Clinton slips a little in Pa. poll

HAMDEN, Conn., April 2 (UPI) -- Hillary Clinton lost a little ground against Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, although she continues to lead in the state, the latest Quinnipiac Poll indicates.

Half of the Democrats surveyed about the two U.S. senators said they would vote for Clinton, D-N.Y., while 41 percent supported Obama, D-Ill. A March 18 poll showed Clinton leading 53 percent to Obama's 41 percent.

The Quinnipiac Polling Institute also showed Clinton running more strongly than Obama against the presumptive Republican nominee, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in Pennsylvania and in two other major swing states, Florida and Ohio.

Clinton does far better than Obama among white voters. Democrats polled were twice as likely to say they would support McCain if the alternative is Obama.

"When it comes to November, Sen. Hillary Clinton's strength is a big edge over Sen. Barack Obama among white voters, who have not given a majority of their votes to a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon Johnson in 1964," said Peter A. Brown, the institute's assistant director.

Quinnipiac surveyed 1,136 Florida voters with a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points; 1,238 Ohio voters with a margin of error of 2.8 percentage points; and 3,484 Pennsylvania voters with a margin of error of 1.7 percentage points, including 1,549 Democratic likely voters, with a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.