Clinton leads Obama by double digits in new poll - Yahoo! News

Clinton leads Obama by double digits in new poll - Yahoo! News: "Clinton leads Obama by double digits in new poll" WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Hillary Rodham Clinton has moved to a double-digit lead over her closest Democratic presidential rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record), according to a USAToday/Gallup poll released on Monday. Among Republicans, the new poll showed former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson in second place behind former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and slightly ahead of third-place Arizona Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record). Polling data showed Clinton leading Obama 39 percent to 26 percent in a Democratic primary race that does not include former Vice President Al Gore' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Al Gore. With Gore in the match-up, Clinton leads Obama 33 percent to 21 percent. An earlier USAToday/Gallup survey conducted June 1-3 had put Obama 1 percentage point ahead of Clinton, at 30 percent to 29 percent. Gore, who lost the 2000 election to President George W. Bush' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> President George W. Bush, has neither entered the race nor ruled out running. Meanwhile, Thompson, who has not formally entered the Republican primary race, was at 19 percent, up 8 percentage points from the earlier poll. Giuliani's front-runner position was down 4 percentage points from last time to 28 percent, while McCain stood at 18 percent, down 1 percentage point. The survey of 909 Democrats, Republicans and independents was conducted Monday to Thursday and has a 5 percentage point margin of error.