Dean Leads Nationally in Two Polls

[slinkerwink]

Dean Ahead in New National Polls
A poll from NBC/Wall Street Journal shows Dean leading naionally (November results in parenthesis.):

Dean 25 (15)
Clark 11 (17)
Gephardt 11 (12)
Lieberman 9 (11)
Kerry 5 (11)
Kucinich 4 (3)
Edwards 3 (5)
Braun 2 (3)
Sharpton 2 (4)
Margin of error: +/- 6%

The results are similar to a national poll from Rasmussen (results via Daily Kos):

Dean 26
Lieberman 13
Clark 11
Gephardt 11
Sharpton 7
Kerry 6
Braun 4
Edwards 3
Kucinich 1

Margin of error: +/- 4%

[slinkerwink]

1. the first one has a really huge margin of error

[TLM]

2. Dean's doing great...

Just keeps getting more and more support... must be riving the bashers nuts!

[slinkerwink]

3. lol!

;-) we can't get complacent though.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. meaningless before an actual campaign

just a reminder....

[slinkerwink]

5. yes, of course, state primary polls count more than national polls

and Dean leads in most of them.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

7. primary polls have no bearing on a national poll

different sets of electorates. Remember that NH poll last week of Bush killing Dean?

[slinkerwink]

9. yes, "bush killing dean" is basically for the general election

which hasn't happened yet. Also, at this point, clinton fared poorly against George H. Bush.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. Clinton was stronger than Dean, and the son stronger than poppy

I'll add that to a relative historic comparison.

[Scott Lee]

13. you won't always have the strongest candidate *snicker*

[ToneE]

11. NO kidding

LEADING WHAT? The Demo primary voters? Why don't those same voters look at how he fares against GW. That's the important thing.

[dfong63]

15. only polls that show Kerry leading are meaningful? :)

[NewYorkerfromMass]

16. No. It's true of any poll

Few have set opinions on anyone. And they definitely change once a campaign dynamic begins.

[dfong63]

19. OK, good

Few have set opinions on anyone. And they definitely change once a campaign dynamic begins.

maybe i'll use that line the next time someone says Dean is "unelectable".

[NewYorkerfromMass]

21. Tell it to General Clark

among others...

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/12/15/clark/index.html

[Raya]

6. Why this preoccupation with National, Media Driven Polls: Lieberman was #1

And, of course we dont' want Lieberman. The main thing these
"image recognition" polls show is relative vague perception of
who the media says in the winner.

[slinkerwink]

17. it shows that the Gore endorsement really helped

[dfong63]

20. Gore's timing of the endorsement was exquisite

[Bucky]

8. Bad for my guy. Clark's fading

I don't believe it. He's getting better on the stump and in the give and take. But he's suffering from Adlai Stevenson syndrome, too damn intellectual for elections.

[slinkerwink]

12. so you think clark is too smart to be president a la Gore?

[caledesi]

14. Dean supporter who likes Clark a lot. How do you feel about

a Dean/Clark ticket? That's my dream team and a sure winner! The doctor and the general...<sweet>

[dfong63]

18. or maybe too inexperienced

"too intellectual" meaning maybe he was so full of himself that he didn't bother to adequately prepare.

[Hep]

22. Too intellectual?

Where has he demonstrated this?