New Hampshire Poll: Yowsa!

[Vikingking66]

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=750
Released: October 24, 2003

Dean Soars into Huge Lead in New Hampshire Now Leads Kerry 40-17 Among Likely Voters; Clark and Edwards in Distant 3rd --New Zogby Poll

Former Vermont Governor Dr. Howard Dean has opened a large lead over his closest challenger in New Hampshire according to the newest poll by Zogby International.

Dean earned 40%, compared to Massachusetts Senator John Kerry’s 17%. None of the other candidates have exceeded single digits in the polling. Retired General Wesley Clark and North Carolina Senator John Edwards are tied for third with 6% each.

Zogby International conducted interviews of 500 New Hampshire likely Democratic primary voters, chosen at random statewide. All calls were made from Zogby International’s headquarters in Utica, NY from October 21-23, 2003. The margin of error is +/- 4.5%. Margins are higher in sub-groups. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, religion, and gender to more accurately reflect the voting population.


Dean % Kerry %
October 03
40
17

September 03


30


20

August 03


38


17

June 03


22


25

February 03


13


26

Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt received 4%, followed by Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman’s 3%. Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton, former Illinois Senator Carol Mosley Braun, and Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich each received less than one percent.

[democratreformed]

1. Do we really need this

three times?!?

[bluestateguy]

2. This is about the same lead * had over McCain in 2000

Being the front-runner in October is not always the best thing. If he raises expectations to the point that he is expected to win, he will impress no one, and attention will turn to who comes in second.

[LuminousX]

3. Far better to raise expectations and try to meet them than l

lower expectations and fail to meet them.

[Sean Reynolds]

5. It is when people continually say Dean will fall.

I've heard since late summer that Dean has peaked. YET he continues to defy odds. Could it be Dean is the real thing? I'm not going to say he's won the nomination because you're right there is a TON of time. But IF he continues down this road, by March of 2004 he'll have the party's nomination locked.

[AWD]

4. Tumbleweeds a-blowing!

Notice the pure LACK of the screaming Kerryites right now????

[Punkingal]

6. Dupe...

Please see:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=108&topic_id=67277

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