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THE NUMBERS:

Barack Obama, 41 percent

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 38 percent

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OF INTEREST:

The poll found 21 percent of those responding were undecided. Obama does better than Clinton against the certain Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Among Hoosiers who said they would vote in the general election, Obama beat McCain 49 percent to 41 percent. Clinton broke even with McCain, with both backed by 46 percent of those polled. And, by 49 percent to 35 percent, Democratic primary voters said Obama is the candidate best able to win in the general election.

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The WTHR-Indianapolis Star poll of 535 likely Democratic voters in the May 6 primary election and 500 Hoosiers statewide was conducted by telephone April 20-23 by Selzer & Company of Des Moines, Iowa. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points for likely Democratic primary voters and 4.4 percentage points for Hoosiers statewide.

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