Poll: Obama, Huckabee slipping among Iowa men

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: Poll: Obama, Huckabee slipping among Iowa men

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Call it an early Christmas gift for Hillary Clinton’s campaign: A new Iowa poll seems to show the New York senator with a stunning double-digit lead over her nearest rival among likely Democratic caucus-goers.

Clinton and Obama were neck-and-neck in last week’s American Research Group poll. But in the new survey, conducted December 20-23, she leads the Illinois senator by 15 percentage points, 34 to 19 percent. Obama is now in a statistical tie for second place with former North Carolina senator John Edwards, who has 20 percent of the vote.

According to the poll, Obama has lost some ground among male voters in Iowa: Last week, he led the field with 27 percent support, followed by 21 for Clinton and 19 for Edwards. This week, the leaders are Clinton and Edwards, with 28 and 27 percent support among Democratic men. Obama has 16 percent support, and Joe Biden has 11 percent.

As Hillary Clinton appears to be breaking away from the pack, the Republican race in Iowa may be tightening up. A week ago, an ARG poll placed Mike Huckabee over Mitt Romney by an 11-point margin among likely Republican caucus-goers, but the latest poll by the group puts the two back in a statistical tie, 23 to 21 percent. John McCain has 17 percent of the vote, Rudy Giuliani has 14 percent — and Ron Paul has 10 percent in the latest poll, up from 4 percent last week.

Like Obama, the poll indicates that Huckabee’s support among male voters in Iowa may be slipping. Last week, Huckabee had 31 percent support among Republican men; this week, he and Rudy Giuliani are tied at 20 percent. John McCain and Mitt Romney both have the support of 17 percent of the GOP’s likely male caucus goers....

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/25/iowa-poll-says-clinton-breaking-away-from-the-pack/

[Azathoth]

1. So Hillary jumped 14 points in seven days

Sure :eyes:

[Herman Munster]

2. But when the polls showed her losing 14 points in seven days

people were jumping for joy here. It's really kind of funny how any poll that shows Hillary doing well automatically has something wrong with it on DU.

[ClarkUSA]

3. Huh? I don't remember anything of the sort. Which poll was that? Link?

Or are you talking out of the side of Mark Penn's mouth again?

[aquart]

5. Ah. The Mark Penn fixation.

America doesn't know WTF he is. And most of the rest of us don't care.

[Skip Intro]

4. Yep. Sad isn't it?

[wiley]

8. You are correct.

Although this poll represents what I think will happen in Iowa (Dodd and Richardson and maybe Biden will bail shortly afterwards) no poll is really worth anything unless it tracks a very bad or non-existent response to a candidate. After SC, Edwards and Obama will either turn bitter and nasty and try to hang in, or drop out. That's my poll. Clinton will become the standard bearer for any type of progressive change in the US, and there is a big mess to clean up first. Let's be frank.

[Tejanocrat]

6. When Obama launches phony hypocritical attacks it wholly ruins the image he's created. He's toast.

[Hardrada]

7. These polls mean nothing at this point.

[VarnettaTuckpocket]

9. Kinda spooky walking past that graveyard isn't it.

I hear whistling helps, a little.

[Hardrada]

14. Then I guess we'll see

how it turns out for Ron Paul.

[oasis]

10. The Hillary tidal wave's acomin'.

It's a bigun too.:kick:

[depakid]

11. Yet another meaningless cheap media poll (from CNN no less)

and people still jump to their tune.

It never ceases to impress me how easily Americans are manipulated these days.

[Fried Bread]

12. This outlier ARG poll sure has received attention

[Perry Logan]

13. The Obama people just need to increase the number of desperate smears they're making.