Even though New York is Hillary Clinton's home state, a majority of New York Democrats want her to quit the race.
According to a poll posted today by Rasmussen, New York Democrats would like Hillary Clinton to exit the race for the Presidency by 50% to 43%. In fact, more New York Democrats see Barack Obama as the stronger candidate in the Fall than they do Hillary Clinton at this point (47% to 43%)
Interestingly, Obama even gets higher approval numbers in the Empire State and very few Democrats want him to drop out:
Just 16% of New York Democrats think Obama should drop out of the race.
Forty-seven percent (47%) of New York voters believe Obama is the stronger general election candidate. Forty-three percent (43%) believe Clinton would be better.
The survey also found that Obama is now viewed more favorably than Clinton in New York. Sixty-two percent (62%) of New York voters have a favorable opinion of Barack Obama while 55% give Hillary Clinton such positive reviews. For Obama, those ratings are up four points from a month ago while Clinton’s are down three points. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, is viewed positively by 44%. His ratings are down six points from the previous survey.
Naturally, both candidates are very strong against John McCain in New York:
In the race for the White House, both Democrats are safely ahead of McCain in New York. Clinton leads McCain 59% to 29% while Obama leads 52% to 33%. These figures are essentially unchanged from a month ago. Nationally, the race remains competitive in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
When your own constituents are saying it's time to hang it up, maybe it's time to start preparing to exit the race. In any case, it seems to me that the Democratic Party is getting ready to coalesce behind Obama. There has been a somewhat steady drip of Superdelegate endorsements for him in the past few days and I think we will see Pelosi, Reid, and most of the party leaders endorse him on or around June 3rd.
We shall see.