times (4/7, Harwood) reports that the announcement that Democratic superdelegate and Montana state Sen. Margaret Campbell will declare her support for Sen. Barack Obama is the latest in a steady string of losses in Sen. Hillary Clinton's "once formidable lead among superdelegates." The Obama camp places that lead at 34, a figure that the Clinton campaign does not challenge. The Times adds, "Even if Mrs. Clinton narrows Mr. Obama's delegate lead to 100, and if no further superdelegates make commitments through the end of the primaries, she'd wake up June 4 needing to win over two-thirds of the still-uncommitted superdelegates."

Obama Backers Win Support Of Final North Dakota National Delegate.
The AP (4/7, Wetzel) reports, "In the final hours of the North Dakota Democratic state convention on Sunday, Barack Obama supporters won a struggle for the support of a final, single delegate to the party's national convention. Obama now has the backing of 15 of North Dakota's 21 delegates to the Democratic National Convention, which is being held Aug. 25-28 in Denver. Five support Hillary Rodham Clinton, while the 21st, David Strauss, the state party chairman, has stayed uncommitted."