Clinton and Obama at the NAACP convention last summer.Photo: AP
Today’s Daily News has blockbuster front-page news: In a poll of New York City residents, more would pick their own senator to be the Democratic presidential nominee than would pick a freshman Illinois senator with far lower name recognition. (Who’d have thunk it?) If there’s any interest to the poll, it’s in the demographic breakdowns.
• New York City voters who would pick Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nominee: 43 percent
• New York City voters who would pick Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nominee: 24 percent
• Black New York City voters who would pick Hillary Clinton: 49 percent
• Black New York City voters who would pick Barack Obama: 21 percent
• Female New York City voters who would pick Hillary Clinton: 51 percent
• Female New York City voters who would pick Barack Obama: 18 percent
• Male New York City voters who would pick Hillary Clinton: 34 percent
• Male New York City voters who would pick Barack Obama: 32 percent
• New York City voters who picked John Kerry in 2004: 74 percent
• New York City voters who picked George W. Bush in 2004: 23 percent
