Poll: Obama has hill to climb in rural America

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, and his wife Michelle eat ice cream at Prince Puckler's ice cream shop in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Presidential candidate Barack Obama appears set to clinch the Democratic nomination, but it's his rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican John McCain who have the support of rural America, according to a new poll.

Those voters, who make up 23 percent of the electorate and tend to lean Republican, have played a critical role in past elections: George Bush was able to win over the majority of them, and Democrat Bill Clinton managed to neutralize them, reports Karen Crummy.

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