WASHINGTON: In an ominous sign for Democratic nominee Barack Obama's campaign, a new survey has found that Hillary Clinton's supporters may not cast their ballot for the African American candidate in the November presidential election. A week after Clinton made a public show of unity with Obama after being trounced in a racially devisive contest for the party ticket, the survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead. A growing number of Clinton supporters say they may stay home in November instead of casting their ballot for Obama, who hopes to be the first black-American president, a clear sign the party has yet to coalesce around the Illinois senator four weeks after the most prolonged, bitter primary race in modern American history came to a close. The number of Clinton supporters who plan to defect to John McCain's camp is down from one month ago, but in what could be an ominous sign for Obama as he seeks to unify the party, a growing number of them say they may not vote at all, according to a new survey from CNN and the Opinion Research Corporation. In a CNN/ORC survey conducted in early June, entirely before the New York senator officially ended her White House bid, 22 per cent of Clinton supporters said they would not vote at all if Obama was the party's nominee. Now close to a third say they will stay home. In all, only 54 per cent of Clinton backers say they plan on voting for Obama.
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