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Clinton leads in crucial vote state: polls
Hillary Clinton had just a six-point lead over Democratic White House rival
Barack Obama in a new poll in the crucial state of New Hampshire Wednesday,
a month before first voting in 2008 nominating races.
But two other surveys showed a wider lead for Clinton, ahead of the January
8 primary seen as an insurance policy for the former first lady, should she
fail to win the leadoff Iowa caucuses five days earlier.
The new polls came as candidates in both parties set off on an exhausting
month-long sprint towards their first date with voters, and polls showed a
more chaotic field among Republicans.
The Washington Post/ABC News poll of likely Democratic primary voters had
Clinton on 35 percent in New Hampshire, with Obama on 29 percent. Former
Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards was third on 17 percent.
Clinton enjoyed more committed support in the poll, and voters had greater
trust in her to handle pressing issues and gave her higher marks on
leadership and electability.
A Marist poll meanwhile put Clinton on 37 percent in New Hampshire, Obama on
24 percent and Edwards on 18 percent and a Zogby survey had the former first
lady on 32 percent with Obama on 21 and Edwards back on 16 percent.
Polls reveal a chaotic Republican race.
Republican hopeful Mike Huckabee, who has rocked the race with a
come-from-nowhere charge in leadoff voting state Iowa, is also picking up
steam nationally, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.
The former Arkansas governor, basking in glowing press coverage, has risen
to second place countrywide, on 17 percent of Republican-leaning voters, and
clipped Giuliani's pace-setting figure to 23 percent.
Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister, had added 10 points since a similar
poll in October, while Giuliani lost nine percent, the Times poll said.
They were trailed nationally by Fred Thompson (14 percent), John McCain (11
percent), Mitt Romney (nine percent), and Ron Paul (five percent).
While Huckabee has overturned Romney's long-time lead in Iowa, according to
a Des Moines Register poll at the weekend, the latter, a former
Massachusetts governor, is holding firm in New Hampshire, which holds
primary elections on January 8.
Romney has the backing of 37 percent of likely primary voters in New
Hampshire, almost twice the 20 percent mark of second place Arizona Senator
John McCain, in a Washington Post/ABC poll released Wednesday.
Former New York Mayor Giuliani was third at 16 percent, according to the
poll while Huckabee is mired on just nine percent.
Polls show that Huckabee garners strong support among evangelical Christians
in Iowa, but religious conservatives, many of whom are suspicious of
Romney's Mormon faith, are less prevalent in New Hampshire.
Among Democrats, Clinton, despite mounting attacks from her rivals, still
laps the field in the national picture with the support of 45 percent of
likely Democratic voters in the LA Times poll.
Obama and Edwards posted slight improvements since the October poll at 21
percent and 11 percent respectively.
Clinton is facing a tough fight ahead of the Iowa caucuses on January 3
though, with most polls showing the race at statistical dead-heat.
The Des Moines Register poll showed the former first lady had slipped behind
Obama 28 to 25 percent among likely caucus goers.
Hillary Clinton had just a six-point lead over Democratic White House rival
Barack Obama in a new poll in the crucial state of New Hampshire Wednesday,
a month before first voting in 2008 nominating races.
But two other surveys showed a wider lead for Clinton, ahead of the January
8 primary seen as an insurance policy for the former first lady, should she
fail to win the leadoff Iowa caucuses five days earlier.
The new polls came as candidates in both parties set off on an exhausting
month-long sprint towards their first date with voters, and polls showed a
more chaotic field among Republicans.
The Washington Post/ABC News poll of likely Democratic primary voters had
Clinton on 35 percent in New Hampshire, with Obama on 29 percent. Former
Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards was third on 17 percent.
Clinton enjoyed more committed support in the poll, and voters had greater
trust in her to handle pressing issues and gave her higher marks on
leadership and electability.
A Marist poll meanwhile put Clinton on 37 percent in New Hampshire, Obama on
24 percent and Edwards on 18 percent and a Zogby survey had the former first
lady on 32 percent with Obama on 21 and Edwards back on 16 percent.
Polls reveal a chaotic Republican race.
Republican hopeful Mike Huckabee, who has rocked the race with a
come-from-nowhere charge in leadoff voting state Iowa, is also picking up
steam nationally, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.
The former Arkansas governor, basking in glowing press coverage, has risen
to second place countrywide, on 17 percent of Republican-leaning voters, and
clipped Giuliani's pace-setting figure to 23 percent.
Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister, had added 10 points since a similar
poll in October, while Giuliani lost nine percent, the Times poll said.
They were trailed nationally by Fred Thompson (14 percent), John McCain (11
percent), Mitt Romney (nine percent), and Ron Paul (five percent).
While Huckabee has overturned Romney's long-time lead in Iowa, according to
a Des Moines Register poll at the weekend, the latter, a former
Massachusetts governor, is holding firm in New Hampshire, which holds
primary elections on January 8.
Romney has the backing of 37 percent of likely primary voters in New
Hampshire, almost twice the 20 percent mark of second place Arizona Senator
John McCain, in a Washington Post/ABC poll released Wednesday.
Former New York Mayor Giuliani was third at 16 percent, according to the
poll while Huckabee is mired on just nine percent.
Polls show that Huckabee garners strong support among evangelical Christians
in Iowa, but religious conservatives, many of whom are suspicious of
Romney's Mormon faith, are less prevalent in New Hampshire.
Among Democrats, Clinton, despite mounting attacks from her rivals, still
laps the field in the national picture with the support of 45 percent of
likely Democratic voters in the LA Times poll.
Obama and Edwards posted slight improvements since the October poll at 21
percent and 11 percent respectively.
Clinton is facing a tough fight ahead of the Iowa caucuses on January 3
though, with most polls showing the race at statistical dead-heat.
The Des Moines Register poll showed the former first lady had slipped behind
Obama 28 to 25 percent among likely caucus goers.
