Seems the drawn out nomination process is officially backfiring...on Clinton. Anecdotal evidence is one thing. Now we're getting the numbers to back it up:
By tracking the same group throughout the campaign, the AP-Yahoo! News poll can gauge how individual views change. It suggests that Clinton has paid a price for hammering Obama since early February on several issues as she tries to overcome his lead in delegates and the popular vote. Among those Democrats who no longer consider her the more electable of the two, most now see her as less likable, decisive, strong, honest, experienced and ethical than they did in January.Here's the graph (ps. I just noticed the source date is wrong at the bottom of the graph. I think it should be April 2008 not 2007):
Meanwhile, those same voters are more likely to see Obama as strong, honest and refreshing than before.
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