Hillary leads with 42%, Lieberman second with 15% (Feb 2003)

[jsamuel]

This is a poll taken in February of 2003 for the 2004 Presidential election. I am writing this post in hopes that people will understand that the national preferences will change by the time primary season comes around.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=382

February 6, 2003 - Hillary Clinton Leads Dem Pack For President, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Bush Tops All Challengers, Hitting 50 Percent

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is the clear favorite among Democratic voters nationwide as they look for a 2004 presidential candidate, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Sen. Clinton gets 42 percent of the Democratic vote, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds, compared to 15 percent for her nearest rival, Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Democratic candidate for Vice President in 2000.

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt get 11 percent each, followed by 7 percent for North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, 3 percent for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and 2 percent for Rev. Al Sharpton.

Notice that Kerry is 3rd and Edwards is 5th, yet they end up the top two after all is said and done. So please stop looking at these national polls as if they are set in stone. If you like a candidate and they aren't at the top, don't get too discouraged, things WILL change.

[Missy M]

1. Hillary wasn't running for president in 2004 so what....

does it matter.

[jsamuel]

3. Lieberman was and so was Gephardt

This post was not meant to poke at Hillary, just to poke at national polls a year before the primary.

[saltpoint]

2. Your posting these numbers reminds me that at one time Joe Lieberman

was more politically popular than he is now, and that it might explain his own feeling that he'd be a logical choice of voters in the New Hampshire primary in 2004.

He didn't do all that badly in the 04 NH primary, but didn't win, and long after that, he stayed in the race as his "joementum" waned.

It looks like just the last election on a calendar, but it feels like a lot longer ago than that.

[jaysunb]

4. I joined the Dean Campaign this very day ! (2/6/03)

Three of us got together to arrange the first " meetup " one week later....how time flies.

and my opinion about Hillary hasn't changed. :evilgrin: