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Obama, Huckabee Lead in New Iowa Poll
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama and surging Republican Mike
Huckabee built leads in a new poll in Iowa, just over a month before the key
state's leadoff nominating contests.
Obama edged out national Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton by 28
points to 25, in the poll published in Sunday's Des Moines Register
newspaper, confirming his upward trend in several recent polls in the state.
Former senator John Edwards was third on 23 percent in the poll, which shows
the race is still a dog fight between the top three contenders.
Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, meanwhile kept up his
come-from-nowhere charge to lead the poll on the Republican side on 29
percent, a stunning 17 point percent rise since October.
Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who has spent millions of
dollars in the state and led the polls for months, came in second on 24
percent, with former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani on 13 percent.
On the Democratic side, Obama rose six percent in the poll since October,
while Clinton was down four percent.
However, polling political support in the midwestern state is notoriously
difficult, given the quirky nature of the caucuses, which require activists
to show up to a political meeting on a frigid winter night to choose a
candidate.
Nearly half of Democrats and 61 percent of Republicans in the poll said they
could still change their mind on their favored candidate before the
caucuses. Analysts predict the Iowa caucuses on January 3 could either
bolster the sheen of inevitability Clinton has been building around her
campaign, or set the stage for a nationwide contest with any candidate who
beats her.
The telephone survey of 500 likely Iowa caucus goers was conducted last week
and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
The Des Moines Register poll also appeared to confirm rising support for
Obama among women voters -- a key part of Clinton's power base.
Obama, Huckabee Lead in New Iowa Poll
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama and surging Republican Mike
Huckabee built leads in a new poll in Iowa, just over a month before the key
state's leadoff nominating contests.
Obama edged out national Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton by 28
points to 25, in the poll published in Sunday's Des Moines Register
newspaper, confirming his upward trend in several recent polls in the state.
Former senator John Edwards was third on 23 percent in the poll, which shows
the race is still a dog fight between the top three contenders.
Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, meanwhile kept up his
come-from-nowhere charge to lead the poll on the Republican side on 29
percent, a stunning 17 point percent rise since October.
Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who has spent millions of
dollars in the state and led the polls for months, came in second on 24
percent, with former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani on 13 percent.
On the Democratic side, Obama rose six percent in the poll since October,
while Clinton was down four percent.
However, polling political support in the midwestern state is notoriously
difficult, given the quirky nature of the caucuses, which require activists
to show up to a political meeting on a frigid winter night to choose a
candidate.
Nearly half of Democrats and 61 percent of Republicans in the poll said they
could still change their mind on their favored candidate before the
caucuses. Analysts predict the Iowa caucuses on January 3 could either
bolster the sheen of inevitability Clinton has been building around her
campaign, or set the stage for a nationwide contest with any candidate who
beats her.
The telephone survey of 500 likely Iowa caucus goers was conducted last week
and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
The Des Moines Register poll also appeared to confirm rising support for
Obama among women voters -- a key part of Clinton's power base.