Dean Holds (10 point) Lead Among Democrats in New Hampshire

[pruner]

Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean continues to hold his lead in ballot preference among likely Democratic primary voters in the New Hampshire Democratic Presidential Preference Primary according to the latest New Hampshire Poll. In ballot preference, Dean leads with 29% to 19% for Senator John Kerry. Dean and Kerry continue to be the only two candidates to receive double-digit support. When it comes to candidate favorability, 63% of likely Democratic primary voters have a favorable opinion of Dean and 63% have a favorable opinion of Kerry.

Awareness of Wesley Clark has increased to 90% from 47% in August, but over half of likely Democratic primary voters aware of Clark say they do not know enough about him to form an opinion.

These resultsare based on 600 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of registered Democrats and undeclared voters in New Hampshire saying they always vote or vote in most Democratic primary elections. This sample includes 413 Democrats (69%) and 187 undeclared voters (31%). The interviews were conducted October 5 through 8, 2003. The theoretical margin of error for the total sample of 600 is plus or minus 4 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split.

The greatest change in ballot preference since the September survey is preference for Wesley Clark increasing from 2% to 5% (which is within the margin of error).

http://americanresearchgroup.com/nhpoll/dem/

[gully]

1. Smart voters in New Hampshire!!

:thumbsup:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

3. I must agree. I am proud of my fellow native New Englanders for this:

" over half of likely Democratic primary voters aware of Clark say they do not know enough about him to form an opinion."

Too bad Californians aren't as sharp when assessing newcomers.

[w4rma]

2. Also, Dean has a 6 point lead in the Michigan primary.

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Overall, the poll showed Dean with 21 percent support, Clark at 15 percent, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts at 13 percent and Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut at 12 percent. The remaining candidates were in the low single digits; 12 percent were undecided.

The poll of 400 Democrats who say they are likely to participate in the Michigan caucuses was conducted Oct. 6-9 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
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Dean, the former Vermont governor, is tied for the lead among Democrats in Iowa polls and leads in New Hampshire surveys. Clark holds a slight lead over his Democratic foes in national polls.
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http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20031010_1515.html

[lastliberalintexas]

4. Good poll for Dean and Kerry

As a Dean supporter, I'm obviously thrilled that Dean still holds the lead. But the favorability ratings for both him and Kerry are very good. Hopefully those numbers can continue to hold high!