Dean Stretches Lead Over Kerry in New Hampshire Primary to 42% - 12%

[Khephra]

Released: December 03, 2003
Dean Stretches Lead Over Kerry in New Hampshire Primary to 42% - 12%; Clark in 3rd with 9% in Newest Zogby International Poll Two-thirds of Dems and Independents say it is somewhat or very likely President Bush will be re-elected.

Former Vermont Governor Dr. Howard Dean, who enjoyed a 40% - 17% lead in October polling of New Hampshire Democratic primary likely voters over Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, has stretched that lead in December polling to 42% - 12%. Retired general Wesley Clark is third at 9%, followed by Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman with 7%.

Polling in Zogby’s “Road to Boston” series was conducted December 1 – 3, and involved 503 likely Democratic and Independent voters in New Hampshire’s January 27th Democratic primary election. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points, and margins are higher in sub-groups.

North Carolina Senator John Edwards earned 4%, followed by Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt at 3% and Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich with 2%. Former Illinois Senator Carol Mosley Braun and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton did not receive any votes in the poll.

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http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=763

[RevolutionStartsNow]

1. Whoa

That is...outstanding!

[wtmusic]

2. Dayum

Word is out! But *no* votes for Carol or Al? C'mon...

[RevolutionStartsNow]

3. More tidbits from this poll...

Democrats favor Dean by a heavy margin, 44% - 15% over Kerry. Independents give 39% of their support to Dean, with Kerry, Lieberman, and Clark in a three-way tie for 2nd at 9%.

Overall opinion of Dean is high, with a 78% favorable and 12% unfavorable rating. Kerry’s favorable rating is 64%, with a 28% unfavorable. Likely voters in all age groups, all education levels, and all income levels heavily support Dean.

But they are largely pessimists!

Two in three (66%) likely voters say it is somewhat or very likely that President George W. Bush will be re-elected, regardless of how they intend to vote.

And yet:

New Hampshire primary voters think it is more important that Democrats nominate a candidate who opposed the war in Iraq (46%) than a candidate who supported it (36%).

[w13rd0]

5. We have to give them hope...

...too many democrats watch the way Bush aquired office, by legal fiat, and feel that he'll just do it again. We need to let everyone know there will be NO concessions for disputed elections. NONE. We need to make them believe that EVERY VOTE *IS* IMPORTANT, and will NOT be undone by a few robed figures operating in shadow, voiding our votes with unsigned opinions...ya know...

Sure, you'll hear lots about how it's 'crying in the teacups', but we should go back to Election 2000, where Bush's pattern of deception, word games and cronyism SHOULD HAVE BEEN first evident on the national stage.

[alexwcovington]

4. yay

[AndyTiedye]

7. 66% of Democrats Expect Our Votes To Be Eaten By The Evil Machinez

[truthisfreedom]

8. hey, read this:

my new post on Ohio rejecting voting machines:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=249767#252059

all hope is not yet lost.

[expatriot]

6. Okay, Kerry has been knocked out of the race...

Now Dean has got to focus on Gephardt in Iowa and Lieberman and Clark in the 2/3 primaries (Arizona, New Mexico, Delaware, Oklahoma, South Carolina)and he will have clenched it.

[truthisfreedom]

9. you have to admit, those numbers are pretty staggering.

it's kinda weird. i have nothing against Dean, but i sure hope he can find a way to defeat bush on the difficult issues of terror/"homeland security." although bush has made the world more dangerous for us, it's so hard to fight the peculiar perception people have that he's making us safer.

[JaneQPublic]

10. Looks like all those letters are working

The Dean campaign's idea of having supporters write handwritten letters to undecided dems in NH and IA was a stroke of genius.

Now I'm motivated to write a bunch more to Iowans!

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

11. Stick a fork in Kerry

He's done. His campaign has been run so horribly! I wouldn't trust Kerry to pick a Cabinet, since he can't even pick a working campaign staff.