Poll: Obama has double-digit lead in N.C.

RALEIGH, N.C., April 7 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., enjoys a double-digit lead over contender Hillary Clinton in North Carolina, a poll indicates.

In the latest WRAL News poll, 56 percent of likely voters said they would support Obama in the state Democratic primary May 6, the Raleigh television station reported. Thirty-three percent chose Clinton, D-N.Y., and 11 percent were unsure.

However, 57 percent thought Clinton would fare better against presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona, while less than a third though Obama would do so.

Fifty-six percent of Clinton's supporter surveyed said they would not vote for Obama in a November match-up with McCain. Clinton would likely draw the votes of 68 percent of those who chose Obama in the primary, the poll indicated.

Rasmussen Reports conducted the telephone survey of 704 likely Democratic primary voters April 3. The poll has sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.