new ABC/Wash Post national poll

[pruner]

Dean 20
Leiberman  12
Kerry  7
Sharpton  7
Clark   7
Gephardt 6
Braun 3
Edwards 2
Kucinich  2

Dec 10-14. n=411 Dems & Dem-leaning Independents. MOE±5.

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[_Jumper_]

1. Dean leading 20-12? Lieberman 2nd? Clark mired in 5th? RIP Edwards?

:scared:

[La_Serpiente]

2. +/- 5 is pretty big

Sharpton is REALLY suprising. Maybe it was that SNL performace that did it for him.

All of these polls coming out seem to be really weird, almost inconsistent.

I think that Dean is the frontrunner right now, but everyone below him is all over the map.

[TrueAmerican]

3. All these polls prove is it is anyone's race to win

Until somebody reaches 50 percent in the poll don't count anyone out.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

4. Man, There Have Been Some Fucked-Up Weird Polls Lately

:crazy:

DTH

[slinkerwink]

5. I'd agree

;-)

[slinkerwink]

6. Clark's 7?

Looks like Dean also leads among independents......

[SeveneightyWhoa]

7. Looks like they polled Republicans.

Dean first, of course.
Lieberman second? Sharpton fourth (tied with Clark)? Hmmmm.

[slinkerwink]

10. that's a silly conspiracy

[Cleita]

16. Don't they usually poll in Middle America?

[RevolutionStartsNow]

8. Great day for polls!

I'm off to write letters with a group of people downtown! :bounce:

[Democrats unite]

9. I think they are using Republican polsters

eom

[slinkerwink]

11. silly assertion

[UTUSN]

12. Any Poll Showing Joe THAT High Can't Be Reliable

including the REST of the results.

[Bucky]

14. Friend, do you suffer from "Lieber-denial"?

[Bucky]

13. ouch

This is why I don't like the horse-race emphasis on polls. The pool of reliable respondents is so low that the margins of error are usually off the charts. +/- 5% my ass. I've done market research as a profession. I know polls. This means something bad for Clark, but not something as devastating as it might appear.

The Lieberman effect is for real, however. DU is a great echo chamber for anti-Lieberman sentiment. But this board's been delusional about how strong his candidacy is from the beginning.

[pruner]

15. I continue to believe that his poll position is due to name recognition…

he continues to drop in primary state polls as more people get to know his compettitors.