New WaPo/ABC News Poll on Democrats in 2008

[wyldwolf]

This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone May 29-June 1, 2007, among a random national sample of 1,205 adults, including an oversample of African Americans, for a total of 284 black respondents. The results from the full survey have an error margin of plus or minus three percentage points.

If the 2008 Democratic presidential primary or caucus in your state were being held today, and the candidates were: (Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Dennis Kucinich or Mike Gravel), for whom would you vote?

Clinton: 35
Obama: 23
Gore: 17
Edwards: 8

(ASKED OF GORE SUPPORTERS) If Gore does not run, for whom would you vote?

Clinton: 42
Obama: 27
Edwards: 11

(ASKED OF LEANED DEMOCRATS) Regardless of who you may support, who do you think (ITEM) - (Clinton) (Obama) or (Edwards)?

... is the strongest leader

Clinton 50%
Obama 26%
Edwards 15%

... best understands the
problems of people like you

Clinton: 38
Obama: 33
Edwards: 18

... is the most honest and
trustworthy

Obama: 34
Clinton: 28
Edwards: 22

...has the best experience
to be president

Clinton: 66%
Edwards: 19%
Obama: 9%

...is the most inspiring

Obama: 41
Clinton: 37
Edwards: 15

More...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_060307.html

[Adelante]

1. Where's the popcorn?

:popcorn:

[wyldwolf]

2. did you finish it?

[Bucky]

7. Wait! Stop! That's not butter in there!

Aw man, too late.
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[Tellurian]

3. Wow...most comprehensive poll I've seen yet!

with a credible +- 3 moe..

Hillary surges in all but one poll. The easiest one to remedy, I might add. (vision/dreams)

[Dawgs]

4. Did they poll Democrats only?

[Dawgs]

5. Sorry, just read it.

Invalid poll until after the primaries. Republicans are not going to vote in the Democratic primary, and therefore influence the outcome of the poll.

Let's see. If I was a Republican who would I pick - probably the one I would most like to face in the general.

[doggyboy]

9. You're wrong

The poll questions about dem candidates was asked of "Leaned Dems". No republicans voted in those questions.

[rinsd]

12. What are you talking about?

"Republicans are not going to vote in the Democratic primary, and therefore influence the outcome of the poll."

The Democratic primary question was only addressed Democrats or Democrat leaning Indies.

[doggyboy]

6. The OP states

the polls were of "Gore supporters" and "Leaned Dems"

[Bullet1987]

8. WTF?

...has the best experience
to be president

Clinton: 66%
Edwards: 19%
Obama: 9%

How does Edwards have more experience (other than maybe Presidential campainging) than Obama? Obama has been in politics far longer than he has!!

[doggyboy]

10. It's a poll

not a factual statement. People believe all kinds of whacky things. 50% believe in angels

[Forkboy]

11. There was once a poll where 64% of Iowans wanted to be reincarnated as themselves.

It was right around that time I stopped listening to polls. :)

[doggyboy]

13. Bwahahaha!

Of all the things they could be reincarnated as, and they chose themselves. That poll is funny on so many levels

[bigdarryl]

14. these polls are B/S they only have three candidates polled

[THUNDER HANDS]

15. so

do you think nationwide most democrats know who Chris Dodd or Denis Kucinich are?