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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.

Yet More On That South Carolina Poll

By Marc Ambinder
Jul 20 2007, 1:56 PM ET Comment

A veteran observer of Democratic politics points out:

** Four of the last six polls gave Sen. Hillary Clinton a lead of at least 15 points in SC.
** If you increase the percentage of black voters in the sample, since Clinton has a bigger lead among blacks than among whites, her margin would be greater.
** The 2004 exit poll shows that whites made up about 51% of the Democratic primary electorate.

Recent SC polling I've found:

This latest one, with HRC at 43%, Obama at 27%, Edwards at 17%.

ARG polled June 26-30 and had Hillary at 37%, Edwards at 22 percent and Obama at 21%.

Mason Dixon, which polled from June 13 to June 15, had Obama with a 9 point lead over Clinton, 34% to 25%.

A May 31 PPP poll gave Obama a lead within the margin of error.

And a May 16 Winthrop/ETV poll gave Clinton an eight point lead over Obama.

ARG's May sample gave Clinton a 16 point lead over Obama, with Edwards in second place.

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