Israeli Arabs prefer Obama

Israeli Arabs favor Illinois Senator Barack Obama over New York Senator Hillary Clinton as the Democratic candidate for US president by a margin of 37 percent to 26%, according to a poll of 532 Israeli Arabs taken April 2-6 by Keevoon Research, Strategy and Communications. Thirty-seven percent of the Israeli Arabs surveyed did not express an opinion. The results contrasted with the opinions of Jewish Israelis, who support prefer Clinton to Obama, 61-12%, according to a poll taken by the same company two weeks ago. The polls had a margin of error of +- 4.4%.