HARRISBURG, Pa., April 21 (UPI) -- Undecided voters tend to pick U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., which could help her win in Tuesday's Pennsylvania presidential primary, analysts say.
On average, Clinton beat her rival Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., by about 6 points among voters who said they were undecided until shortly before Democratic Party presidential contests, The Washington Times said Monday.
"On Election Day, (undecided voters) turned to the candidate they feel is a known quantity -- Clinton," said Proloy Bhattacharyya with USA Election Polls. "And a large percentage of undecided are going to the polls (this year)."
He said Obama's emergence as the presumptive front-runner could overturn that precedent however, as Obama largely overcame Clinton's one-time 20-point lead in the Pennsylvania polls.
Obama needs to stay close to Clinton to hold onto his 704,000 popular vote lead to offset her claims she wins big in the states, such as California and New York, that matter most and the Clinton camp hopes, in Pennsylvania as well.
But the Clinton camp moved from its "win big in the bigs" rhetoric as Obama eats into her lead. "I think a victory by one vote is a victory," Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson told the Times.
