Obama, Perdue Win Forsyth County Straw Poll
Barack Obama won the Forsyth County Democratic straw poll today, beating Hillary Clinton by a vote of 96 to 31, the Journal‘s Sherry Youngquist reports.
In the straw poll in the governor’s race, Beverly Perdue beat Richard Moore, 79 to 47.
The informal straw polls were taken at the Forsyth County Democratic Party’s annual county convention. Jerry Meek, the state Democratic chairman, cautions that voters should not read too much into straw polls, saying that they are done mainly as a party-building activity.
Congressman Mel Watt, who endorsed Obama this week, attended the county convention and said that the most important thing is for Democrats to be united in November.
Update Sunday 4:45 p.m.: In addition to the presidential and gubernatorial straw polls, the Democrats also took votes in two other races. Kay Hagan won the straw poll for U.S. Senate, and Dan Besse won the poll for lieutenant governor. Full results here.
